12 August ... marks the start of the 'Grouse ShootingSeason' in Scotland.
Glorious Twelfth
12 August ... marks the start of the 'Grouse Shooting
Banned fox hunting , i wonder when this too may be banned ,
Oh well ...... I wonder whether there'll be any more replies to this thread than there were when it was first posted exactly a year ago?
I noticed on the news it stated that Grouse shooting causes flooding, How, does anyone know?Originally Posted by Arthur Little
Oh well ...
...............................................................................I noticed on the news it stated that Grouse shooting causes flooding How, does anyone know?'s because it's invariably
up here.
Yup, Michael... yesterday being ANOTHER year down the line, I decided to resurrect this thread, and have come up with a definitive answer to your question.
Last edited by Arthur Little; 13th August 2017 at 18:00. Reason: "That'll be" - in first paragraph - changed to 'because'.
Grouse like Pheasants are bred in captivity and released to fatten up before shooting season starts, so not like fox hunting.
As for the floods......
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That's 100% not truenot the posh way as in driven over the butts by a line of beaters, but with a single barrel shotgun when I used to crawl up to them in the heather. We ate them. I was at the CLA Game Fair last week in Hertfordshire. I saw a weekend of grouse shooting advertised at £12000.
Pheasant season starts October 1. Pheasants are reared on game farms. They originated in China. If anyone thinks pheasant shooting is objectionable because they look nice, they should see the driven shoots they do in new Zealand where they pop off peacocks.
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... then-> rightly so,
'cos they are bound to know:-
Ending up plucking pheasant
CAN'T be very f...ing pleasant!
Hopefully nobody finds my last line objectionable.
If their habitats were not managed then they would be in steep decline. Management of their land is basically artificially raising them
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You said they were bred in captivity, now you're changing the goal-posts a little. Management of land isn't artificially raising them at all "basically" or otherwise. You originally said they are raised in captivity like pheasants. That's not true either. I have been shooting all my life, I know quite a bit about game management.
Even when you said pheasants are raised to fatten up? Really? They are not, they are raised as poults to give them a head start before release, not to "Fatten up".
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
When is pheasant season... my drive to work I pass several fields, and have on several occasions almost ran a few over as they run across the road.
I presume they know it causes flooding in a similar manner that they know that wolves can change the course of a river. Have a look here:-
https://www.theguardian.com/science/...-change-rivers
eta. found it, but not nearly as interesting as the wolf story
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...oor-drain-land
Interesting read, question answered.I presume they know it causes flooding in a similar manner that they know that wolves can change the course of a river. Have a look here:-
https://www.theguardian.com/science/...-change-rivers
eta. found it, but not nearly as interesting as the wolf story
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...oor-drain-land
True fact that the British countryside wouldn't look the same in certain areas without land management aimed at game-shooting and the old fox-hunting. It was all part of our heritage and shaped the moors coverts, etc., which were managed for hunting and shooting.
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
I can change goalposts if I like.
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