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  2. Driven grouse shooting - Wikipedia

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    The name "driven grouse shooting" refers to the way in which the grouse are driven by beaters towards the shooters (otherwise known as 'guns'). [6] A shooting party usually includes 8–10 guns who stand in a line in the butts— hides for shooting spaced some 20–30 m (66–98 ft) apart, screened by a turf or stone wall and usually sunken ...

  3. Category : Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom

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    Hunting and shooting in Scotland (4 C, 6 P) * United Kingdom hunting-related lists (1 P) F. ... Driven grouse shooting; G. Game Act 1831; Game & Wildlife Conservation ...

  4. Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    England, Scotland and Wales Northern Ireland; Pheasant: 1 October – 1 February: 1 October – 31 January Partridge, grey and red-legged: 1 September – 1 February: 1 September – 31 January Black grouse: 20 August – 10 December: N/A Red grouse: 12 August – 10 December: 12 August – 30 November Ptarmigan: 12 August – 10 December: N/A ...

  5. Scottish rural economy ‘back in business’ as grouse shooting ...

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    Gamekeepers and shooting parties took to the moors on the ‘Glorious 12th’.

  6. Footage shows endangered black grouse mating ritual on ... - AOL

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    The black grouse is one of the fastest declining birds in the UK and have moved further north due to climate change. Footage shows endangered black grouse mating ritual on shooting range Skip to ...

  7. Corrour Lodge - Wikipedia

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    Walker converted Corrour Old Lodge to a shooting lodge but, despite the lodge's inaccessibility, the deer forest was relatively restricted at 5,883 hectares (14,540 acres) in 1883. However, with a decline in sheep farming, the deer forest was extended to 13,949 hectares (34,470 acres) by 1891 and grouse shooting and trout fishing were developed.

  8. Red grouse - Wikipedia

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    The red grouse is considered a game bird and is shot in large numbers during the shooting season which traditionally starts on August 12, known as the Glorious Twelfth. There is a keen competition among some London restaurants to serve freshly killed grouse on August 12, with the birds being flown from the moors and cooked within hours. Grouse grit

  9. British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Wikipedia

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    In addition, shooting had become more open with individuals pursuing several forms of the sport. The change of name to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) was agreed at the Annual General Meeting in 1981 in recognition that shooting sports required a single representative body and that WAGBI was the most suitably placed organisation to take on the role.