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There’s a piece about the Grouse Moor on here ……
http://www.fieldsportschannel.tv/index2.html
Open the 12th August broadcast, it talks about the conservation aspects.
Also about half way through is a review of the CLA Game Fair and it shows the new remote launcher attachment from Turner Richards, that some of you may be interested in. There is also a piece about Deer Stalking, that shows a deer being shot, probably not to everyone’s taste, but I actually found that bit fascinating, with some of the techniques they use to get a shot.
John
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di working your dog on a grouse moor is like nothing you ill have seen before.
on the moors i go to in northumberland ,the moor totals some 18000 acres of managed ground for grouse rearing,4 full time keepers for sometimes less than six shooting days a year.
as mentioned earlier grouse are totally at the mercy of the weather conditions despite what the keepers do in managing there habitat.
as far as the dogs are concerned they usually divide into three groups
one picker up per butt with two to three dogs ,who have to be silent and able to sit steady for long periods up to an hour or more before the shooting starts,once it starts its fast and furious with the double guns ,the loaders having to earn there keep.pickers up have to mark and record shot and pricked birds on a marking disc and account for the birds at the end of the drive.its very hard work for the dogs as the heather can be very dusty and pollen laden if its dry or if its wet very poor scenting.
the dogs need to be very fit as the heather saps energy.
the next lot of pickers up the back line are way back behind from the butts and come forward picking birds that go way backmeeting up with us at the butts after the whole area has been covered.and finally a sweeping sqaud comes through after the drive for any that have ran on or been missed.
trying to explain the scale of the shoot is hard as the distances the beaters bring the birds in from is in miles not just pushing them out of a wood or game crop.often the beaters are just a speck on the skyline at the start ,thats why it takes so long to complete drives.
i will try and get some photoes over the next few days.
take a look at the post of paddy and bracken and see the size of just one drive
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