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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7852410" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>I bred and trained English pointers for years and working these dogs is the best way to see where grouse are and what they are doing. If burning is done right, grouse numbers can increase dramatically -- and fires don't get away because they run into the next burnt strip. All stages of heather growth are needed and in a cheque board pattern. Most gamekeepers burn long old heather, but coming off the moor in a really bad thunder storm I had to walk through some of this heather, waist high. Covey after covey rose in front of me, all sheltering from the storm which was quite severe. I knew one keeper on a big moor who used to do a lot burning single handed. He'd burn into the banks of snow in the spring and never had a fire get away on him. Sheep compete directly with grouse as they both graze on the heather shoots and grazing needs balancing carefully. On the other hand, sheep fertilise the moor, grazing just needs careful management. You don't learn this sort of stuff in the class room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7852410, member: 4505"] I bred and trained English pointers for years and working these dogs is the best way to see where grouse are and what they are doing. If burning is done right, grouse numbers can increase dramatically -- and fires don't get away because they run into the next burnt strip. All stages of heather growth are needed and in a cheque board pattern. Most gamekeepers burn long old heather, but coming off the moor in a really bad thunder storm I had to walk through some of this heather, waist high. Covey after covey rose in front of me, all sheltering from the storm which was quite severe. I knew one keeper on a big moor who used to do a lot burning single handed. He'd burn into the banks of snow in the spring and never had a fire get away on him. Sheep compete directly with grouse as they both graze on the heather shoots and grazing needs balancing carefully. On the other hand, sheep fertilise the moor, grazing just needs careful management. You don't learn this sort of stuff in the class room. [/QUOTE]
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