Most of the pheasants round here don’t get very high either.The trouble is chickens don,t get up to high, it would be a blood bath. But seriously, shooting a storming high bird that your dog brings back to you don,t get much better than that.
Most of the pheasants round here don’t get very high either.
Each to their own..
Well that’s ok then Clive. As long as it turns a coin, it’s all good? Is that the same for everything?love it or hate it I think it’s fair to say that the importance of shoiting to rural economy and environment is hard to ignore
Well that’s ok then Clive. As long as it turns a coin, it’s all good? Is that the same for everything?
it employs a lot of people and does a lot of environmental management, it helps land values and provides farming opportunities from those investors - none of that can be denied
Farming “turns a coin” but also kills and can be environmentally damaging - i doubt you would wish it banned though ?
the meat is probably the highest welfare and most free range you can get - unless you are vegan i think it’s rather hypocritical to think eating more intensively farmed livestock is any more acceptable
Environmental management, if done right. Too many intensive shoots are void of diverse habitat. The birds are laid at the expense of the natural ecology.
Too many sporting estates are ran at the expense of farming, removing opportunities.
As above, too many intensively ran shoots do more damage than good.
Except more birds shot in the last few years have been dumped/destroyed than have entered the food chain.
In balance I should say the smaller, family/syndicate ran shoots are mostly very good for the countryside, environment and local economy. It is the big, intensive commercial shoots which are the problem.
love it or hate it I think it’s fair to say that the importance of shoiting to rural economy and environment is hard to ignore
It’s early to buy pheasants yet, my neighbour cancelled some ducks, but doesn’t have pheasants chicks until 6 June. Think his plan is to assess lie of land at end of next month.My little syndicate is still going. 500 poults put down, that's all. Business as usual. It's not avian flu!
The head gamekeeper where I work has lots of nervous keeper colleagues on commercial shoots. The owners still plan to have their days though.
Sorry, there’s absolutely no way that farmed pheasant is as high welfare as most lamb and beef reared in this country!it employs a lot of people and does a lot of environmental management, it helps land values and provides farming opportunities from those investors - none of that can be denied
the meat is probably the highest welfare and most free range you can get - unless you are vegan i think it’s rather hypocritical to think eating more intensively farmed livestock is any more acceptable
Farming “turns a coin” but also kills and can be environmentally damaging - i doubt you would wish it banned though ?
btw for some balance - i have no commercial interest in shooting, I also dislike some aspects of game shooting such as the large shoots that fail to find markets for the birds shot etc