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There has always been interest in Scottish grouse hunting here. Some bad news, unfortunately.

I don’t think there is much interest in red deer management, OR, shooting grouse for that matter on this site.

There are too many red deer doing too much damage in the Highlands, and none of the parties with a vested interest are able to find a workable solution.

On the grouse side of things, as long as estates are allowed to manage for grouse, they will just continue to raise the price of admission.

I wish it weren’t so, but that’s where it is.

if I were a Scot, I would stuff my children with venison and grouse seven days a week, just to preserve the heritage. But that’s not what people actually do.

You make a better living growing pine trees than you do shooting grouse.

I thought I remembered some discussion of the "Glorious Twelfth". I think that's what it was?

Yes, the glorious 12th is the opening day of the grouse season in the UK. I.e., 12 August.

Most estates don’t start shooting any large bags until around September 1, because the young of the year are so small and are not sporting.

But to maintain the tradition, lots of states shoot a little bit on the 12th.

It’s worth it to me, but not to others.

Double gunning for grouse on an estate that is overrun with them, is a sublime experience.