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The Glorious 12th 2026 #678531 08/12/26 01:21 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,128 Likes: 456 bushveld OP Sidelock
OP bushveld Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,128 Likes: 456	The Glorious 12th of 2026 is upon us and here is what the Financial Times writes about it. https://www.ft.com/content/c25a1ce8-7fed-48ce-8dc5-9853d33d0f87

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678533 08/12/26 01:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 670 Likes: 85 COS, CO KDGJ Sidelock
KDGJ Sidelock Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 670 Likes: 85 COS, CO	Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall. Ken

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678534 08/12/26 01:46 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,128 Likes: 456 bushveld OP Sidelock
OP bushveld Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,128 Likes: 456	I did not pay to read it.

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678535 08/12/26 01:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,036 Likes: 244 Saxapahaw N.C. PALUNC Sidelock
PALUNC Sidelock Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,036 Likes: 244 Saxapahaw N.C.	I had heard from a YT video that grouse numbers were slightly up this year from the previous year Mike Proctor

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678539 08/12/26 03:11 PM
Joined: Apr 2021 Posts: 299 Likes: 117 Vero Beach earlyriser Sidelock
earlyriser Sidelock Joined: Apr 2021 Posts: 299 Likes: 117 Vero Beach	Here’s an article open to the public. It predicts good things for people he Glorious 12th! https://fieldsports-journal.com/news/grouse-moor-recovery-2026/

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678543 08/12/26 04:13 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,469 Likes: 519 Great Lakes region ClapperZapper Sidelock
ClapperZapper Sidelock Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,469 Likes: 519 Great Lakes region	I would say that the traditionally good early season moorshave had an increase in birds over last year. Last edited by ClapperZapper; 08/12/26 04:13 PM. Out there doing it best I can.

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 KDGJ #678544 08/12/26 04:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 953 Likes: 122 Further Up North, WI Geoff Roznak Sidelock
Geoff Roznak Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 953 Likes: 122 Further Up North, WI	Originally Posted by KDGJ Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall. Ken I found it paywalled also. Here is an archive link to the article to get past the paywall: ‘Glorious 12th’ kicks off UK shooting season as debate rages about its future Originally Posted by keith The NRA has proven itself unreliable and corrupt. Period.

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 PALUNC #678546 08/12/26 04:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,644 Likes: 2395 somwers in Jawja Stanton Hillis Sidelock
Stanton Hillis Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,644 Likes: 2395 somwers in Jawja	How would the numbers now compare to the numbers in the late 1980s, when Sir Joseph Nickerson put up such impressive numbers of grouse taken? May God bless America and those who defend her.

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678548 08/12/26 04:40 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,469 Likes: 519 Great Lakes region ClapperZapper Sidelock
ClapperZapper Sidelock Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,469 Likes: 519 Great Lakes region	75-100 birds/ square km, but on the best ground in a good year upwards of 150 I have heard 250 about 10 years ago. Gross moors are valued on the number of birds harvested on it over a 3 year average Out there doing it best I can.

Re: The Glorious 12th 2026 bushveld #678550 08/12/26 04:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,642 Likes: 345 Maryland eightbore Sidelock
eightbore Sidelock Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,642 Likes: 345 Maryland	I was able to access the article by seeing the word "free" on the title page.

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