If you think about going grouse shooting you had better be quick about it. The Scottish Parliament are looking at the possibility of banning grouse shooting. If they succeed no doubt they will try it in England too if a left wing socialist Government gets in as it is their stated aim to do it also as they perceive it as a rich man's sport. English M.P.'s can't vote on Scottish issues but Scottish M.P.'s can and do vote on English issues. If the Scot's ban it then they will help to get the ban extended to England too. The vast majority of Scottish voters are city dwellers with no concept of grouse shooting and the Scottish National Party who hold the majority in the Scottish Parliament will no doubt force the ban. If they get their way and ban it the losers will be the grouse themselves. Remember what happened when just three people calling themselves Wild Justice got a ban on crow shooting for a period this spring. Two of those, Chris Packam and Mark Avery are rabidly anti grouse shooting. Grouse days may be numbered and then the rest of shooting sports. Currently Wild Justice are trying to get pheasant rearing banned as the say they are a non native species. They have been here since the Romans introduced them almost 2,000 years ago. The slippery slope. Lagopus…..
