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Good hinting all who keep the jungle law

I've recently stumbled on a spiritful description of a pre-12th frenzy in 1860s, in a book by James Dougall (the gunmaker). He describes early August as a gunmaker's hell, a time when everyone who previously disclaimed any intention to shoot grouse this year would suddenly wake up and send in their guns for inspection and repairs. One gentleman came in on the 8th or 9th with an order to have his gun rebarreled, and on calling at 11th and finding the job not done, complained about slow service I can copypaste the complete text here if anyone's interested.

Those interested in learning more on Grouse shooting in 18-19 century U.K. the book;" Going to the Moors," by Ronald Eden is
a must read! The book is well researched and includes many period illustrations.

Wonderful dogs. I miss mine he's been gone over 10 years. My Hunting buddy still double checks the truck before opening the door to make sure he's not in it when we go duck hunting.

I spit coffee on the keyboard early a.m. when I read this. Thanks for the Tuesday kick-start. Gil

I envy the British. Any time you can stand still and have the game come to you, well that is like the cat's meow!
No kidding though any reports on how the grouse season opening was?

Just got a call to say that my local moor will be shooting on the 12th., of September that is, so you will have to await the report from that one. Lagopus.....

I won't be in GB for grouse, but I can watch the You Tube videos. Some of them are really good. One question, though. Do the Brits really understand each other? What keeps me from travelling to GB would be the embarrassment of not understanding one g..dmn word they say.

Don't worry; we have the same problem. :-) Lagopus.....

That reminds me of an Englishman who used to come often from the head office to inspect my wife's production site. I don't remember exactly which part of England he was from, only that he cheered for Blackburn, but he was difficult to understand at time, especially off work after a few drinks. Most Russians he met never gave a notice to his accent, except when he said the word "Russia". He pronounced it "Roosha". That's when everybody rushed to correct him. He'd laugh it off, saying "Hey, I'm English. It's my language, I am the one to tell you how to pronounce which word!"

Humpty, regional English dialects fascinate me. If I dropped into a local Derbyshire dialect someone from a neighbouring county may undersatnd me reasonably well but someone from a couple of hundred or so miles away would hardly undersatnd a word. Being used to Derbyshire I can place people to the town even though they are only a few miles apart by odd words they speak. Surely, in Russia you must be able to pick a person out from the region they come from by what they say.

Anyway, we are slightly off thread. I have just been sorting out my dates for the forthcoming pheasant shoots. Although the season starts on the 1st. October the first shoots aren't until mid November. We tend to take our time here and rarely rush out on the first day of the season. I think it is because the seasons are long no one seems in any hurry. Lagopus.....