Julian Fellows, same chap that writes Downton Abbey won an Oscar for Gosford Park in 2002 in it theres a much more convincing shooting party scene, with pheasants falling stone dead out of the sky and some good dog work as well.parts of it probably filmed at a real shoot.
If you watched the Downton episode with the shoot and paid attention to the credits at the end you would have seen the disclaimer saying that no animals where harmed during production
Guess a lot has changed in the last 13 years, obviously theres a bigger need to be politically correct these days.
all best
CJ
