Dalesport Mid-Season Grouse Report 2017 Has the season of 2017 lived up to its expectations… With record counts and exceptional breeding conditions throughout spring and summer our reports suggested that this year was looking to be very good. As we shot our way through August and into September it was …
Keepers and estate owners have been out on the moors furiously counting their grouse stocks over the past couple weeks before we approach the Glorious 12th, the grouse counts are finally in! There was no doubt that we had great conditions throughout the spring/early summer for nesting grouse to lay, …
Spring grouse counts got under way back in late March across the country and certainly in the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and Pennines where our shooting is based the counts were very encouraging. We have heard similar reports from all of the Pennies. When we reached the last couple …
Grouse Shooting Review 2016 Season It was another mixed year for many moors across the UK, whispers of record bags travelled far and wide and yes, there were moors that achieved record bags and seasons across the UK, but there were also others who did not fire a shot. Dalesport …
The Pheasant & Partridge Review 2016/17 I think that most people within the shooting industry would agree that it has been a tricky year for pheasant shooting. The warm weather throughout the winter meant that pheasants were wondering and eating natural food all the way through the season. A large …
It was a funny year for shooting with generally high pressure, weak winds and high humidity, meaning that many moors did not see their grouse in August and September, given that the weather did not cool off until almost the end of October when the deluge started. There were good …
I am writing this report slightly later than usual because we have experienced the vagaries of a fully temperate summer. I think I will start with ‘April’ – this time last year I commented ‘we will have some adverse weather between now and the 1st June I am sure’ well …
We have had a pretty dry winter without long periods of relentless wet weather and driving winds which takes it out of the grouse. All the grouse I have seen this Spring seem very shiny and in good condition. Those counting grouse did not pick any diseased birds up and …
Report for 2014 Grouse Season Writing this on the 2nd December I am very weary from another amazing grouse season. The wild weather I predicted in the autumn did not arrive, so we had very benign conditions on most of the driven days for the majority of the shoots, with …
2014 Grouse Prospects I repeat the comments I made in April here – Fortunately it has been cool enough to prevent “worm” thriving through this years wet winter months of December, January and end February ! Large stocks almost universal across all moors, probably due to late maturing birds (later …
