A few days before Christmas, I ventured a few hours north of London to Belvoir Castle on the invitation of the Duke and Dutchess of Rutland to participate in a day of driven pheasant and partridge shooting. Arguably, it's one of the most luxurious ways in which guns can enjoy a day of shooting, provided they have the necessary pocket money and bookings are available.
Although field sports are not my cup of tea, and I don't shoot anything unless there's a camera involved, the day with the guns, beaters and pickers up was educational and most of all, quite photogenic - so my newspaper client was happy. Only later did I learn that in the UK, over 35 million pheasants and 6.5 million partridges are produced to be used as game birds for sport each year.
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