Grouse Keeping

[jossa 970]

Seen a few posts on here about people saying pheasant keeping is an art etc and that grouse keeping is as simple as abit vermin controll, turning grit boxes over and stuff like that, well in my eyes its the other way round been a grouse keeper is an art!! Most pheasant shoots are just glorified chicken farms vermin controll isn't carried out properly all they are concerned about is getting the bag at the end of the the day. I have worked part time on 2 of the countrys biggest grouse moors and been to plenty more, grouse keeping isn't a job its a passion and a way of life! Your job is never done burning heather from first light til dark, butting, roading, vermin controll, worm counts etc. All this is done aswell as making sure the grouse is protected from the day it hatches til the day it goes through the butts!!

[alimac 882]

Anyone that says either job is easy is full of shit..

[jossa 970]

I agree.

[DIDO.1 22,840]

I heard that if you want to study grouse keepering at colledge you can actually do the course over the phone

[Lab 10,979]

 

Seen a few posts on here about people saying pheasant keeping is an art etc and that grouse keeping is as simple as abit vermin controll, turning grit boxes over and stuff like that, well in my eyes its the other way round been a grouse keeper is an art!! Most pheasant shoots are just glorified chicken farms vermin controll isn't carried out properly all they are concerned about is getting the bag at the end of the the day. I have worked part time on 2 of the countrys biggest grouse moors and been to plenty more, grouse keeping isn't a job its a passion and a way of life! Your job is never done burning heather from first light til dark, butting, roading, vermin controll, worm counts etc. All this is done aswell as making sure the grouse is protected from the day it hatches til the day it goes through the butts!!

what a load of pish!!!!

[The one 8,482]

Those phessie are like hens theres a lad here rears loads of them

[TheBrock 11]

Were all in the same job aren't we, here to produce game for guns there shouldn't be any divide between hill keepers or lowground keepers

[cock grouse 15]

Well said Jobes!

[sikastag_1 689]

Am way alli, both hard hard going jobs any good keeper deserves credit.