Shooting Seasons
Game can only be shot during specific times of the years and a basic guide to the shooting seasons is given below. However, increasingly frozen game meat is available year round.
Grouse
12th August (Glorious Twelfth) to 10th December
Pheasant
1st October to 1st February
Partridge
1st September to 1st February
Duck and Goose
1st September to 31st January
Hare
1st August to 29th February
Red Deer Stags
1st August to 30th April (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
1st July to 20th October (Scotland)
Red Deer Hinds
1st November to 31st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
21st October to 15th February (Scotland)
Sika Deer Stags
1st August to 30th April (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
Sika Deer Hinds
1st November to 31st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
21st October to 15th February (Scotland)
Fallow Bucks
1st August to 30th April
Fallow Does
1st November to 31st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
21st October to 15th February (Scotland)
Roe Bucks
1st April to 30th October (England and Wales)
1st April to 20th October (Scotland)
Roe Does
1st November to 31st March (England and Wales)
21st October to 31st March (Scotland) |
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