grouse hunting

Driven grouse shooting is the hunting of the red grouse, a field sport of the United Kingdom. The grouse-shooting season extends from 12 August, often called the "Glorious Twelfth", to 10 December each year. Large numbers of grouse are driven to fly over men with shotguns; they provide difficult targets, but moderately skilled amateurs can kill large numbers.
Shooting takes place on grouse moors, areas of moorland in Scotland, northern England, and Wales. These areas, some 16,763 square kilometres, about 8% of the combined area of England and Scotland, form an artificial habitat. They are managed by regular burning to provide a constant supply of young heather and to remove trees and grass, and by killing predators and mountain hares. British grouse moors are intensively managed, and have been described as not just precluding birds of prey, but also preventing wildness, natural landscapes, and ecotourism.

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