grouse shooting

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• Driven grouse shooting — is among the field sports of the United Kingdom. The grouse shooting season runs from the 12th August, often called The Glorious Twelfth , to the 10th December each year. The name Driven Grouse Shooting refers to the way in which the grouse are… …   Wikipedia

• grouse — grouse1 [graus] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Latin gruta, name of a type of bird hunted for food] 1.) [U and C] plural grouse a small bird that is hunted and shot for food and sport, or the flesh of this bird ▪ the grouse shooting… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shooting — [[t]ʃu͟ːtɪŋ[/t]] shootings 1) N COUNT A shooting is an occasion when someone is killed or injured by being shot with a gun. Two more bodies were found nearby after the shooting... A drug related gang war led to a series of shootings in the city.… …   English dictionary

• shooting — shoot|ing [ˈʃu:tıŋ] n 1.) a situation in which someone is injured or killed by a gun ▪ His brother was killed in a shooting incident last year. ▪ the accidental shooting of a child 2.) [U] the sport of shooting animals and birds with guns ▪ the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Shooting — is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman. Shooting can… …   Wikipedia

• Red Grouse — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom — Hunting and shooting have been practised for many centuries in the United Kingdom and are a major part of British rural culture.In the modern day, game shooting is carried out in the UK, alongside deer stalking and fox hunting, although some… …   Wikipedia

• Spruce Grouse — Not to be confused with Spruce Goose. Spruce Grouse a male of the nominate subspecies …   Wikipedia

• Skeet shooting — is one of the three major types of competitive shotgun target shooting sports (the others are trap shooting and sporting clays). There are several types of skeet, including one with Olympic status (often called Olympic skeet or international… …   Wikipedia

• rough shooting — noun Shooting over moorland (mainly grouse) • • • Main Entry: ↑rough …   Useful english dictionary

• Hen Harrier — Taxobox name = Hen Harrier status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49360|title=Circus cyaneus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …   Wikipedia