As a beater at a local shoot, I can vouch that for those guns, gamekeepers and beaters know very well what to do with the shot birds. I take home a couple of brace in feather from each shoot I attend and I turn out a well received Pheasant, mushroom and onion pie !
However it is very very difficult to sell birds into the food chain due to the complex sets of regulations that apply to game meat of all types. You can see the tip of the regulation iceberg here:
However it is very very difficult to sell birds into the food chain due to the complex sets of regulations that apply to game meat of all types. You can see the tip of the regulation iceberg here:
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