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 | 1stAugust 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 | 1stNovember to 31st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) |
| 21st October to 15th February (Scotland) | |
| Fallow Bucks | 1st August to 30th April |
| Fallow Does | 1stNovember 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 | 1stNovember to 31st March (England and Wales) |
| 21st October to 31st March (Scotland) |
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Valentine Warner
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Game is one of the most underrated British foods. I love fat, buttery partridges. September is the start of the game season in Britain, so go to your local butchers and get buying to impress friends for dinner.