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The Game Seasons

The Game Seasons

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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	12^th August (Glorious Twelfth) to 10^th December
Pheasant	1^st October to 1^st February
Partridge	1^st September to 1^st February
Duck and Goose	1^st September to 31^st January
Hare	1^st August to 29^th February
Red Deer Stags	1^stAugust to 30^th April (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
	1^st July to 20^th October (Scotland)
Red Deer Hinds	1^st November to 31^st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
	21^st October to 15^th February (Scotland)
Sika Deer Stags	1^st August to 30^th April (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
Sika Deer Hinds	1^stNovember to 31^st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
	21^st October to 15^th February (Scotland)
Fallow Bucks	1^st August to 30^th April
Fallow Does	1^stNovember to 31^st March (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
	21^st October to 15^th February (Scotland)
Roe Bucks	1^st April to 31^st October (England and Wales)
	1^st April to 20^th October (Scotland)
Roe Does	1^stNovember to 31^st March (England and Wales)
	21^st October to 31^st March (Scotland)