Originally Posted by
Gerald Boggs
Back in the fall/winter of 2003/04, I spent a few months in the rural lands around Oswestry, Shropshire. Lots of pheasant hunting, every house I visited had a brace of shotguns. And if you didn't hunt, you probably picked up a bit of work as a beater. The way the folks at the pub described it, the whole thing was a bit of a festive outing with food and drink afterward. A quick checked confirmed, 35 million pheasants are released every year. From what I understand, for the rural estates, it's a major source of income.