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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    That's the beauty of a Right to Roam act in Scotland, you can own the land but you cannot deny access to the public to roam and even responsible wild camp where ever they want. I can walk on any mountain top or moorland whenever I like and at a time that suits me, no trespass laws in Scotland...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    Actually, you are almost certainly wrong: the reason there is a space for comments (as well as an opportunity for voting) is so that the Scottish Government can debate the subject and make decisions, based on the overall well-being of the nation. The economic benefits of wildlife tourism are an...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    The petition appears to allow anyone from anywhere to sign, but does permit signatories to specify whether England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. All recognized countries are offered, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, including the UK. As a wildlife tourist unfortunately your vote will...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    I haven't fished for years, when I did fish I enjoyed the wildlife at least as much as the fishing. My best day ever fishing was the first time that I was able to watch an Osprey which wasn't on TV or a photograph. That day will live with me forever as it was probably 25 years ago and they were...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    Oh dear! Alan and Gordon's 'slippery slope' argument is beginning to get to me. What if banning driven grouse shooting led to banning all shooting, and this led to banning fishing, and that led to banning wearing tweed, and that led to a ban on signs saying 'duck or grouse'. I mean, where will...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    As a guy who lives in Southern England where every canal, river, gravel pit and lake is surrounded by anglers, mostly not elite ones paying enormous sums for fly fishing of salmon but eking out their leisure funds for local patch coarse fishing, I wonder why you think your location might add to...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    Hi Nutcracker and everybody else, Having said that, some illegal activity is associated with fishing interests, particularly the wealthier salmon fisheries: Ospreys, Cormorants, Goosanders, Otters, etc., being killed illegally on some rivers. But the problem is much less than on the grouse...
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    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    As a guy who lives in the Scottish Highlands, before I sign I wonder how people feel about fishing for pleasure ? , is that considered a cruel sport ? Thanks Gordon.
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