Glorious Twelfth

[Steve.r]

That's 100% not true

If their habitats were not managed then they would be in steep decline. Management of their land is basically artificially raising them

[Tawi2]

If their habitats were not managed then they would be in steep decline. Management of their land is basically artificially raising them

You said they were bred in captivity, now you're changing the goal-posts a little. Management of land isn't artificially raising them at all "basically" or otherwise. You originally said they are raised in captivity like pheasants. That's not true either. I have been shooting all my life, I know quite a bit about game management. Management of land merely helps their survival rate, burning heather, predator control etc, it's not artificially raising them at all. That's a totally different concept. There's management of grizzly-bear hunting in Alaska with quota systems, are they artificially raised?

Even when you said pheasants are raised to fatten up? Really? They are not, they are raised as poults to give them a head start before release, not to "Fatten up".