Pheasant Shooting ScotlandPheasant shooting Scotland! Sport north of the border has a romance attached to it which can not be equalled anywhere else in the United Kingdom. The tradition of lairds wearing kilts in their hunting tartan overseeing their pheasant shooting days with staff smartly turned out in Estate tweeds is an evocative one, which for many typifies the Scottish sporting season. Pheasant shooting Scotland has the added advantage of having good connections to various international airports and arrival there with sporting firearms does not send the staff into a bureaucratic panic. The countryside is often majestic and pheasants have to be strong and released early to survive the rigours of a typical Scottish winter. The hilly country gives pheasant shooting Scotland a head start when trying to climb high enough to get out of range and more often than not the final bag is won by the expenditure of many many cartridges! The diversity of countryside is immense, from the rolling Lammermuir hills south east of Edinburgh to the pheasant shoots on the moorland fringe in Perthshire to the majesty of the Dee and Spey valley shoots resting below a magnificent mountain back drop. A drive through the glens and over the moors to take part in a days sport is an experience in itself, particularly if you are unused to such glorious countryside. If visiting in the early part of the pheasant season it may be possible to add on a day or two’s of salmon fishing in one of the great Scottish salmon rivers or a stalking outing on the hill whilst the rut is at its height. Or perhaps even a long moorland walk in pursuit of an elusive ptarmigan, When shooting pheasants in Scotland it is often possible to stay in a traditional shooting lodge and enjoy a high degree of comfort during your sporting holiday. There will probably be a distillery not too far away and local whisky mixed with water straight out of the burn which runs through the glen above the lodge, makes for a magical combination which compliments the whole pheasant shooting Scotland experience perfectly.
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