Driven grouse shooting the potential capacity for the breeding golden eagle population continues to be suppressed around where this persecution largely occurs." Driven grouse shooting Driven grouse shooting is the hunting of the red grouse, a field sport of the United Kingdom. It is popular because it provides a challenge due to the rapid flight of the grouse. The grouse shooting season extends from 12 August, often called the "Glorious Twelfth", to 10 December each year. Shooting takes place on grouse moors, areas of moorland in northern England and Scotland. The name 'driven grouse shooting' refers to the way in which the grouse
Dusky grouse Dusky grouse The dusky grouse ("Dendragapus obscurus") is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is closely related to the sooty grouse ("Dendragapus fuliginosus"), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse. Adults have a long square tail, gray at the end. Adult males are mainly dark with a purplish throat air sac surrounded by white, and a yellow to red wattle over the eye during display. Adult females are mottled brown with dark brown and white marks on the underparts. Their breeding habitat is the edges of conifer