The pheasant shooting season finishes on the first of which month?
Feast of the Pheasant Feast of the Pheasant The Feast of the Pheasant (French: Banquet du Voeu du Faisan, "Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant") was a banquet given by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy on 17 February 1454 in Lille, now in France. Its purpose was to promote a crusade against the Turks, who had taken Constantinople the year before. The crusade never took place. There are contemporary accounts of the banquet (notably the "Memoirs" of Olivier de la Marche, and the "Chroniques" of Mathieu d'Escouchy), which name and describe in much detail the lavish entertainments staged during the meal and
Pheasant shooting Pheasant shooting Pheasant shooting is the sport of hunting the common pheasant. It is most popular in the United Kingdom but is practised in other parts of the world. Shooting of game birds is carried out using a shotgun, most often 12 and 20 bore or a .410, often on land managed by a gamekeeper. The common pheasant was first introduced to Great Britain many centuries ago, but was rediscovered as a game bird in the 1830s. It is reared extensively in captivity, and around 30 million pheasants are released each year on shooting estates, mainly in England, although most