UK Shooting Seasons 2026–27: Game, Deer & Wildfowl Dates

England

Open: Pheasant – All, Partridge – Grey and red-legged, Red grouse – All, Black grouse – All, Woodcock – All, Duck and geese – Inland, Duck and geese – Below high-water mark, Common snipe – All, Golden plover – All, Coot and moorhen – All, Red deer – Stags, Sika deer – Stags, Fallow deer – Bucks, Roe deer – Bucks, Muntjac – All.

Wales

Open: Pheasant – All, Partridge – Grey and red-legged, Red grouse – All, Black grouse – All, Woodcock – All, Duck and geese – Inland, Duck and geese – Below high-water mark, Common snipe – All, Golden plover – All, Coot and moorhen – All, Red deer – Stags, Sika deer – Stags, Fallow deer – Bucks, Roe deer – Bucks, Muntjac – All.

Scotland

Open: Pheasant – All, Partridge – Grey and red-legged, Red grouse – All, Ptarmigan – All, Black grouse – All, Woodcock – All, Brown hare – All, Duck and geese – Inland, Duck and geese – Below high-water mark, Common snipe – All, Golden plover – All, Coot and moorhen – All, Red deer – Stags, Red deer – Hinds, Sika deer – Stags, Sika deer – Hinds, Fallow deer – Bucks, Fallow deer – Does, Roe deer – Bucks, Roe deer – Does.

Northern Ireland

Open: Pheasant – All, Partridge – Grey, red-legged and chukar, Red grouse – All, Woodcock – All, Hare – All, Snipe – All, Duck and geese – All, Golden plover – All, Red deer – Stags, Sika deer – Stags, Fallow deer – Bucks.