Gentlemen may stand at pegs, the rest of us make do with a bit of rough. Until the mid-1980s, this was largely the norm. Shooting driven game was, due to economics, a somewhat exclusive affair. The costs and logistics of it all meant that only those with large tracts of land — and no little spare change — were capable of hosting a day or days. In return, they would be invited by their guests and thus the shooting season was made for these lucky few and so the world turned.
Those with shallower pockets did not go without their sport, of course. Rough shooting was the norm for most. The availability of sporting rights and shooting access over farms and rough corners away from the grand estates was, to an
