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  • Gamekeepers once shot on sight any creature that might harm their precious birds, a crusade that targeted not just crows, foxes and birds of prey, but even nightingales, whose nocturnal singing might disturb the pheasant chicks.

    Birdwatch: Pheasant 2011

  • Gamekeepers once shot on sight any creature that might harm their precious birds, a crusade that targeted not just crows, foxes and birds of prey, but even nightingales, whose nocturnal singing might disturb the pheasant chicks.

    Birdwatch: Pheasant 2011

  • As well as existing deer-farming and meat trade bodies, the initiative is being supported by the Cairngorms national park, the Scottish Gamekeepers Association and the Association of Deer Management groups, a voluntary body that currently oversees deer management on Highland estates.

    Scots landowners lobby for deer farms 2011

  • Knowing the local Gamekeepers can help in this department!

    Absolutely Nothing « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Gamekeepers who have committed to no killing are optimistic.

    Valerie Tarico: Too Much of a Good Thing, Elephants and Us 2010

  • I'll spare you the details, but doing what Gamekeepers do, suffice to say.

    And the winner is... 2007

  • I'll spare you the details, but doing what Gamekeepers do, suffice to say.

    And the winner is... 2007

  • The arena is often booby trapped by the Gamekeepers to keep things “interesting”.

    The Road Not Taken · The Hunger Games 2009

  • I'll spare you the details, but doing what Gamekeepers do, suffice to say.

    51 entries from August 2007 2007

  • Gamekeepers were provided with gillies, — and, in a moderate quantity, game.

    The Duke's Children 2004

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