Congrats and welcome.

Welcome to Texas, I myself cant wait to hear about hunting in England.

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My Mom is from England. My Dad met her when he was stationed at Chicksands AFB.
She is from a small village by the name of Campton. Campton is near Shefford.

You are right in the middle of some great deer territory. You should try and meet Dr James Kroll who teaches at SFASU, in the Forrestry Dept. He is known as Dr Deer and he does a couple seminars every year. You need to keep an eye out for when those happen and go to them.

Chunky Dunk - hunting in England is a slightly different affair to here. Certain things stand out like no tag or license. Management is high on the agenda most likely accounting for the majority of deer harvested. When it comes to waterfowl (wildfowl in England) we don't have the number or variety of duck you do here but it's some incredibly sporting shooting. A lot of my duck hunting was done under a flight line, pass shooting if you will. Mostly on the coast in deep mud and watching the tide. Dawn and dusk. A moon flight is something everyone should experience. It's something very difficult to describe. We aren't restricted on shooting hours, I've had brilliant moon flights at 2am, shooting silhouettes and using your knowledge of the birds and wing pattern and their call to identify.
Driven pheasant and partridge shoots still dominate the hunting community at home. Up to 500 bird days for 10 people can be bought, some even more birds than that. The birds are then sent to the local butcher and sold. These places have great management programs with 1 or more full time employed game keepers who manage the ground and it's wildlife to benefit.
We have something called a general license. It doesn't need to be applied for or physically held by a hunter but it covers you for the taking and removal of pest species, mich like shooting hogs I guess? Pigeons, crows, rook, foxes etc are all managed under this license. Agriculture is hit very hard by the pigeon population annually and some good hunting can be had decoying pigeon on a freshly harvested or planted field.
Perhaps I should start a post for people ask questions if they'd like to know more!

You should start the post about questions about hunting n England. Good idea

I'm heading out next month with the wife to do the London/Cotswalds tourist bit, then up to around Royal Deeside Scotland for some red stag stalking and maybe a roebuck. Possibly some walked up shooting, but I don't have the clothes (or the coin) for the driven shoots. Just a few distilleries 'cause that's all I can handle. Finishing up in Edinburgh for 3 days, then home.

How are you adapting to the east Texas August heat? Hydrate ol' boy, hydrate.

That'll be a great trip for you Creekrunner. Cotswolds are beautiful, had a few driven days in Yorkshire and it's spectacular. Let's hope you can find a nice Red in Scotland for yourself. It should be quite the trip!
Heat doesn't bother me too much, it's humidity that kills me. I can sweat when it's 40 degrees out let alone 105 and 95% humidity!

Not ashamed to admit that I read it with the accent too No worries, love the accent.
Y'all have gun licenses, we have the 2nd Amendment and CCW

Texas is bae, if one may excuse my internet slang.
Lots of good outfitters, guides, and ranches on here, so finding a place to hunt shouldn't be an issue.

You aren't, we have a friend in Great Britain that does Vietnam era military reenactments that comes to our reunions.