Gamekeeper
A gamekeeper is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling. He actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.
In the UK, a gamekeeper is typically employed by a landowner. He ofen works on a country estate. It is his job to prevent poaching, and to rear and release game birds such as pheasants and partridge. He eradicates pests, encourages and manages grouse, and controls predators such as foxes. He manages habitats to suit game, and monitors the health of the game.
Gamekeeper Media
Head stalker Niall Rowantree (leftmost) taking out a guest (on his left) deer stalking on Ardnamurchan Estate in Scotland
The common pheasant, the most important bird for many lowland keepers
Donald Urquhart, head stalker on the Inverewe estate, late 19th century
Gamekeeper (left) with a shooter on a driven grouse shoot in the Highlands, ca. 1922
Controlled burning of heather, one of the countryside management duties of gamekeepers
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Other websites
Media related to Professional hunters at Wikimedia Commons- Gamekeeping as a career - BASC Archived 2007-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- National Gamekeeper's Organisation
