No good for keepers

Here’s an unpopular opinion from a keeper as the Game Fair has just happened at the weekend (at the time of writing). I’m sure many people from all over the country flocked to it, but many others are unable to attend due to work commitments.

Being a full-time keeper myself, I am unable to go due to having birds on the ground and a rearing field to care for. I’ve always felt that a game fair was, after all, for keepers, but the timing of the Game Fair in the shooting calendar is terrible.

Why isn’t it in, say, March when pretty much every gamekeeper in the country is less busy, instead of at the peak release time for game in the UK?

These days it seems to be for the wannabe keeper and the Instagram influencer to dress up in their tweed, having never seen a shoot day, rather than the true keepers among us that would actually enjoy a rare day out. Charlie M,

Norfolk

Should the Game Fair be scheduled at a better time of year for keepers?