Originally Posted by
steve883
Fat ginger foreign chickens that can't fly properly. In the air or on the ground, they present no real challenge whatsoever. They were only introduced so some posh bloke who couldn't hit a woodcock would have something to shoot at.
Actually I have heard it may have been the Romans, but they come from India. Pheasant, rabbit, grey squirrels. Damned interlopers the lot of them.
Introduced to Britain by the Normans apparently.
As for whether they are a challenge or not I suppose it depends on how far away you are when you try and shoot them.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.