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Looking across the British moor, hunters eagerly await the arrival of their winged quarry, the red grouse, a subspecies of the North American willow ptarmigan.The birds will be driven by a long line of energetic ’beaters’ who beat the ground with sticks and gunny sacks to flush the birds from their hiding places and into a flight path in front of the hunters.The hunters pay handsomely for grouse hunting on a private British moor.For a day’s shoot, eight hunters will pay upwards of $15,000 or $1,875 per person to the moor’s owner.Because landowners can profit from their bird populations, Britain’s red grouse and other game birds are plentiful.About 500,000 grouse are shot every year in Britain.Guest fees provide most of [the](http://humuun.edu.mn/blog/index.php?entryid=16433