GWCT can’t play an honest and straight game these days.
Here is their statement in response to Wild Justice’s letter to DEFRA and DAERA on Woodcock shooting;

And here is their own advice still present on their own website;
Just to make it a bit easier for GWCT’s Head of Advisory to see what his organisation’s advice is let’s put it in larger letters for him:
Woodcock should not be shot when it’s too early in the season, generally we recommend not shooting Woodcock before 1st December.
We hope that’s not too nuanced.
