Wild Scottish Red-Legged Partridge

Our wild Scottish game is procured at private weekend estate hunts organized exclusively for D'Artagnan during hunting season.

The wild birds live on game preserves and great estates in the Scotland, where they forage on the moors and in the forests. Their diet of berries, heather and foraged tundra, along with constant exercise, gives their meat a distinctive flavor.

After the hunt, the birds are immediately processed in a facility supervised by European Economic Community Inspectors. The EEC inspection satisfies the USDA laws, so we are able to offer game birds despite the prohibition on selling hunted game in the United States. Packaged and sent by air to arrive at our warehouse within just two days of the hunt, this is the freshest possible game you will find (unless you hunt it yourself).

Our wild game birds are available in the fall and winter months only, and many game meat aficionados wait with increasing excitement for hunting season to begin. We do have to warn you to watch for shot when preparing and eating wild game birds.

Red-legged partridge can be simply and quickly roasted. Don't overcook and dry out this game meat; serve it pink and juicy. A pan sauce with the drippings will go nicely with partridge and any accompaniments such as autumn vegetables, cabbage or fried potatoes. Bacon and chestnuts, wild mushrooms, porcini powder and foie gras are all flavors that play well with partridge.