Frosty foray
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Across the months of December and January I try to complete the cull on any mature female reds, and apart from a few areas where we are shooting under the General Licence, I like to have as much of the work done before the turn of the year as I can. I take no pleasure in shooting hinds when they are heavy with calf as we get into February; I accept that it has to be done in some cases, but where possible I prefer to avoid it if we can.
“It developed into something more akin to a full-blown military exercise”
Against this backdrop, last winter I had some guys wanting to book training – both pre-DSC1 and DSC2 – and, as I still had a number of red calfs to shoot at Kinnaird, it seemed sensible to run this training in Perthshire. I had also wanted to do some modifications to
