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    The ultimate quarry

    Mar 03, 2020 3 minutes

    When I wrote my book The Woodpigeon: The Ultimate Quarry 25 years ago, people would often ask me why I deemed the humble woody to be a superior quarry to all the other species available to sportsmen in the UK.

    Surely a cock pheasant slipping sideways on a strong crosswind, having launched itself from 150ft up a Welsh mountain, or a late-season grouse hurtling around the contours of a Scottish moor, would present a far greater challenge for the average Gun?

    The fact

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