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A cheap shot

It is ironic that on the day I decided to sit down and write this article the UK shooting organisations announced a ‘voluntary’ ban on lead shot. This will have a profound effect on how we shoot live quarry in the future.

So, please let me tell you why I decided to write this article. At the end of the season I filmed two beaters’ days and put them on my YouTube channel. On both of the days I opted (and had been asked) to be a walking Gun, to try to shoot the pheasants that had learned, over the course of

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