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Alpine rifle reaches the heights

I have to remind myself occasionally that my job title does not incorporate professional deerstalker. More’s the pity. It also means that I have to fit my deerstalking in around my ‘nine to five’. This isn’t too hard in the summer when we are blessed with beautiful clear mornings and warm sunny evenings, but in the winter when daylight hours are precious it can be difficult. During these months, I end up deerstalking at first light before frantically trying to make it to the office for 9am.

Sometimes, when I’m really pushed for time, the rifle also comes with me to the office, which isn’t ideal,

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