Sporting Rifle

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October, as you would imagine, sees me at Kinnaird Estate in Perthshire, stalking red deer in the rut; a significant and highly sought-after period in the sporting calendar. We have enquiries many months – often years – in advance for hunters to come and spend time on the hill with us and experience this in person. It is a special time, and if anyone has not experienced this first hand then I would move it rapidly to the top of your bucket list!

Some folk come to pull the trigger of their camera rather than their rifle, and others just to be out on the hill watching the activity. Last year it was great – cool and fine conditions meant our rut was full on from early October. The most sought-after

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