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LETTERS

ENFORCER RETRIEVE

From the photo of the keeper’s dogs that are saving Tom the trouble of picking up his shot birds (Adventure on the school run, 21 October), Tom must be shooting a lot of Enforcer decoys as that’s what one of the dogs has in its mouth. Come on, Tom, are your big bags you talk about real pigeon or do you count all the decoys as well?

Keith Williams, Essex

The Editor responds: Meanwhile, when I go pigeon shooting with Tom, he doesn’t let me carry any of the decoys in case I break them (admittedly, it did happen once).

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