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The best kind of traffic jam

Despite me banging on constantly about how essential regular reconnaissance is to ensure that you never miss an opportunity to shoot a decent bag of pigeons, sometimes pure luck can achieve the same outcome.

I was on my way to investigate a couple barley stubbles that had already produced two big bags, and was fairly confident there was enough food left for at least one more outing. En route I got caught in stationary traffic and became frustrated that I might miss the optimum time to see any pigeon

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