Sporting Rifle

All work and no play

It had been a long week and I’d been working away with early starts, travel and late nights and by the time that particular job was done I was feeling pretty burnt out. The Friday looked to be a nice afternoon and I’d already promised myself an early finish and a sit out for a fallow doe as they had just come into season. The farmer had also said he’d seen several foxes around too and if I saw any could I knock them over too along with as many deer as I could.

By Friday morning a stressful job was complete and I was headed to the farm soon after lunch for a relaxing sit in a high seat in the surprisingly warm November sunshine. It had been wet for the past couple of weeks and the ground was still a little soft underfoot, despite the last couple of dry

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