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Cheers, long ears

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I have always loved the brown hare and wondered at her extraordinary turn of speed and agility since I first shot one with my father as a small boy. Since then, I have witnessed them in many guises and sporting settings, from the formalised hare shoots of East Anglia to walking up scrub hares in Africa.

Hares may not be legally sold in March, which remains the traditionally recognised time to spot courting hares boxing. However, the spectacle continues

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