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Come rain or shine

A colleague recently sent me some extensive research on deer and hunting. It made for interesting reading, though, to quote Basil Fawlty, parts did seem to be “another MA in the blindingly obvious”.

The research was carried out over a 10-year period and involved 65,000 monitored hunting days. When dealing with wildlife, that is probably the minimum time in years and outings from which any relevant and meaningful conclusions could be drawn.

We have global temperatures rising, which, depending on the part of the world, will in the short term be beneficial for many species of deer. Certainly

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