If you want a practical Estonian hunting tip, it is this; don’t go hunting in Estonia in a Volkswagen Polo. It is great for battering up the E67 from Riga in Latvia to Pärnu in Estonia; a little too great if the image of it taken by a speed camera on the border is anything to go by. It’s fine on the smaller roads as you head out toward Viljandi in the dark, but on the gravel forest roads it gets a bit slidey and alarming. And when you arrive at the hunting lodge and have to park in a field, it will get stuck, slither about and eventually you will reverse it into a small tree. At least that is my experience — and that of Andra, my Estonian contact who was in the passenger seat.
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