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    Sharpshooter

    Jun 15, 2022 2 minutes

    Could a shortage of imported gamebirds for this coming season signal structural change in driven game shooting? In years to come, will we look back and recognise this season as the turning point — the first time in decades that the inexorable trend of releasing more and more pheasants was reversed?

    The immediate worry is

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