Shooting Times & Country

The Shooting Times Almanac 26 JULY – 2 AUGUST

THOUGHTS FROM THE FIELD

oraging has become a popular pastime. However, the notion of food for free should be tempered with the knowledge that not all you pick is toothsome. The dangling purple-black fruit of deadly nightshade can be easily mistaken by the foolhardy for elderberries. Eating a mere dozen will kill a full-grown adult. Hemlock water dropwort

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