Shooting Times & Country

Gamekeeper

Like many others, I spent the last two weeks of the season juggling my time between shooting at home, dashing about feeding and fitting in cocks’ days with keepering friends.

The end of the season is always a bit of a mad rush, albeit a very enjoyable one. I am certainly not complaining. Hectic and chaotic as it is, it is probably my favourite week of the year. True, there is lots

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