Shooting Gazette

WHAT’S THE BEST/WORST THING ABOUT THE SEASON ENDING?

All that momentum is lost

By Ben Samuelson

life was as saccharin-sweet as those quotes posted on social media, the end of the season would be a time for reflecting on the pleasures of the months gone by – the birds shot and missed, dogs working, mates laughing and excellent grub eaten. But when you reach full curmudgeon status, it ain’t. So the last drive of the season tends to be an entirely

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