ONE TO ANOTHER
Depending on exactly when you’re reading this, that’s the season (almost) done and dusted - and how was it for you? Were there birds aplenty? And were they high, wide and handsome? If you get about a bit, it can be difficult to remember precisely where an extraordinary moment took place. Or what made another day a bit “Ho-hum!”
It certainly helps if you keep a game book. When I first started shooting, I didn’t record every outing I went on in a journal - a failing I now regret. I can still remember my first-ever pigeon like it was yesterday but most of the details are lost in the mists of time. Which is a pity.
Keeping a diary of events - the highs and lows - allows us, from time to time, to review all the important aspects of
