The auto he seeks isn’t actually for, “hunting”. Preserve days, or, as my friend Lloyd waxes poetically “Pet and shoot” days. I’ve experienced the phenomenon of the staff duly placing dizzy birds in a spread, an hour or so before the scheduled time, and having the birds get undizzy, and group up together somewhere, unsure about what to do with the sudden freedom, and wondering when is lunch served?

It is a first world problem. If 1100s were still selling for $250-$350 in the local haunts, like they did for perhaps three decades, it would be a non-issue. But who the hell wants, at age 60+ years, to fork over $800+ for a gun that gets used to sharpen up the dog every other year?

Best,
Ted