Max wrote : When my stepbrother was in his early twenties, he went through a phase of hunting with a crossbow - it was definitely very sporting of him, as he would have killed more game with a camera.

Charles used bow and arrow -- just like Robin Hood -- with fletches -- none of that military hardware for him! And he ate well. He went to camera after the war when he was a member of the First Photographic Squadron in the USAAF. (Army Air Force before we had a separate branch for the Air Force) Hoo-HA![grin emoticon here if we had one!]
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