They return just before dawn but are spotted by the B&B owner's young son. Marcus recovers the bullets, using a knife to dig Vaughn's bullet out of the boy's skull, over Vaughn's objections. They return to the village and are invited to dinner by Logan and his cousin Al Logan asks if Marcus can help him find investors who might revitalise the community. However, Marcus is told by a petrol station owner that Logan said no other hunters are around and convinces a traumatised Vaughn they can only protect themselves by returning after nightfall and burying the bodies. Marcus hides the bodies and they drive off, hoping to claim that they were hunting in another area. Vaughn wants to tell the police about the incident but Marcus convinces him they will be arrested as murderers. The boy's father arrives and, in a fit of grief, picks up Vaughn's gun and points it at him but Marcus shoots the man. On the hunt, the pair happen upon a deer in a clearing, and Vaughn aims at a doe’s head but it suddenly turns, causing Vaughn to shoot and kill a boy, unseen behind the deer. Vaughn realises he has forgotten ammunition for his rifle, so Marcus lets him borrow one of his guns, despite this violating the strict firearm laws. On the way, Vaughn deduces Marcus has used cocaine and chastises him. Vaughn and Iona nearly kiss but Vaughn mentions his pregnant fiancée, so they have another drink instead.Įarly next morning, Marcus rouses a hungover Vaughn for their hunt.

After dancing and drinking, Marcus leaves with Kara, despite being warned to stay away. They spend the evening at a village pub, where they meet Logan, a community leader who bemoans the village's weak economy and two young women, Kara and Iona. An aggressive Edinburgh businessman, Marcus, takes his boarding-school friend, Vaughn, whose fiancée is newly pregnant, on a weekend hunting in the Scottish Highlands.

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