With rabbit numbers on the rise after a successful breeding season, Mat Manning heads out on a stalking session with coneys in his sights
Hunting
Roving rabbit shoot
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Scents and Sensibility: Controlling body odour for hunting
Unnatural odours can blow your cover long before you catch sight of your quarry. Mat Manning offers some tips to keep your shooting gear free from telltale smells Airgun hunters have a reputation for taking concealment extremely seriously. And that’s…
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Getting acquainted with the Diana 470 TH
Andy McLachlan tries out the Diana 470 TH, a full-powered
sporting rifle with a lot of heritage behind it
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Posted in Hunting, Reviews, Target Shooting
Posted in Hunting, Reviews, Target Shooting
Q&A: When can I hunt rabbits?
Chris Wheeler discusses when and where you can target rabbits when hunting with your airgun
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Posted in Hunting
Have a hoot with springtime magpie hunting
Having a hoot with magpies! Using an owl decoy is a great way to catch territorial corvids off-guard during the spring months, as Mat Manning demonstrates
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Q&A: How to fit studs to your rifle
Mat Manning shows you how to safely fit studs to your precharged air rifle in order to attach a bipod or sling
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Posted in Features, How to, Hunting, Q&A
The essential guide to night-time rabbit hunting
Mat Manning clips on his scope-mounted lamp and heads out into the darkness to keep his rabbiting rounds on track as the nights draw in
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Q&A: Can you reduce camo in the summer?
Hunting in the summer can get hot and sweaty when you are head to toe in camouflage. Is there any way to get around the full cover, or is it a case of grinning and baring it? Matt Manning helps out…
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Posted in Features, Gear, Hunting, Q&A
Posted in Features, Gear, Hunting, Q&A
Video: Scope-cam hunting and Northern Shooting Show highlights
On this week’s Airgun Show we’re picking off pests with help from a scope-cam and there’s a full report from the Northern Shooting Show…
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Posted in Features, Hunting, Reviews
The essential guide to controlling corvids
Mat Manning uses bait and decoy tactics to outwit marauding magpies intent on plundering the nests of vulnerable birds
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Posted in Features, Hunting
