Rats and water go hand in hand, and we’ve found a fishery that’s teeming with scavenging rodents that have acquired a taste for trout pellets. Watch as Mat Manning uses his Daystate Huntsman, lamping tactics and some well-placed bait to…
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The Airgun Show – lamping rats, plus the Walther Rotex RM8 review
Airgun Shooter’s Mat Manning proves that you don’t have to have the latest night vision gear to shoot rats after dark, as he heads out on a farmyard foray that stretches into the night. It looks like the session could…
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The Airgun Show – rabbit shooting at dusk, plus the MTC Genesis UL telescopic sight on test
Rabbits are back in the crosshairs as Mat Manning heads out to target some coneys that evaded his summer pest control efforts. Autumn rabbiting is never easy, and Mat’s quarry initially plays hard to get, but a combination of fieldcraft…
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The Airgun Show – night vision rabbit shooting, plus the Brocock Contour S6 XL Elite on test
It’s into the darkness as Mat Manning heads out on a night-time rabbit hunt. The bunnies are being elusive, but Mat puts the brand new Pitch Black Field Master digital night vision unit to good use, bringing several of the…
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The Airgun Show – night vision rat shoot, and the Air Arms TX200 on test
It’s time to ramp up rat control on the farm, so Mat Manning switches to night vision to extend his hunting time. With a Pitch Black Hunter digital NV unit and Weihrauch HW100 pre-charged airgun, Mat picks off scaly-tails in…
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The Airgun Show – grey squirrel shoot on an Essex estate and a mouth-watering game pie recipe
Squirrels are in The Airgun Show crosshairs again as Mat Manning heads to an Essex estate where the greedy rodents are munching their way through the pheasant feed. The fidgety rodents aren’t giving themselves up easily, but Mat uses a…
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Tick-ing Timebomb
Airgun hunters beware! The UK is being warned of a possible epidemic of blood-sucking ticks this summer after a wet, warm winter gave them perfect breeding conditions, according to Professor Richard Wall, an expert at Bristol University. Ticks are tiny…