It’s springtime in the woods, and a vital time for pest control as nesting season looms. This week Mat Manning is ambushing grey squirrels and rats from a hide, set up within range of a pheasant feeder to head off…
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The Airgun Show – springtime squirrel and rat shooting, PLUS Air Arms Pro Sport review
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The Airgun Show – rat shooting with night vision, guns and gear from IWA show, PLUS Daystate Wolverine B-Type review
It’s time for night vision after the winter’s pest crackdown has left the rats lamp-shy and thin on the ground. Mat targets the farmyard stragglers with his Air Arms Ultimate Sporter and Nite Site Viper, using the stealth of night…
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The Airgun Show – shooting crows at the roost, plus Gamo Coyote review and a look at the new Daystate Pulsar
With nesting season just around the corner, we’re thinning out the crows before they get a chance to prey on this spring’s eggs and chicks. Mat Manning heads to the woods, setting up an ambush to target the scavenging corvids…
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Hunting Haven – Park Farm
Mat Manning is invited along to a farm where airgun shooters can enjoy the ultimate hunting holiday…
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The Airgun Show – winter woodland squirrel shoot, plus how to cook curried rabbit pasties
Grey squirrel control is making headlines, and we’re heading out on a cull of our own in woodland where the bushy-tails are causing problems. Mat Manning waits in ambush as the greedy squirrels home in to attack pheasant feeders, and…
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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 – 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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Daylight ratting
Cracking down on rats doesn’t always mean after-dark forays on the farm – as Mat Manning discovered after cottoning on to an unseasonal infestation in a newly gained permission…
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