The squirrel cull continues and we’re up early to ambush the bushy-tails as they venture out for breakfast. Watch as Mat Manning sets up a hide to target greedy squirrels as they home in on a maize feeder. After the…
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The Airgun Show – squirrel hunting from a hide, plus more plinking targets on test
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Nutcracker Sweet!
Set another long-term hunting experiment by the editor, Ian Barnett takes to the fields with the ‘in-between’ .20 calibre – and sees how it rates against his old adversary, the grey squirrel…
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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Sound Advice
Sounds – and often the lack of them – are a countryside language’ that reveal much to the hunter who is able to decode them. Ian Barnett
translates it all into human-speak…
The Airgun Show – nutty squirrel hunting and the Crosman 2250 XL on test
Greedy grey squirrels are in the crosshairs as Mat Manning cracks down on an infestation of bushy-tails that have developed a taste for peanuts. The ravenous rodents are causing havoc in the woods, where they’ve been targeting bird feeders, so…
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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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Winning in the wind
Making a respectable bag during a blustery day in the woods, Mat Manning tells you how the airgun hunter can turn a strong wind to his advantage…
Fowl play
With the trees beginning to shed their leaf cover, Ian Barnett and his lurcher target woodies and squirrels in 16-Acre Wood
