Night shooting season is getting into full swing, and in Episode 62 we’re shooting nocturnal rats with the Nite Site Wolf in R-TEK guise. Heavy rain forces Mat Manning to base his foray inside the farm buildings, where he picks off…
Deben
The Airgun Show – Night Vision Rat Hunting with Nite Site, plus the Tracer LEDRay F900 Lamping Kit Review
Tagged with: air, Air rifle scope mounts, Air rifle scope rings, airgun, ambush, ammo, ammunition, arms, BASC, Best rifle scope mounts, Best rifle scope rings, bushcraft, control, craft, cull, dark, Deben, F900, farm, farmyard, field, fieldcraft, finder, Genesis, gun, hunt, hunter, hunting, kill, kit, lamp, lamping, laser, lazer, LED, manning, mat, match, matt, mounts, MTC, multi, News, night, nite, pest, range, rangefinder, rat, ratting, Rifle, shoot, site, sports, Sportsmatch, techniques, tek, Tracer, vermin, vision, wolf
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
The Airgun Show – roost shooting for crows, PLUS Tracer LEDRAY F600 lamping kit on test
It’s time to keep crow numbers in check, so Mat Manning takes the hunt to the roost. With the leaves down, the hunting should be easier but it’s never straightforward when you’re targeting crafty corvids. Despite the challenges, Mat still…
Tagged with: 600, air, Air rifle scope mounts, Air rifle scope rings, airgun, BASC, Best rifle scope mounts, Best rifle scope rings, bipod, camera, control, corvid, craft, crow, cull, Daystate, Deben, deerhunter, dusk, f, f-600, f600, field, fieldcraft, flashlight, four, Frontier, gun, hawke, hunt, hunter, hunting, lamp, lamping, LED, ledray, light, manning, mark, mat, match, matt, mk4, mounts, night, performance, pest, primos, ray, review, Rifle, roost, scope, scope-cam, shoot, shooting, sight, sports, Sportsmatch, stick, tactical, techniques, telescopic, test, torch, Tracer, trigger, tripod, vermin, woodland, woods
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
The Airgun Show – roost shooting for pigeons, British Shooting Show and Air Arms S200 review
It’s a blustery day in the woods, but strong winds aren’t going to put paid to the pigeon shoot. Mat Manning reaches for his FAC-rated Daystate Mk4 to beat the breeze, and manages to bag a few pigeons at the…
Tagged with: 4, air, Airforceone, airgun, ambush, arms, ASI, atom, attack, backpack, best, boots, british, camouflage, charged, control, craft, crop, Crosman, cull, Daystate, Deben, deer, deerhunter, electronic, Engineering, field, fieldcraft, Fittings, forest, gloves, grey, gun, hawke, hunt, hunter, hunting, jack, jacket, lamp, management, manning, mark, master, mat, matt, mk4, night, nightmaster, optic, optics, pcp, pellet, pellets, pest, pigeon, pre, precharged, pulsar, pyke, review, Rifle, Rowan, S200, shoot, shooting, show, sidewheel, sight, sights, squirrel, target, telescopic, test, Tracer, Trousers, winter, wood, woodie, woodland, woodpigeon, woods
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
The Airgun Show – shooting crows at the roost PLUS Gamo Coyote review and 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…
Tagged with: 4, air, airgun, ambush, attack, backpack, boots, bsa, bull, bullpup, camouflage, carrion, charged, chick, control, corvid, Coyote, craft, crow, cull, Daystate, Deben, deer, deerhunter, dusk, egg, electronic, evening, feeder, field, fieldcraft, fledgling, forest, forestry, game, gamo, gloves, grant, gun, hawke, hide, hunt, hunter, hunting, jack, jacket, launch, management, manning, mark, mat, matt, mk4, multi, nest, new, night, optic, optics, pcp, pellet, pellets, pest, pheasant, pre, precharged, pulsar, pup, pyke, rats, review, Rifle, roost, roosting, shoot, shooting, shot, sight, sights, sunset, target, telescopic, test, tree, Trousers, twilight, winter, woodland, woods
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
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…
Tagged with: 4, air, airgun, ambush, attack, backpack, bipod, boots, camouflage, charged, control, cook, cookery, cooking, corn, craft, cull, curried, curry, Daystate, Deben, deer, deerhunter, feeder, field, fieldcraft, forest, forestry, game, gloves, grain, grant, grey, gun, hawke, hide, hunt, hunter, hunting, jack, jacket, management, manning, mark, mat, matt, meat, mk4, optic, optics, pasties, pasty, pcp, pellet, pellets, pest, pheasant, pre, precharged, pyke, Rabbit, rats, recipe, review, Rifle, roe, shoot, shooting, sight, sights, squirrel, squirrels, target, telescopic, test, tree, Trousers, winter, woodland, woods
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
The Airgun Show – trout farm rat infestation, plus the Remington Express
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…
The Airgun Show – farmyard jackdaw shoot, plus top plinking targets on test
Targeting crafty corvids can make for a challenging day’s shooting. Here, Mat Manning demonstrates the importance of fieldcraft and patience to bag scavenging jackdaws that have been causing problems on the farm. Mat also explains when and when not to…
Tagged with: 40, air, Airflash, airgun, auto, barn, bipod, buildings, control, Cordless Resetting, corvid, craft, crow, Daystate, Deben, deer, deerhunter, duck, exploding, explosive, farm, farmyard, feral, field, fieldcraft, Firebird, Flip, Genesis, Gr8fun, gun, hunt, hunter, hunting, huntsman, jack, jackdaw, jacket, Knockdown, light, manning, mat, matt, MTC, Nockover, optic, optics, pcp, pellet, pellets, pest, pigeon, precharged, pyke, regal, Reset, review, Rifle, scope, shed, shoot, shooting, sight, sights, smk, target, targets, telescopic, test, Tracer, Trousers, UL, ultra, Ultralight, Zombie
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
The Airgun Show – lamping rats and the Walther Rotex RM8
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 be going…
Tagged with: air, airgun, bipod, control, craft, dark, Daystate, Deben, deer, deerhunter, farm, farmyard, field, fieldcraft, Genesis, gun, hunt, hunter, hunting, huntsman, jack, jacket, lamp, lamping, light, manning, mat, matt, MTC, night, night-time, optic, optics, pcp, pellet, pellets, pest, precharged, pyke, r8, rat, rats, regal, review, Rifle, RM8, Rotex, scope, shoot, shooting, sight, sights, target, telescopic, test, Tracer, Trousers, UL, ultra, Ultralight, vermin, walther
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
Airgun Show – Nutty squirrel hunting and the Crosman 2250 XL on test
In episode eight of the Airgun Show, 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,…
Tagged with: air, airgun, ambush, ASI, back, BASC, bid, binoculars, Bird, black, catcher, charged, control, craft, Crosman, Daystate, Deben, feeder, field, fieldcraft, fox, grey, gun, gunbid, hawke, hunt, hunter, hunting, huntsman, idle, idleback, jack, jacket, King, knife, Lite, Mamba, manning, mat, match, matt, mount, mounting, mounts, MTC, pcp, pest, pre, precharged, premier, pyke, rat, Ratcatcher, ratty, recoil, regal, review, Rifle, Ronnie, scope, shoot, shooting, smk, sports, Sportsmatch, squirrel, squirrels, stalking, Sunshines, test, Trousers, vermin, Webley, woodland, woods
Posted in Airgun Show
Posted in Airgun Show
