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The Shooting Show – night-time fox lamping double

With the crops coming off the fields, Stuart Wilson prepares to do battle with two problem foxes on his patch. We’re doing this the traditional way, using a torch and calling by hand. But foxes are elusive creatures, and with

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The Shooting Show – rabbiting and foxing with Jason Doyle

First, Jason Doyle prepares his .22 rimfire in anticipation of an evening’s rabbiting around the farm. He’s soon at work pruning the pest population – but some larger varmints show up in the shape of a pair of foxes. So

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The Airgun Show – pigeon and crow hide shoot, PLUS the BSA Scorpion SE on test

It’s the 50th episode of The Airgun Show, and we’re hide shooting for woodpigeons – with the chance of crows, too. Mat Manning explains the benefits of a semi-permanent hide, and shows how to use decoys to tempt incoming birds

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The Shooting Show – day-and-night foxing in Ireland

Jason Doyle has been called into urgent action by an angry farmer suffering form heavy fox predation. It’s an all-hours fox that has made raids in broad daylight, so we’re going to need to camp out 24 hours for this

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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

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The Shooting Show – 24-hour rabbiting in the Highlands

In the third instalment of his rabbiting series with Anschütz rimfire and RWS subsonics, Byron takes to the hill with Edan Annand to clear up a rabbit infestation. We’ve got a night’s lamping session planned followed by a daytime foot-stalk

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The Airgun Show – lamping rabbits with a spring-powered airgun, PLUS the Crosman Nitro Venom gas-ram on test

As if shooting isn’t tough enough on a clear, windless night, Mat Manning swaps his PCP and NV set up for a spring gun and lamp in Episode 34. Proving you don’t need night vision to target bunnies after dark,

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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

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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

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The Shooting Show – shooting rabbits from an ATV

We catch up with gamekeeper extraordinaire Geoff Garrod, whose busy game-season schedule has thrown up another twist. The rabbits sorely need controlling, and it’s too much of a job for just one man on foot. How about one man on

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