175-yard rabbit with an airgun
Wayne Martin has a big rabbit control job to do on a farm near Winchester in the south of England. He is using a FAC-rated airgun to head-shoot the rabbits as they come out to feed, starting with one at
Terry Doe is the acknowledged master of airgun shooting, and in this new series he is passing on the skills, tips and techniques developed over a lifetime of hunting and competing.
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Safety is fundamental to every aspect of airgun shooting – so much so that, rather than mention it in passing in each episode, Terry has produced this separate video on safety, which applies to any time you are handling or using any airgun.
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Terry is coaching Nicole Moore, ‘Shooting Girl with an Afro’ on Instagram. She’s an experienced pigeon shooter, game shot and deer stalker, but new to airgunning, so Terry starts by teaching the basics of a rock-steady seated shooting position for ultimate accuracy in the field.
It’s a chance to build Nicole’s confidence in the RTI Arms airgun, and her own ability, before moving on to techniques for breathing and trigger control in future episodes.
In part 4 of Terry Doe’s Airgun Academy series, he emphasises the importance of controlling your breathing, and shows Nicole Moore how breathing affects the movement of the gun.
It simply isn’t possible to hold the gun perfectly still, especially when you’re shooting standing, but by using your breathing you can control that movement and make it your friend rather than your enemy.
Shotgun shooter Dan Thor wants to use an air rifle for farmyard pest control. Our airgun guru Terry Doe watched Dan’s earlier film, and reckons he can transform Dan’s performance with a few simple lessons. In this first session with Dan, Terry explains the importance of shooting sticks, and how to use them to best effect in the field, with a few bonus tips about trigger technique, follow-through and the best clothing to wear.
When a rat appears at 4 yards, it seems like you can’t miss – but it’s one of the hardest shots you’ll ever take. Close-range shooting requires some serious aiming-off. Get it wrong and you can miss by 6 inches. Terry Doe shows Dan Thor how to put your pellet where it counts when rats get up close and personal.
In this episode, seasoned hunters James Marchington and Terry Doe discuss the hunter’s mind-set. Plinking and target shooting are one thing, but when you are shooting live quarry only the best will do. That means doing everything possible to ensure your shot will result in a quick, clean kill – or holding back and letting your quarry walk away.
Wayne Martin has a big rabbit control job to do on a farm near Winchester in the south of England. He is using a FAC-rated airgun to head-shoot the rabbits as they come out to feed, starting with one at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00RtCnJvSs Terry Doe is blown away by the high-tech new Skout Evo, an airgun so advanced that it talks to you, and allows you to change firing modes at the press of a button. After months of testing on targets,
Terry Doe is faced with a squirrel conundrum. The pests are chewing electric cables in the attic, which could cause a house fire. He plans to bait them away from the house, and shoot them on the feeder. Setting up
Terry Doe is blown away when he gets his hands on the revolutionary new Epoch from Skout Airguns. The gun draws on the company’s 30 years of experience in the paintball market, to create an airgun like no other –
Airgun supremo Terry Doe is back at the fancy fowl centre for another go at the rats – and this time he’s upped the stakes in technology. He’s brought an RTI Arms pre-charged pneumatic, fitted with the latest Infiray TL35
Once they were pets. Now they are pests. Iguanas join a list of reptiles including monitor lizards and Burmese pythons that people have bought, kept, got bored of and released into the countryside. Now the lizards are a major pest,
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