What do you do with your old thermal kit when you upgrade to the latest gear? You could sell it on – but Essex farmer and foxshooter Robert Bucknell has a better idea. He can still find a use for the old stuff where, even if outdated, it’s still good enough for some jobs. Today, Robert is helping out a neighbour with a rabbit problem. We are in an arboretum, where the owners have just spent a lot of money surrounding the place with a rabbit-proof fence. The trouble is, a handful of rabbits are now trapped inside.
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Shooting rabbits at 200 yards with a .22LR
How far away would you shoot a rabbit with a .22 rimfire? 50 yards? 60? Maybe even 80? That’s nothing to Robert Bucknell’s gamekeeper friend,
Old v new thermal for rabbit shooting
What do you do with your old thermal kit when you upgrade to the latest gear? You could sell it on – but Essex farmer
Thermal on .410 is just the job for rats
Essex farmer Robert Bucknell has a problem with rats around his pheasant feeders. He doesn’t like to use poison in case it harms the owls.
Thermal foxshooting masterclass with Robert Bucknell
Essex foxshooter Robert Bucknell has got his hands on the latest thermal kit from Pulsar – the Telos XP50 monocular, and the binocular Merger, both
Thermal night vision fusion on deer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3CwA4Z3bs Essex foxshooter Robert Bucknell and his deerstalking buddy Nigel Fulton make their judgement about the new thermal / night vision fusion available from HIKMicro,
Shotgun ratting, with thermal sights
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_O0eRm8E0 Can you use thermal on a shotgun? Yes you can, says farmer Robert Bucknell, who successfully fits a thermal sight on to a shotgun
