Where there are chickens there are usually rats. That’s bad news for the owner of the fancy fowl, but great news for Terry Doe, former editor-in-chief of Airgun World, who has a load of new kit to deal with our pest problem. Unfortunately the quality of the image through the Infiray day/night scope and thermal means we see more than just where to put the pellet, it gives us a dark insight into what these rats are happy to gnaw on… their friends and relations.
Rats don’t mind a bit of other rat for a protein-packed evening meal. Terry’s efforts at the Bisley air rifle range pay off and nothing gets past him. However, the bucket load of rats we gather at the end doesn’t tally with what we shot. Rat is definitely on the menu tonight.
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Thermal airgun ratting and mousing
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
All-action ratting with smoke and dogs
Smoke and dogs: those are the main sporting equipment that the West Lancs Rat Pack uses. And the results are explosive. Today’s venue is a large pile of rotting grain near Wigan. Farmers used to plough this back into the
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. But he has a plan. He’s fitted a HIK Micro Thunder thermal scope to his
Airgun rat action with Terry Doe
Where there are chickens there are usually rats. That’s bad news for the owner of the fancy fowl, but great news for Terry Doe, former editor-in-chief of Airgun World, who has a load of new kit to deal with our
Mr Grumpy goes ratting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgV0554Fzag Roy is tired and grumpy, and giving David grief. David’s one hope is that Roy takes his rattiness out on the local rodent population. With the end of the falcon breeding season just around the corner, Roy has just
Bird Table of Doom: air pistols
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5HHl0SVS0 As the field and garden songbirds get underway with breeding, Charlie is defending his bird table from one of their major predators: the grey squirrel. He deals with the problem of hold-under while using an air pistol with a
