Instagram star Dan Thor goes back to his roots, shooting feral pigeons around the farmyard with an air rifle. The gun is a step up from his old break-barrel Weihrauch – it’s a fancy new Air Arms S510 fitted with a Hawke scope. The birds are proving tricky, and it’s difficult to see them clearly inside the barns, but with a bit of help from James’s drone Dan manages a decent bag, learns a few lessons along the way, and rediscovers the joy of pottering around the farmyard with an airgun just as his father did years ago.
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How to shoot pigeons that won’t decoy
Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of birds about, they set up a great pattern with floaters and a whirly, the hide
Dan Thor decoys pigeons with a Hushpower .410
Dan Thor is on summer crop protection, keeping the pigeons off growing crops on the farm. He starts on a patch of laid barley, but there’s a problem: his gun keeps jamming. Today is Sunday, so to avoid upsetting the
How to shoot pigeons with a gun that doesn’t fit
Dan Thor is out on the pigeons near his home in Hertfordshire. It’s a lovely warm spring day, the birds are decoying well, and he’s shooting a stunning Browning 525 Exquisite. Trouble is, the gun is made to standard off-the-shelf
Dan Thor shoots at Fred the Gamekeeper’s
Instagram star Dan Thor has been invited to a lovely driven partridge and pheasant day by his friend Fred the Gamekeeper. He’s decided to leave his usual Miroku in the cabinet today, and he’s shooting an old favourite Browning 525.
Glorious driven pheasants and partridges with Dan Thor
Instagram star Dan Thor is a regular beater on the Brent Pelham shoot in Hertfordshire, but today he swaps his beating stick for his trusty Miroku, stoked up with Lyalvale Express steel cartridges, for a day on the peg. It’s
Shooting farmyard feral pigeons with an air rifle
Instagram star Dan Thor goes back to his roots, shooting feral pigeons around the farmyard with an air rifle. The gun is a step up from his old break-barrel Weihrauch – it’s a fancy new Air Arms S510 fitted with
