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 Hushpower .410 shotgun. If he waits up in the warmth of his truck at dusk, he should be able to hit the rats while they’re lurking in the undergrowth.
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The Severn Valley Ratters and their Plummer terriers are at the top of their game. They team up with the Four Shire Ratters to clear a rat infestation at a farmyard near Hereford. It might look like utter chaos but there’s more to ratting than meets the eye – and
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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 Hushpower .410 shotgun. If he waits up in the warmth