Air Rifle Hunting, Snowy Farmyard Vermin Control, 30 Nov 2010

This hunt was shot during that first cold snap we had a few weeks ago, were i was trying to reduce the number of magpies and jackdaws on a local farm i have permission to shoot on. as they were raiding the livestocks feed.

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Sports

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• airgun hunting
• hunting magpies
• vermin control
• .22 theoben MFR
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[PlinkinPete]

You have so many magpie's. (Wish i had that many on the farms i shoot over)

as always though, another great vid, keep up the good work mate.

[HuntersVermin]

@PlinkinPete Thank you.

[bruutes1980]

yes if population of magpies explode you almost seen nomore song birds it last 3 years here but al birds are protected by lawe also if the doe harm to property, catel ,pets iam bound to pierc paper and cans . i hoppe that the come toe der senses an make it more open toe shoot vermin . your footage is a verry good exampel howe it cane bedone wit respectin nature en envirement . cant waite for nieuw footage of your nice hunts...greets daniel

[HuntersVermin]

@bruutes1980 Thank you very much for your nice comment.

[JODIMAR45]

@HuntersVermin You are absolutely right!

[HuntersVermin]

@JODIMAR45 It is a challenge but around the likes of farm yards an air rifle is one of the best tools for the job.

[JODIMAR45]

@HuntersVermin You have it the nail on the head,the word is CHALLENGE.You and i have that in common we know it is a very big challenge to decoy or bring corvids in close enough to shoot with an airgun and i come across game birds on my shoots all the time that would be easy to shoot but they do no harm whatsoever and shooting them would be no challenge.Corvids naimly magpies,carrion crows in spring early summer inflict untold damage on other birds eggs and young.

[HuntersVermin]

@JODIMAR45 Good for you, as i have always preferred the Challenge of shooting hooded crows and magpies to game birds for some reason.

[JODIMAR45]

@HuntersVermin I know what you mean regarding people prefering to shoot game birds rather than magpies,crows etc.It is just the same around here.The trouble is some of the game shoots around here don't rear any or not many game birds to put down.This as you can imagine along with predation from corvids,stoats,foxes etc buts a very big strain on wild game bird numbers.Anyway keep up the good work.Just for the record i have never shot a game bird in my life.I control crows,magpies mainly.

[HuntersVermin]

@JODIMAR45 The cold weather that year was concentrating all the birds into a small area for food, plus this farm is near a town so there is a lot of jackdaws which no one bothers with. Most people here seem to be more interested in shooting game rather than pests.