Air Rifle Hunting Wood Pigeon Decoying Over Cut Silage

I was asked by a farmer earlier in the year if i could help with a bird problem as his crop of barley was nearly ready for harvest and the wood pigeons and corvids were hitting it hard so since this farm is usually shot over every Saturday by other shotgunners i decided to try decoying it in the evenings when it was quieter.
This is all done on farm land that i have permission to do so on with legally held air rifles and is done in a legal and humane manner as not to prolong or glorify the death of the birds.
This can legally be done through the Department Of Agriculture, Environment And Rural Affairs Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (As Amended) Licence.
This Licence hereby authorises for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease and preventing serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber and fisheries ANY AUTHORISED PERSON to kill or take any of the following birds:-
Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Pigeon (Wood), Pigeon (Feral), Rook, Sparrow (House), Starling.
Range Finder Bushnell Scout 1000
Rifle BSA Super10 John Bowkett Blueprinted .22cal 15ft/lb
Scope Nikko Stirling Targetmaster 4-16x44 LRX
Pellets JSB Diabolo Exact 15.9 Grain
Tactacam 5.0 and FTS unit
The Double Bush pop up hide

[@skydiver6711]

I sure do admire your shooting skills. Sure you missed a few at the first, but you adjusted and overcame that. That is what a good shooter does. Thanks for the videos.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much for watching them.

[@jimf1964]

I usually save your videos till bed time. Something about these pellet gun videos that’s relaxing, but I haven’t seen you pop up on my feed in a while, so I had to watch right away. For the misses, you didn’t just clean your barrel or something, did you? Your sights were right on and didn’t flinch. I couldn’t see the grass moving from wind, but I never shoot like this, so I dunno. I just got back from a 5 day camping grouse hunt in the Canadian wilderness. I bagged a few with my brand new (and very beautiful) antique Spanish 20g SxS, double trigger shotgun. I just love it, and it points so well. Only down side is I spent half the holiday hiding under a tarp in the pouring rain, sleet and wet snow. Still, I got a few good days, and the nights in my new hammock were awesome!

[@HuntersVermin]

Now that's real hunting. No hadn't cleaned the barrel but i have now thinking that was the problem and it was surprisingly clean anyway.

[@jimf1964]

@@HuntersVermin I don’t know much about pellets, but I know some 22lr like my High Standard pistol shoots like hell when it’s just been cleaned. First time it happened I thought I ruined the barrel. But after a dozen shots or so, it calmed down. I’ve been told it’s the same thing with pellet guns. And at the end, you were hitting a tiny stick, so maybe?

[@genebraaksma]

As always a great video David. Cheers from West Michigan, USA.

[@HuntersVermin]

Awesome, thank you!

[@404nitro]

That open field seems like a great place for the Crown. You sure had a decent day there IMO. Plenty of action.

[@HuntersVermin]

Id have to pick a better spot down to the left for the crown as the field crowns to the right and you could run out of back stop shooting from a sitting position.

[@willaimwinchell1813]

That some great shooting. When I lived in Spain we used to shoot lizard and rats in the creek next to my apartment. It was a fun time. You have me inspired to buy a new rifle. I think I'm going to buy a wiehrauch 97 and put a vortex scope on it. Thanks again fir the shooting videos.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it.

[@johnballantyne6853]

I love shotgunning but there’s something special about decoying Pigeons with an Air Rifle. There’s no noise to disturb the neighbours, and they really test your shooting skills….. Or not ! 🙈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HuntersVermin]

They can really test your patience too, thanks for watching.

[@robbiedev2141]

Great content as always David. I always consider a clean miss just as important as a clean hit. Keep up the good work mate.

[@HuntersVermin]

Yes i have to agree as i'd rather have a clean miss and look like a fool than leave wounded birds running round the place.

[@NewAmericanWoodsman]

Sat going good…..KZbin notification……….Sat is now great! Thanks for the vid!

[@HuntersVermin]

Your welcome thanks for watching!

[@taylorroarkpayton]

I love your videos man! I came across them in 2011 and have been watching ever since.

[@HuntersVermin]

Awesome! Thank you, you've been watching for a long time.

[@johnallen8618]

Another cracking video David, I'm going to have a go at them pigeons and crows on a freshly cut silage field, next week, so fingers crossed hey 😎🤞

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much hope your day went well.

[@johnallen8618]

@@HuntersVermin it was actually rubbish, but the week before I had 66 corvids in 2 days, over freshly drilled barley 😎

[@obxjimbo272]

Great video thanks 👍 I am curious do you cook up the woodies and if so are they good eating 🤷‍♂️👍👍

[@HuntersVermin]

Yes my wife makes mixed game pies or stir fry's with them and i did a video some years ago on how to clean and breast a wood pigeon for cooking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6ishY2hqdCHr5I

[@calibreman]

Another quality video David, thank you and well done. Geoff.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thank you your very welcome.

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

A great video David and great shooting the birds came in,but you missed we all miss some times, it's not bad to miss, the rifle is working OK and the pattern was working. I allways like your videos. Take care untill the next video.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks for watching hay.

[@donaldlundy345]

Awesome video David I consider a miss as part of hunting and pest control and I think that you had an excellent day shooting. Cheers brother

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much hay.

[@simontanner]

Excellent video and great shooting David 👍🏻

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much hay.

[@jeremyrorich1902]

Nice video, love the fact that you use pellets and my favourite pellet as well, JSB 15.89gr, which work like a dream in my Crown mk1 with a 380mm barrel, super accurate. Keep up the excellent work

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks good to hear, glad you enjoyed it.

[@tadpoles10]

I'd call that a result on a nice evening. He who misses also learns, or something like that .. 🤣 Thanks for sharing David, atvb t ..

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeah he who misses learns to shoot better next time or gets very good at making up excuses. Glad you liked it Tadpole.

[@stephenbrown5844]

Spot on dave really good shooting thanks for the footage my friend 😁👍💚🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@HuntersVermin]

No prob thanks for watching.

[@stevevw34]

Yep had those days to , And I'm not as good as you. You must have a attractive decoy in the left all the boys were popping in and trying to impress it 😂😂😂

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeah and its not the first day they've done that ether for some reason, must try and ear mark that decoy if it happens again.

[@Grt234]

Could be the magazine.?

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeah it could be but i don't remember seeing any lose lead shavings around the breach lately.

[@robmallion5957]

What are you doing when you say "tidy-up the pattern" ? I know it's moving the decoys, but how do you decide which to move & how / where to move it ? Great vid 👍

[@HuntersVermin]

What i mean by tidying up the pattern is to lift any shot birds and set them up as decoys because incoming birds don't like landing if they see any dead birds lying on their backs, plus if the birds are landing were i don't want them too like in this video when the birds were landing too far to my left i moved the left hand decoys more to the right to try and get the birds to land closer and more in front of me which seemed to work.

[@ericwood3886]

Great story and video. Amazing what you can get done with a 16 pound airgun. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@HuntersVermin]

No problem thanks for watching.

[@julianweeks326]

nice shooting as usual mate every one misses some times.

[@HuntersVermin]

Very true, Thanks.

[@philchapman9484]

Another great vid .an sometimes we all miss .atb

[@HuntersVermin]

Very true, Thanks 👍

[@mikem201]

David, I'm curious as to how long it takes you get set up. What with the blind, nets, grass, then the decoys placement. An hour or more before you're actually "locked and loaded"? Cheers from the Nebraska Sandhills.

[@HuntersVermin]

In the old days when i used to use hide poles and cammo nets to make a hide it could have been an hour but now with the pop up hide I'd say its more like 30 mins plus its a lot more weather proof if the weather turns nasty.

[@Icebuntrucker]

Nice shooting as always mate . Never had a lot of luck with an air rife so now trying a 410 hushpower .

[@HuntersVermin]

I was thinking of getting a 410 hushpower as well for corvids close to the farm yards but only got my FAC back there and didn't want to send it on another round the world trip again so soon.

[@bugsyboy705]

My MK3 super 10 also blue printed would shoot spot on then point of aim would change then return to zero. Turned out to be the cigar style regulators. Apparently it's a common problem. Something to consider.

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeah it sounds familiar as the missed shots as far as i could see all seemed to go high and right.

[@garryadams67]

Could be any number of issues, the magazine, I am guessing they were unweighed and in sorted pellets so could be a batch issue. The rifles zero looked good but some pellets just wernt playing ball so to speak nice video it's good to see the problems that the best can have 😎👍👏

[@HuntersVermin]

It wouldn't be the first time i've got a bad tin of pellets now or it could be that the rifle is just a part timer, part of the time it hits and part of the time it doesn't.

[@davidbetts480]

At least you got a few for your dinner. 👍👍

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeap as least i didn't go home empty handed.

[@SpacedOdyssey]

I don't think that you are doing anything wrong, just that woodys bodies aren't the same profile as the outline of their feathers. Best shot is full frontal in the chest, many other shots will just glance off

[@HuntersVermin]

You have a point there but a lot of the time they don't sit on the ground for very long so you have to make the best of the opportunity you get before they fly off.

[@2speed818]

Really enjoy your videos, good shooting and thinks for showing the misses lol most KZbinrs don't.

[@HuntersVermin]

Ahh just trying to keep it real.

[@barrycarruthers]

Great day out, good shooting👍

[@HuntersVermin]

Thank you.

[@brindle2009]

As usual a vary enjoyable video we can't hit them all but you hit more than most people

[@HuntersVermin]

Glad you enjoyed it hay.

[@lewislister7720]

Thank you

[@HuntersVermin]

Your welcome.

[@damienmilas8337]

Nice work David always entertaining love watching stay well mate cheers 👍🦘🇦🇺

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much and you too.

[@paulsouthwell7964]

Left and right lol, good shooting David, i found myself shouting at you to shoot the woody that dive bombed you. They make a lovely pan of soup.

[@HuntersVermin]

The wife makes a nice mixed game pie with them as well as a stir fry, not sure why i wasn't on that bird quicker think it was that close i was scared to move encase it saw me.

[@Explorador65]

Nice video, nice shots.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks very much.

[@johnmcphee2201]

excellent one day maybe i will see as many wood pigeons as that.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks and hopefully you'll not miss as many birds as i did.

[@carlsouthern3673]

How come you don't use your fx crown lately david

[@HuntersVermin]

Well i have it set up for slugs which is a bit over powered for 10 to 25 yard pigeons.

[@alanpaisley8696]

Nice shooting Dave

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks.

[@Barlas511]

Which is the rifle.

[@ProperRural]

Bsa superten not made anymore

[@HuntersVermin]

Yes its a BSA Superten .22cal 15ft/lb of energy that was blueprinted by John Bowkett but sadly they are no longer made and were replaced by the BSA R10.

[@halilinusi]

hi bro, do you hunt for food or just as a hobby~malaysia boy🇲🇾

[@HuntersVermin]

I eat the rabbits and wood pigeons i shoot but not the crows or magpies as they are scavengers and will often eat road kill.

[@kevinashford1219]

U were shooting downhill slightly I think maybe bit of holding under mate,, maybe wrong

[@HuntersVermin]

It is posable as the down hill shots were a little farther than the others but it doesn't explain the few misses to my right side though.

[@carlsouthern3673]

Do they have spec savers near you David 😂

[@HuntersVermin]

Funny enough I've never seen them.

[@Barlas511]

You shot right. May be the wind or the zeroing.

[@HuntersVermin]

Not sure yet most shoots seemed to miss high and right but could have been the wind.

[@nathoi]

thats part of hunting.sometimes it matters with the pellet and air pressure.

[@HuntersVermin]

Very true, maybe the nut behind the but was lose.

[@opportunisticangler9281]

Possibly some dodgy pellet or just wind error that's all I can think of

[@HuntersVermin]

Yeah that's the most common faults so a change of pellets might be worth while as its not the first time I've got a bad tin of pellets.

[@paulhodges101]

I wonder if wood pigeon are nice to eat

[@HuntersVermin]

Yes they are very nice to eat as my wife makes a nice game pie and stir fry with them.

[@babarshafi]

Seems disoriented a bit. Must have had a fight with better half in morning. I know... I know, it happens.

[@HuntersVermin]

Sounds like your speaking from experience.

[@babarshafi]

@@HuntersVermin Ya, you are a bit right. But I didn't gets little disoriented like you rather it completely ruins my hunting day.

[@FarmPestManagementAirgun]

Always a brilliant and entertaining video mate! I would take a good look at those pellet shirts, as all your shots in the slow-mo looked spot-on mate! Cheers, Mark. KZbin Channel: Farm Pest Management - Airgun

[@HuntersVermin]

I usually roll them between my fingers before i load them but it wouldn't be the first time i got a bad tin.

[@bobbymoody2473]

🤠🔥👊🏻👊🏻🔥🤠

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks for watching.

[@williamkinnear345]

Cracking shooting

[@HuntersVermin]

Thank you.

[@gutiguti3914]

👍👍👏👏💪💪

[@HuntersVermin]

Thank you.

[@DairyAirGunners]

Great day shooting.

[@HuntersVermin]

Thank you.

[@ProperRural]

Mate there's something up with that rifle,is it regulated if so looks like it's sticking get it over the chronograph awesome video as per usual 😀

[@Idiotstryingtobeprofessionals]

Nothing wrong with a bsa superten i hope. Great great guns.

[@HuntersVermin]

I don't know as i have noticed more flyers as last while, maybe its time for a good service.

[@joelmontgomery4496]

Magic M8 Great footage👍

[@HuntersVermin]

Thanks 👍

[@joelmontgomery4496]

See much rabbits

[@HuntersVermin]

No stalking this year but i have shot 30 to 40 on a few fields just sitting waiting on them with the night vision ether with the air rifle, rim fire or 17 Hornet.

[@joelmontgomery4496]

@@HuntersVermin keep me informed M8

[@Idiotstryingtobeprofessionals]

Hope you're well mate. Thanks for another great video.

[@HuntersVermin]

No prob thanks for watching them.