Airgun World Podcast | ep 17 | Mat Manning and Rich Saunders talk with Chris Roberts from AirMaks

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@JoeRoughton 5 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this episode. As a Youth Worker who regularly takes young people out for shooting therapy and other benefits as you mentioned, it was great to hear you cover the topic. As someone who also supports AirMaks as a rep at the shows alongside Chris, not only are they amazing rifles but Chris has been a guru of advice and support to the UK community. Something i haven't experienced with other brands.

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

I think the benefits that shooting sports can offer to young people (and older people too) are hugely underrated. Happy to bang the drum on that front. Also agree wholeheartedly about Chris. He is a huge asset to the brand. Thanks for tuning in. Mat

@Mike_P646 5 ай бұрын

Avon 'skin so soft' is an excellent insect repellent. Always used it for my fly fishing and shooting and it's as cheap as chips

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike. Sounds well worth a try. All the best. Mat

@Airgunhuntingwales 5 ай бұрын

Great podcast again . Very interesting . Rich should do a podcast seminar on how to get permissions , he seems to strike gold with his .😂. Well done guys 💥👍💥

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

Rich did exactly that at the Daystate and BRK experience days back in July - it was excellent. Thanks for tuning in. Mat

@ianwoods1384 5 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, Rich and Chris, Thank you for a great, interesting listen, centreing around the topics of our wonderful sport. I would like to comment on two subjects you talked about, which were thermal spotters and pest control. I began my air rifle journey only recently, in comparison to all you guys, in 2018, aged 48. I've longed for my own air rifle all my life, though as a youngster, I was forbidden. In adulthood, I just felt it was my father's territory and not for me to tread. My father was a shooter, into air rifles, shotguns, and towards the end, muzzle loaders. However, I'm a twin to another boy who wasn't interested in air rifles, so I was completely gazumped! My opportunity came when our dearly loved father passed. I suppose you could call it a changing of the guard? I now live the life I always wanted to. Previously, I saw thermal spotters as an unfair advantage, as I like anything to be given a fair chance to fight another another day. I saw thermal imaging cameras as like a trawler fishing boat, dredging the sea floor, leaving nothing behind. After listening to you guys, I think I may at some stage get one. I could imagine someone with permission, with a responsibility to produce, they would be handy. Before this podcast, I thought they were a bit of an unfair advantage. Secondly, I do pest control and, like your opinion, realise it has to be done. That said, I'm completely at ease with it. However, I don't think I have the right to take a life. If I'm being honest, I think they've every right to take mine, in equal terms. I do pest control, I love the thrill of the chase, as no animal or bird are silly. Quite the opposite. I always respect my whatever I've culled and give it the dignity it deserves. That's very important to me. Thank you again, Ian.

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

Hi Ian, My views on thermal spotters have changed in quite a similar way to yours. Having given them a chance, I now see the advantages they bring. I certainly agree that all quarry deserves the utmost respect. Thanks for tuning in. Mat

@RichardSaunders-w9b 5 ай бұрын

Hi Ian. Hope you're well and it was good seeing you at the Daystate/BRK days. Yes, I know what you mean with regards to thermal spotters as they are a game changer and do make shooting a lot easier simply by allowing you to see quarry you would otherwise have walked past, unless they run off. I think it comes down to the reason why we shoot. If hunting is the point, then yes I can see an argument for leaving the spotter at home. For the same reason I'll often shoot with a springer rather than a PCP. But as most of my shooting is pest control and I have an obligation to use the best kit at my disposal to be as successful as I can, then the thermal (and PCP) come with me. With regards to your second point, I do struggle with this and have written about it in the past. Killing any creature is not something to be taken lightly in my opinion. There has to be a reason, and killing creatures simply for the fun or thrill of it is not something that sits comfortably with me. Everything I shoot is either eaten or shot because it is having a negative or harmful impact on the environment it is present in. Many will argue that they have a right to be harmful and that they are simply existing. I can see that point of view as well, but not enough to stop me from feeling justified in what I do. As I've written and said before 'a pest is only a pest when it's being a pest'. Take care.

@ianwoods1384 4 ай бұрын

@RichardSaunders-w9b Hi Rich, Thank you for your message. That was a good read, and I agree with you. It did make me think, as well, with regard to a shooting permission. At the beginning of the year, someone asked me to control squirrels on their land because of the damage they were causing. The landowners were trying to grow a Yew tree, which the squirrels had stripped the bark off all the way around and ruined it. I made a squirrel feeder out of a small metal locker. I placed it on their land, filled it mid week, a couple of times, and then went at the weekend with my air rifle and hide. The first weekend, I had six squirrels, but the following weekend, I only had one. I thought I'd have had more than that and felt a bit of a plonker! I explained to the land owner who gave me permission to shoot, that I just hadn't seen any squirrels at all, meaning, if I don't see any, I can't shoot them! The following weekend, I had another six. By then, he was satisfied and happy that enough squirrels had been culled for the time being. If he's happy, then I'm happy! The point I'm trying to make and one I initially wasn't aware of, is that when you are lucky enough to gain a permission, there is then a responsibility then to produce and show why you are there. I felt a real responsibility to have a good few squirrels and prove my marksmanship and ability, and sometimes it's only by actually going doing something that you realise all the ins and outs and the full circle. It was certainly a lesson learned and helped me in the future, I hope. Best wishes, Rich, Ian.

@gallantone1535 5 ай бұрын

I would recommend that you remove a lot of your outdoor clothes before entering your house and check your legs, factually my wife has got me well trained 🤣as tick's could be deposited in your premises.I noticed the last few weeks of July the squirrel are now on the hazel,I tend to get my maximum number's of squirrel's in August September these two months give me plenty of good productive pest control on the squirrel's

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

That's a very good routine to get into. And yes, the squirrels on much of my ground are now well on to the hazelnuts. Thanks for tuning in. Mat

@RichardSaunders-w9b 5 ай бұрын

That's a great point. Grey squirrels eating immature hazel nuts is hugely damaging to dormice and field mice that rely on the ripe nuts when they come out of hibernation. Many people simply do not understand the negative impact this introduced species has on the broader woodland ecology.

@scrimdog3328 5 ай бұрын

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@scottkelly379 5 ай бұрын

Your magazine is great ,but when your paying £6.99 you expect better build quality of the magazine its self ,the paper is thin and of poor quality.

@theshootingshow 5 ай бұрын

Hi Scott. Glad you're enjoying the magazine content. Decisions on paper quality are made by our publisher. You can get a significant discount by taking out a subscription - details are in the podcast description or have a look at airgun-world.com Thanks for tuning in. Mat