The Airgun Show - Corvid control over maize

[@salopsniper22]

Great to see the Magpies taken Mark, they are my absolute favourite quarry to shoot 👍🏻

[@shirleydrury5565]

Thanks for up load buddy .great shooting regards😊😊👍👍

[@dirkdoenvanv.8156]

Superb shooting. Thanks for posting

[@AshF1]

Just to echo what is being said in the comments, superb recording, I almost feel like I'm with you with all the great pre-clips you take. Keep up the great work and thank you for taking the time to share 🙂

[@grahamedwards9920]

It’s a great little rifle, I’ve got one and that was some impressive shooting - you take the shot immediately it’s on - no dithering👍.

[@OutdoorsBritain]

Excellent shooting as always Mark 👍🇬🇧👍

[@calibreman]

Another great video Mark, well done. Geoff.

[@neilfordham5790]

Thanks for the video, it’s good to see proper hunting rather than just ambushing on a feeder.

[@zedfragg4134]

Feeders are used in a lot of places (in the UK) as they help get an ethical shot on the quarry. It may be "boring" to a viewer, but if we're taking shots we shouldn't for views... Should we really be shooting?

[@jamesbowskill362]

Good show mate, well done & very informative....Thanks.

[@thomaskavanagh7992]

Great shooting lovely to bag so many magpies

[@PaulHamM3]

proper old school using farm plastic sheeting to ambush those corvids and that natural hide and slit open rabbit combo, makes a refreshing change from all the feeder videos you see on here .

[@williamwilson2624]

Great video as usual Mark.

[@visamedic]

Loved that follow up shot on his buddy 8:37 😂

[@dyltwinful]

Awsome video yet again.. this shows what its all about 👌

[@Mike_P646]

Always a buzz when you get your first corvid and there's uproar 😅

[@franklegerski9682]

Here in the states, shooting out of a vehicle is illegal! Great idea on the tarp! Hiding from crows and magpies is a good idea! They are very smart.

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

From what the world hears about US gun control this surprised me, I thought anything goes with guns in America.

[@FarmPestManagementAirgun]

Hiding in hedges with brambles and nettles...Aaaah yes, all part of what we do to bring quality videos to our KZbin Channel...Haha! Great video mate, Cheers, Mark. KZbin Channel: Farm Pest Management-Airgun

[@CozyCamping911]

Great shooting! Good video

[@dyltwinful]

These are definitely the type of videos i can relate to and watch for hours. A lot of channels are making plenty of squirrel feeding stations and night time ratting, wich are good to watch every now and again but lets be honest they are all the same and get boring.. you cant beat this sort of shooting in my opinion. More hide, decoys and roving videos are definitely more entertaining 👍

[@260rips]

Thank you 👍 part of the problem here (and I think I speak for the majority of those producing content) is that the general licences are becoming increasingly more restrictive, and although anyone with any countryside knowledge will be all too aware, these various bird species are capable of a lot of damage to crops, livestock, gamebirds and songbirds and need to be controlled. The problem lies with the antis who simply see the surface picture of a bird being shot and are the ones with the ability to manipulate the general public rallying further support. With this in mind, we need to remain within these ridiculous and impractical restraints meaning we can no longer just shoot a pest bird species on sight as we did, without explaining the reasons for control, showing damage or proof all other methods have been attempted and at the correct time of year etc etc… This means that rats, squirrels and rabbits are easier targets due to the less restrictive general licenses relating to them, and with rabbits in many areas hit hard with VHD or myxomatosis the end result is a lot of squirrel and rat videos 🥴

[@nigelgriffiths5732]

Good session there

[@ACshinealight]

Brilliant shooting

[@ianwoods1384]

Hello My friend, Thank you for your video, but also for showing us things that dont always go as planned. I thought hiding in those bushes would have served you well. However, if we were right all the time, I dont think the challenge would be the same? On my first hunt, hiding in the hedge/foliage/bushes, I left a rabbit out at twenty yards. The rabbit attracted a Buzzard, which brought in four Magpies. I managed to get all four Magpies, which I thought for me, was great, then the Buzzard flew into a local tree. At some point I had to break my cover, collect my Magpies and move on. The Buzzard, remaining Magpies and Crows were sat in a local tree and saw me make my move. The point of my message is, I did exactly the same thing, returning a full twelve months later. What happened was that the Buzzard, Crows and Magpies flew around the rear of where I was hiding. They saw me and flew into a nearby tree, where they stayed. I was stuck, my cover blown. I'll know in future not to do the same thing twice. Allways, at some point, you have to break cover. When I do, I've already removed my facial camoflage so theyll not know what to look for or recognise me.. Eventhough I longed to do this all my life, I havent been doing it for long and its all a learning curve. I also never underestimate the knowledge of an animal, as they're so, so clever. Thank you again. Best wishes, Ian.

[@Mark.A.Waller]

Seen this before?

[@CristiNelxxx]

Same here. Second time now. Or it's a deja vu 😂😂😂

[@derktromp1495]

good work

[@bosshowly]

This was on last week 😢

[@260rips]

Yes goes out n the shying show on Monday then on the airgun show later in the week, same each episode 👍

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Coooool video

[@kevinsmith7274]

Mark where the toyota hilux gone love you video mate cheers 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@260rips]

Currently been waiting 2 months for a part to come in for it! Not impressed! 😡

[@alanvaughan4143]

Buy a Defender 😆👍

[@brettellis1837]

Like the air gun what pric in aussie dollars same set up cheers from north qld Australia.

[@billymccorkell1830]

What silencer on the gun please

[@rogerthedodger5788]

@ 14:49 explains your blunt knife! 😂

[@theratbuster]

👍👍👍

[@cirylkratkohlavy5683]

my truck airgun is hatsan sortie cal .25 have around 30 joule

[@osteoman74]

What make of wellies are you using as they look very comfortable ?

[@260rips]

They are the aigle parcours - they are excellent and very comfortable 👍

[@osteoman74]

@@260rips Thank you

[@davidthomas4169]

Hi mark great video. Is your ranger Sid 12 ft lbs or fac.

[@leevespa4564]

Brilliant video mate ......been out of air gun hunting for a while...so maybe you can give me some advice,.....right,on the lookout for a pcp....and by all means,honest opinions from you and any subscribers.....ok,I owned AA s510 walnut...lovely gun,but I've decided on a tactical,and I know AA do one....brk ranger,pathfinder and concept....airmaks katran,krait....AGT,vixen,uragan,vulcan....epic two(yeah not for two grand lol).....watched loads off reviews......personally ranger,pathfinder and airmaks katran or krait....every time,watched over and over again,really hard to decide.....so if anybody out there has been hunting with these....please give us your good and bad points,thank you everyone👍🏻

[@gavincole2659]

This was on the other day

[@260rips]

Yes goes out n the shying show on Monday then on the airgun show later in the week, same each episode 👍

[@oliverhopkins8074]

Thanks Mark. Is it true you will be sniping at Mat from the other channel ??

[@samsawyer2145]

First rabbit was hit in the nose or infront of the eye, they go around and around In circles when hit there, hit them low in the head (jaw) they run on also, kill switch on a rabbits head is very small when using sub 12. Anywhere in the head with the 17hmr works 😂

[@johnmcphee2201]

is the brocock ranger sub 12

[@260rips]

This one is yes but it’s also available in fac version giving I believe around 18ftlb

[@adam04156]

What power is this rifle

[@260rips]

Standard sub 12ftlb 👍

[@stevenpritchard3519]

What’s your best rabbit pie recipe ?😊

[@EpicPrankster71523]

Hello brother, I'm a man from Northeast India and also an Airgun enthusiast. I just subscribed to your channel but this is not the first time I'm watching your videos. I'd like to ask a question. Which one do you prefer Weirauch HW 100 or Brocock Ranger, the one you're using in this video??? If you don't mind

[@davidcardinal3654]

Magpies mate for life so that magpie that was at 8:35 was trying to wake up it’s partner. Their cry when they mourn is also noticeablely different. I don’t think this bird realized what happened to their partner before lights out.

[@onastick2411]

Human's mourn, animals just have a fleeting instinct, which soon passes.

[@reservedone1791]

Looked to me like you shot the rabbit in the mouth first time. It happens, and good that you got a follow up shot off to do the trick, but best to not show poor shots like this and give the anti brigade any ammunition.

[@nigelbase1196]

Stuff the "antis"....why pander to their needs!!!!!;

[@reservedone1791]

Don't be a fool. Attitudes like yours give the antis what they need.@@nigelbase1196

[@davidcardinal3654]

I have a shitty air rifle that the birds recognize right now and I have no way to build a blind. Do they eat rat poison mixed with beef or something?

[@kevinmartin7345]

Where’s your Hilux gone ?

[@260rips]

In for repair and awaiting a part! Back soon 😉

[@stevenpritchard3519]

Pity the farm hand whom has to remove them tyres 😮

[@fgb3126]

That's called sileage.

[@JG-fv9bv]

I hope the result from the lead ammunition ban consultation leaves air rifle shooters and smallbore .22 rimfire ) alone otherwise we're/they're buggered and will become obselete overnight

[@KlausBlankenhagel]

and tomorrow at dentist....

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

Bait? Bit of a waste, there's lots of good eating on a rabbit.

[@reservedone1791]

In which country were the magpies shot? If in England I understood they could only be shot to protect birds of conservation concern or livestock, not to protect a maize clamp.

[@reservedone1791]

I'm no lover of magpies, but the GL are there for a reason and we don't need to give the antis any help.

[@salopsniper22]

And what part of the GL specifies where they can be shot? The GL sets the purpose for which you control them. If the silage clamp is the best place to shoot them for the purpose of protecting live stock (which the silage will be for) and birds of conservation whom live in the surrounding fields, buildings and hedgerows then there is nothing wrong with what’s been shown.

[@reservedone1791]

@@salopsniper22 I can see your point, but the fact is that the magpies were not engaged in attacking livestock or predating on birds of conservation concern. If you apply the logic that 'they would so at some point' then why do the GL specify reasons for shooting or not shooting any pest species? The GL might as well say 'just shoot magpies whenever you see them' which I don't believe is in the spirit of the purpose of the GL.

[@IamN0-1]

Bunnybunnybunnybunny BUNNY!!!

[@zedfragg4134]

Good recording, but Christ alive what the hell happened with that first shot on the rabbit? You don't appear to have pulled the shot. You look like you've shattered the jaw looking at the video. Unneeded stress on the animal. That's an unethical shot which to be clear happens unfortunately. But no one seems to have bothered to address this question so I thought I would.

[@apeanut9701]

Where is Matt at? Get him back.