Shotguner

Erm this is very obvious and Kate908 never said they where game shooting with Nv. it is very obvious enough that foxes are a pest species and not game , but I didn't bring foxes up you did , As for the night vision , well that post has been removed but discussing night vision on a topic for a beginners 12 gauge shotty could lead to all sorts of misinterpretation , which is why I said I'm not sure what they was asking

I must admit I agree with Giro , with new permissions I walk the land empty handed for two days and if using the night vision then two nights , this gives me a good enough eye for the safe zone and where the height of activity is in a field , walking a field only once can be miss leading but if I was to take a month walking the land before taking a single shot I would run the risk of losing the permission ,( the land owner would see me there all the time but no improvement with the pest problem ) Congrats on the permission tho , it's hard work but worth the effort , just stay keen on the l

They are a pest species , not game, There are several versions of the General license , all covering different areas of shooting , foxes are on the pest species like rabbit and feral Pigeons

Thank you people's Been looking around for a few days now and there is loads of great advise and tips here , Loving what you guys/gals have done with the place

Kate908 Sorry I'm not sure what advise your after , but from the looks of it your thinking about putting either night vision or a thermal scope onto a shotgun , plese DONT , not only is it illegal to hunt game after dark with a shotgun , but it is also extremely dangerous , If you are just after advise on a good night vision scope then I am personally selling a very good one very cheaply

In Oxfordshire it's a good 3 months

The air arms s200 is a great little gun , I wouldn't recommend the 10 shot as it can be a pain to get the mag out in the dark , but the single is good

I have found that cleaning a 22 is just a nightmare for the grouping of the next 100 to 150 rounds , in my opinion a 22 shouldn't be taken out in the wet or be put down on the ground and so should never need cleaning but if for any reason it does , then I tend to go down the local range and just fire off until it's back on track

For a first time try going to a shop , asking them to look at a gun and don't be shy to try everything in sight , once you find a gun that feels comfortable and is a good fit , take a note of the measurements of it , this is a free fitting in effect ( but is only a guide ) then you are able to look around for a cheap gun that will roughly fit you , any alterations from this point will only be minor and a lot less costly , a baikal or a Winchester 96 are a good reliable cheap gun which would do you well enough to get you started , personally I tend to tell people to avoid auto's for a while whi

Would just like to introduce myself I work as a full time falconer , flying mostly Harris Hawks , at the moment I'm spending most of my time re training a problem bird and he is pretty much bang on now , I also do a lot of shooting both for work and for pleasure , I use a pcp air rifle for work mostly due to the fact it involves indoor and in city centres culling pigeons , but for hobby I do a lot of games shooting with a very nice little 12 gauge . I currently shoot on 3 different farms with around 900 acres of permissions , most resently clearing a bunny population from horse paddocks ha

Best thing to do is look at the natural behaviour of the Harris , in the wild , you will have a bunch of males flying around the trees and outer edges of fields chasing rabbits into the open , the female then makes the kill , eats he fill them the males get to eat once she has finished . So the males will naturally fly harder for longer , and are by far easier to train because the female is the more dominant one , it's very easy to find a female trying to train the falconer rather than the other way around , but as said , a male needs to have his pray taken away quicker because a small feed o

My job is flying birds of prey , we use Harris Hawks because they are the most forging , and best natured birds to work with , as a professional falconer , my advise would be to volunteer at your nearest falconry centre , learn from them and you won't regret it , training a bird is very easy , but if you get it wrong then the bird will never forget it and it will taint your perception of what it's like to fly a bird . Most of your training the bird is just building a trust bond with the bird , so a bit of time is needed at the start , so if you don't have a spare few hours on a Saturday to vol