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Many years ago I killed a pigeon at 30 yds & a rabbit at 20 yards in my fathers orchard with my airgun. Both hit on the head. It has a...

I wouldn't recommend using a .177 on any living thing in anger, but my reference was to a moment of teenage folly that I immediately...

I am not in touch with the true statistics, but there was a variety here when we moved in 25 years ago. In the first five years or so I...

I’ve not seen Bent geese :ROFLMAO: but a good number of Brent, actually rather fewer than the last year or two. I like to think that...

I gather that someone is droning on. It is so nice that it is still possible to see such numbers of beautiful creatures. Especially...

The possibility of my even hitting a bird might have been a hint to my lack of seriousness. My lifetime total is one sparrow and two...

A mate of mine has a duck punt and a very big gun.........

The brown blobs in my photo are pintail, though I had to degrade the picture before uploading. Although I assume that your experience is...

Fascinating read. My old dad was what I would call a slightly rough and ready old school sailor in his yellow sou'wester and mac. He...

In cold weather feeding birds are actually fairly tame and can be approached quite close if done carefully and properly attired. What...

... on the mud, that is. Down at Titchmarsh today I took my 'scope as I usually do when it is lowish tide and had a look at the creek...