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You can get specialist air rifle versions. I'm not sure if it's just silica rebranded, but I believe Napier does some. They last about 9 months, just pop one in with your rifle.

Is that an SMK Mod 19 scottishlass?

I use the Master Book of Herbalism by Beyerl as my reference, good book.

Nettles are b*****ds, have the same problem on my land; they just shoot up over night. Nice catch.

Thanks for the tip Scuzy, that's what I was trying to do. We've got a strip half way up on side that we use for vegetables. Lots of people are always walking up there to farm it and the crows don't seem to care. That's where I was going with the diagonal, then just ducked out of it's line of sight.

Was wondering when you'd show up! Thanks Sean.

Oddly enough, no. The adrenaline took a while to subside, which was amplified by the fact I have a cold, so when it had left my system it was hitting a brick wall.

Calibre is very heavily debated. The majority of THL members seem to use .22 for hunting, however .177 is just as capable. It depends mostly on your quarry, .22 will comfortably kill most small game; crows, pigeons, rabbits, rats and so forth. .22 is a lot easier to get hold of than .25, at least by my experience, I'm not sure about price though. I also haven't seen too many .25 rifles, that might narrow your choice somewhat.

Had my first kill today, wasn't out hunting at the time and it was probably the best shot I've ever made. Gotta love adrenaline. I live on a cattery, the cattery is to the left of the house (facing it from the road) and our land lays behind both. The local crow population like to gather at the top of the field containing our livestock (ducks and chickens currently) sitting on the fence posts and gate. As I was walking over to the cattery I spotted a large black blob sitting on the fence posts; at first not sure whether it was a crow or just the light hitting the post, I grabbed a pair of b

If you're looking in the £700 range, you'll almost definitely want a PCP (air capsule) repeater (revolving magazine). I'll leave it up to the others to advise on which one to go for, however with the quarry you're after make sure it's silenced and has a good quality scope.

droid, this site has quite a lot of pictures on the Air Arms TDR; however most of the prices I can find are quite a bit above your budget.

Yea, while we would all recognise a gun slip for what it is, there aren't many police officer that would. They do just look like they're for miscellaneous sports equipment and carrying them is completely legal.

Would you really expect to be stopped Sean? I suppose it depends where you're riding. Maybe I'm desensitized out in the country, but there aren't that many police out and about and if they did see a guy with something like that on his back they'd probably just assume it's some sort of sporting equipment.

I'd say when you get the rifle, practice with it until you can comfortably hit an area the size of your quarries target zone (head or torso, depending on the quarry), then just approach them, either in writing or in person. If you can shoot well, the only thing to get in your way is your ability to track and stalk, which you can improve in the field. You won't have to lie to the land owner about your skills as you'll know that you can make any kill clean. As long as you come across as a friendly person, mention how you're happy to be their eyes and ears while you're out and about (tell the

If you had just cause you shouldn't have even been cautioned on it. Why didn't they believe you had cause for it?