The Airgun Show - action-packed rabbit shoot, PLUS tips for early summer airgun hunting…
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Rabbits have really bounced back on one of Mat Manning’s permissions. The burrowing pests are now present in such numbers that they are causing serious damage. Tackling the rabbits with his FX Impact MkII mounted on a bipod, Mat has a busy evening’s shooting and harvests some great free-range meat for the pot while he’s at it.
Also in this week’s episode, Mat shares some top tips for airgun hunting opportunities during the late spring and early summer months. With squirrels, rats, rabbits, pigeons and corvids all on the list, it’s a busy time of year for airgunners.
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A very good Monday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset
Hi David.
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
If he shoots a rabbit, and you slow down the audio, the gun announces: "DINNER!"
Returning to the sport after a good number of years away, really liking your posts. Might be in other videos, but what about a video showing how to prepare a rabbit for the pot?
Another great episode there mate really enjoyed watching that some nice rabbits for the pot keep up the great work and I hope to watch the next one
Thanks for watching, and for the kind words.
All the best. Mat
Been watching some order videos from a few years ago and it's cool that his still uploading and also this man hasn't aged a day, must be all the blood of the rabbits sustaining him.
>Miia
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Bit of snow on the peak now
Love to see you go out and shoot few magpies 6 or 7 or they to clever for you
Hi Peter.
We have featured magpies in past episodes but I don't have much call to shoot them as they are not particularly abundant on the ground I shoot over at present.
All the best. Mat
thank you for the video
Thank you for watching.
All the best. Mat
I miss doing this with my old man. He took me out a few times as a youngster. Learning how to make a high pitch squeak to freeze the rabbit if thye wouldn't hold still.
It's great to have someone experienced to show you the ropes when you're young.
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Nice shooting mate. Good eating!
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Thanks David.
All the best. Mat
I wish my rabbit control job was as simple as this. I do a golf course, the rabbits are very spread out by hundreds of yards, there's no cover to get close to them, it can take me an entire night from say 9:30pm to 4:00am to just get 3 rabbits and I will be lucky to get a shot under 65 yards and I have to use a sub 12 air rifle.
@Broad Side Ive tried it, used everything from ghillie suits to hides, it just doesn't work, you can wait 5 hours and see nothing , the course is so big you never really know where they will be and they are extremely on edge ,any little thing and they are off!! Even the light from my 940nm ir light scares them off sometimes from like 80 yards away lol.
The tactics I am using here work well on shoots like this where there are high concentrations of rabbits in small areas. Sounds like you are dealing with a much sparser population.
Scent is something to really watch out for when planning a relatively close-range ambush. A quick shower, with no soap or shampoo, is a good bet in order to lose smells of deodorant and anything else from the human world. You also have to be careful of odours from your home or car getting into your shooting clothes - car air fresheners are to be avoided.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow I always try to stay down wind, even if it means walking the entire way around the other side of the golf course just to come from the other side of them to make sure I am down wind. Sometimes even the IR light or the range finder is enough to send them running even if I am still 100 yards or so away. To be honest the job really requires 17hmr. Appreciate the response Mat, look forward to more of your content.
Excellent 🐰 video, thank you.
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Great video, very informative!
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Great video and nice shooting Matt. Cheers
Thanks Donald.
All the best. Mat
You need to add a huggett barrel shroud it will help get the two when they are together.
Nice clean shots,not a fan of the modern tactical looking rifles but each to their own.
Love this dudes accent.
Ahh yes , the Airgun Bunny shoot, I love Air Rifle hunting myself , and use a co2 powered 8 shot, plenty of Bunnies here in NZ , BUT, WOW ! That FX is a F---king sledgehammer!!!!
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Sir Very good hunting
Thanks for sharing brother...
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
I enjoy and appreciate the Air Gun Show and have learnt a lot but I wish you would do more with sub 12ft/lb for Rabbits and Pigeons. I understand the advantages of FAC power but I am sure there are many like myself that do all of our hunting with sub 12ft/lb and use field craft to compensate for the lack of power a 30lb FAC gives. Apart from that many of us do not want to go through the hassle of applying for an FAC license (particularly at the moment with all of the problems) and have to have gun cabinets and police visits. I maybe wrong but it does appear the air gun show when shooting Rabbits and Pigeon seems to us far more FAC than sub 12ft/lb.
FAC Airgun is not going to provide for longer range shooting over a sub 12, not by much anyway. It is all about killing the target on impact. Most of the shots in the clip were around 30~40 meters. Typical sub 12 ranges. The reaction of the rabbits on impact though, were quite different to sub 12. In the old times I would go deep into ballistics to prove the point, but I am too old now to even bother. An FAC air gun will provide for a much more humane kill than a sub 12.
@@lensman5762 I an fairly new to air rifle hunting and I understand you reasoning and appreciate your experience but I can only speak from my own experience to date when shooting Rabbits up to 40 yards with a sub 12ft/lbs. I use a .177 Air Arms Ultimate Sporter R and a HW100KT. From my observations with kills so far if you shoot a Rabbit in the head with even just a 8.44 grain pellet at 40 yards that Rabbit is going down quickly and cleanly and I have had no problems so far. However, with a chest shot (heart/lung) on a Pigeon up a tree definitely the FAC will do the job better therefore, I restrict myself to head and neck shots. As I said I can see the advantages of an FAC but for Rabbits up to 40 yards I do question if it is really necessary and if I was to go for an FAC for Rabbits then I would go for a 17 or 22 rimfire and be able to shoot them at 100 yards.
@@buckrussel3808 Those are also my sentiments. We were given the sub12 without a licence and we grew to learn to use it within its capabilities. This doesn't mean that it is the right tool for the job. At very short ranges, it does the job, but extend the range a little and it starts falling apart. The FAC air rifle is also a much more safe device than either a 17 HMR or the dreaded .22 LR. We shouldn't forget that quite often we shoot within very close proximity of busy roads and human residence or place of work. I maintain that for airgun a separate licence should be issued by the authorities. I have never understood the bunching of a 30 ft.lbs airgun with a 600 ft.lbs center fire, but that is just me.
saying sub 12 is not a good tool for pest control look at si and davey on vermin hunters
@@buckrussel3808 First to stress I am a relative newcomer to air rifle hunting and I appreciate the contributions to my original comment. But all I can say from my experience so far using only sub 12ft/lbs is I have Rabbits in the freezer. I have true wild Wood Pigeons in the freezer and when I say true wild Wood Pigeons I mean those that are very wary of humans and not those that hang around areas where they get used to seeing humans. I also have Grey Squirrels in the freezer and a couple will be eaten tomorrow night. All of these have been shot knowing the limitations I have using a sub 12ft/lbs for example: Making sure either by ambush or stalking that Rabbits are a no more than 40yards (head shots). Setting up in the woods to shoot roosting Wood Pigeons at no more than 30 yards and be mindful of shot placement (head and neck shots and only taking a chest shot at very short range. Shooting Grey Squirrels without the use of a feeder but taking advantage when a Squirrel presents itself within range (head shots). Being mindful of how windy it is and distance. I have to question saying sub 12ft/lbs should be banned as it appears to me sub 12ft/lbs are very affective providing you know the limitations. I am in no way knocking the use of FAC rated air rifles and as I have said I can see to advantages and how they can make it easier however, part of the fun for me is using field craft to compensate for my limitations of a sub 12ft/lbs and the fact that it is not so easy. That said the whole point of my original comment to the Air Gun Show was to ask if Matt (a great presenter) could do more Rabbit and roosting Wood Pigeon shooting with a sub 12ft/lb and show what is required to be successful. Maybe one day I will go down the road of a FAC rated air rifle but at the moment as an amateur air rifle hunter I am enjoying so much the fact that it is not so easy with a sub 12ft/lb and if I have many trips where I am not successful due to those limitations then that’s fine because it makes the successes so much more enjoyable. I would also like to add that there are several UA-cam air rifle hunting channels that are highly successful using sub 12ft/lb such as the Corvid Hunter.
Always rats on the waste sites, never a dull nights shooting 🐀
Love to get myself some permissions and have the opportunity to hit the greys, but finding it surprisingly difficult to get responses!
I agree. Have a couple of great farm permissions however woodland seems near impossible.
Keep plugging away. Try contacting local pheasant shoots and offer to help out as a beater. It's a great way to meet people and earn the trust of whoever controls the shooting and pest control.
All the best. Mat
Another good video- thank you. I'm using sub12 but managing few sometimes- it must be closer distance as due to the lack of power the accuracy is only solution. Nice to hear they are returning. Agree the smaller are the best to eat.
Nothing wrong with sub-12.
Enjoy your shooting. Mat
@@theshootingshow Thank you , same to you.
By the way Matt, why isn’t it customary to present a “feeding station” for 🐇rabbits to get them out of their burrows?
Great shooting Mat.The fac impact set up you have just seems ideal for the bunnies,especially at those longer ranges.Thanks for the shooting tips.
Atvb👍🏻😀
Thanks Justin.
All the best. Mat
as always a great vid m8
Thanks Ian.
All the best. Mat
Great video, as usual, Mat.
Some great shots, there. 👏👏
Thanks very much.
All the best. Mat
i thought your going to get a double there for a minute
Great tips. We (the dog and I) love stalking rabbits during the evening. Winter soon here so the evenings start so damn early.
Thanks Grant.
All the best. Mat
Another cracking video Matt, I'll be going to have a go at them rabbits soon, was on the pigeons the other day, peas and barley mix, awesome day 34, are now in the freezer 😎
Great shooting - well done.
All the best. Mat
Bit confused, looks like the gun is zeroed at around 30 metres (POI on the cross hairs) but he used hold under at 45 metres, I would have thought he would have to hold over, even with FAC. Can anyone explain please?
Yep That seems very odd lol hope it gets answered
It depends on the height the scope is above the barrel, I have an air rifle that was zeroed at 20m and is on the money out to 50m at 30m would need hold under
@@mikerichardson4240 Yes, get that, but couldn't work it out using Chairgun! Hopefully Matt will enlighten us 👍
Mike Richardson has pretty much nailed it. This setup is bang on at 20m and at just a shade over 50m. The pellet is striking high between primary and secondary zero and therefore needs hold-under, although only a touch at 45m.
I have never used Chairgun so can't comment on how that stacks up with my experience.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow Thanks for the explanation Matt, every day is a school day!
Good evening I have a question please. Where did you get your woolly camouflage hat with the peak please I have been looking everywhere for one? I would be so grateful if you could let me know?
Hi Steve.
Afraid the hat is discontinued, which is frustrating as I'd love a new one. Quietwear make a similar version which is reversible and quite a lot thicker, so only really appropriate for extreme cold.
All the best. Mat
Great work
Thanks Andrew.
All the best. Mat
Good hunt brother
Thanks for watching.
All the best. Mat
Great video as always and thanks for the tips, very useful. What's the chances of doing some shooting with some budget PCP's
Thanks Tyrone. Trying to line up some content with affordable PCPs.
All the best. Mat
I've never tasted a squirrel before.
Great vid Matt , superb shooting as usual ...
Thanks Mark.
All the best. Mat
Where did you get and what brand is the rest on the barrel
Matt, what gloves are you wearing in this video they look like they give lots of feeling while shooting. Thanks chap.bob
Mat uses the Mac wet long mesh sports gloves. Not cheap. I use them too. Really good gloves.
Hi Bob. As Matty says, I wear MacWet gloves and can certainly recommend them.
All the best. Mat
28 th !!!!
Newbie question: how come you use hold under for a longer shot??
It’s to do with the scope height from the barrel, i.e. a large’ish gap between scope and barrel.
Matt explains it below.
His gun is zeroed at 20 & 50M. The scope height produces an arc of pellet flight between these points and so was hitting high between them.
Hitting high needs holdunder to get the shot on target. 👍
Great hunt. We only have a Fall season for rabbits here in Ontario, Canada. Do you have to worry about ticks while out in the grass like that? It's a huge problem here as they carry Lyme's disease and seem to be absolutely everywhere.
As long as you stay out of really dense long grass or bracken there isn’t a problem at all
Ticks are something we do have to be aware of here in the UK. I do my best to keep my shirt and trousers tucked in and to wear gloves to keep my skin covered.
All the best. Mat
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Amy concerns with cooking wild rabbits? I'm thinking issues with worms, fleas etc
No problem with fleas as rabbits are skinned as part of the prep. As with any other form of meat, the rest is taken care of by cooking it properly.
All the best. Mat
Do you know how much drop-off the pellet will have, say over 50 metres? The weather seems to be perfect with little or no wind, so this must increase your accuracy! I tried to bring the video down to 0.25 speed to see if I can get some idea how much the pellet will drop over a gauged distance! I could see a few pellets, but there is little to no drop-off! Are there any figures given for the fx and pellet weight as to what might be expected? Great to see your professional videos with clean and quick kills!
A projectile traveling 300 meters / sec will go 50m in 1/6th of a second. If you shot perfectly horizontal, the projectile would drop 10 - 20 cm by gravity during that 0.167 second travel time (a range to account for projectiles with more or less air resistance). For shooting targets around that fixed range of 50m, you can compensate for this drop with a very small upward angle (1/100th of a degree) above horizontal, which is tuned into the sighting of the scope.
Makes me wonder what you are doing with all this rabbits? Do you have a giant fridge full of rabbit meat or do you sell them?
Hi Mario.
My family and I eat a lot of the meat I shoot. Any surplus goes to friends or the local butcher.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow Same here. Thanks a lot
Good 👍👍🇮🇩🇮🇩
just bought your book mat. looking forward to reading it. be well.
I’m new here and really like this show. Thank you
Welcome.
The series goes back years so you’ve got some great viewing ahead. 👍
Hi Andrew, and welcome.
The show goes out fortnightly, and we already have more than 200 episodes shot, so there's plenty to keep you busy until the next one.
All the best. Mat
I have taken a few this past few week , fairly new to this but learning rapidly and making great shots. The only thing is both rabbits have had a very large amount of inner fat and when i was skinning them i saw white milk like runny stuff, maybe they had been breast feeding the young ones? And had recently been pregnant. Rabbit fat is very odd looking and the smell was kind of weird. Liver ect all looked great however
I suggest you don’t eat the lactating ones. Just throw them away for a bird to eat or something. The milk ruins the meat so I never keep them.
Outstanding shooting.
Thanks very much.
All the best. Mat
Thanks guys, enjoyed this one a lot. Just wondering if Nicky has a new camera as the footage looks much sharper than previous videos?
Nicky updates his kit quite frequently, so you are probably seeing the benefits of a new camera.
Thanks for watching. Mat
What bipod do you use?
It's a Harris bipod that I've had for a very long time.
All the best. Mat
What gun is he using? It looks amazing
Fx impact mk 2
Brilliant shooting and filming really enjoyed this Mat 🔥👏
Thanks for the kind words.
All the best. Mat
Hi, wath shoting pellet? H&n, jsb...
Rangemaster Sovereign.
All the best. Mat
Wow mantap bos ku 🙏🙏🙏
Salam persahabatan bos ku sukses selalu buat bos ku 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great shooting where did you get your bipod rail from
A friend made it for me.
Thanks for watching. Mat
Hi Matt where are all these rabbits ive got 230 acres that used to have loads of bunnies on it. Been out a few times this month on the permission and ive not seen one. This new virus must have killed them all.
Can't speak for your locality, Bob, but rabbits are back with a real bang on my patch.
All the best. Mat
@@theshootingshow drop a few breeding pairs my way Mat. Only joking chap, its just boring without any
Do you eat them?
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Always great shooting and another great video mate! Thanks for all the good tips also...Enjoy your Rabbit stew...!
Cheers, Mark
UA-cam Channel: Farm Pest Management-Airgun
Thanks Mark.
All the best. Mat
what the air gun for 200-300 pounds break barrel
Have a look at the Gamo and BSA ranges of break-barrel airguns. They do some great guns around that price and we are featuring one in this Thursday's show.
All the best. Mat
what the air gun for 200-300 pounds
I know you’re very familiar with this permission Matt ,but I noticed that you took two or three shots which didn’t have any visible backstop,which could be confusing to new shooters to the sport and the fact that you were using an FAC rated rifle as well, if it is at all possible can you point out,for new shooters,the problems of taking this approach to hunting as some of them might feel that it’s okay to take shots like that all the time
You have been shooting for a long time and know the pitfalls of the sport but newbie shooters don’t,and it’s always a good thing to emphasise safety,especially when non participants are trying to regulate the sport to a point where no-one can enjoy or afford to participate
That is a very good point. Although this is a very flat field, there are banks rising up around it in the distance - and that is something I should have pointed out.
All the best. Mat
Another internet police.
@@L.V-Rider not police ,have been watching Matt for three years and have seen him on this perm many times ,but I spotted something he may have missed during editing his video and I felt it was a fair point to bring to his attention, and ask yourself how many new shooter's are watching and do not know how well Matt knows this permission
@@teamfugldriverpops7850 What you said just now is exactly what "internet police" are doing.
This was the first time I felt that a comment would actually be of any use to someone but any reasonable comment seems to have everybody screaming it's some form of policing, instead of complaining about the odd comment why not put your effort into getting the lead ban reversed as that is going to have a bigger and more devastating effect on our sport
1st
Don’t see the point saying you’re pleased the rabbits are making a strong come back when the reason for the shooting is to knock the numbers down.
You must not be a hunter with that comment,
Fac again, what a cop out , expensive gun and fac, very elitist. Give me Mr Dave Ratz anyday