Tis the season for the birds and, soon, the bees.
I took a starling off the bluebird house this morning and set it up as a decoy hoping it might lure in a few more. But the cloud cover returned and I usually only see starlings on the lawn in the morning on sunny days. I also do actually have to...
Hand pumps work and are inexpensive, just get an air rifle that has a smaller reservoir and not a really high fill pressure. I had a Hatsan Flashpup that worked just fine, and wasn't bad to pump up. Hand pumping will wear you out quick though, so go into it thinking of it as a workout. The...
I have been zapping spatzes (House Sparrows) that have been trying to nest in the bluebird house outside my office window.
This is a Taipan Veteran Short in .25 cal, zipping along a 25 grain pellet at 890 fps. It is my squirrel gun, not that I have gotten a squirrel with it yet... Major...
I got into PCP air gunning a few years back. Picked up a .30 cal Evanix Rainstorm recently that may be called upon to do predator duty here at the farm. It generates 100 FPE at the muzzle, so similar energy to a 22LR, but since it is a 50 grain pellet it slows down faster. Still will do the job...