No need to justify clean and instant kills mate. Folks are told to stay away from the video if they don't like pest control. If they watch and comment on cruelty, then they've too much time on their hands.
Hi Simon, I hope you're well. I've just watched and enjoyed your video again. I could watch them all, over and over, no problem. I recently tried a Daystate Wolverine R bottle version in sub twelve. What a beautiful, well engineered, fantastic looking air rifle. The engineering and workings of the cocking lever, just out of this world. What a glorious piece of kit. I'm so glad they're british and built to that standard and tolerance. Best wishes, Ian.
@simon6ppc246 Hi Simon, I've just watched and enjoyed your video again, lol. When you clean your rifle, what do you do? Do you take the stock off and wipe it over with a damp rag? After watching a video, an American gentleman made, who'd worked at most of the major American gunmakers, I do what he advised. I wipe mine over, the stock, the action, the lot, with a rag with mineral oil soaked in. Mineral Oil is unscented baby oil. I'm thinking it will feed the wood and give the blueing a protective coat, too. I've done this for a while now and seems to work well. When I'm at home, handling my air rifles, I wear gloves, as I don't want the oils in my skin going on any blueing, etc. Do you agree? Do you do anything similar, as you've had far more experience than me and will have seen far more than I have. Best wishes, Ian.
Im in love with these videos. Unfortunately i live in a city so i very rarely get a chance to do something like this. Shooting in general is fun but this is next level. Keep fighting the good fight
Excellent as ever ,am I strange getting so much satisfaction from seeing those little feckers being dropped , hate them I do , keep up the good work and thanks for sharing
Nice work on the maggies mate , made me giggle a bit thought of the scene in saving private Ryan the sniper in the bell tower , but a great video and a pleasure to watch 🎯💥👍
Brilliant head shots. We could see the fallout of dust from the harvests, I take it that you're not effected by hay fever. I thought you had your face covered incase they recognised you from the RUclips 🤣😆😂😂😆🤣😆🤣👍😷👍 Take care my friend.
I really like watching you shoot the birds, I don't know why. Great video, great work & thanks a lot. That was a great photo at the end of your video. Ooh Rah!
Great video again. I have family over here in the US right now all the way from Clidebank Scotland. It will be close to 40 (100) here before they go back home
These birds remind me of something we have here in the States called a Grackle. I don’t think they are related, but they have the same mannerisms and cagey personalities. They don’t sit in one place for long, so you had better get a bead on them quickly or you lose your shot. Used to hunt them when I was a lad on my grandpops farm. Never had the luxury of head shots though. I usually only had a second or two to get a good shot off if I was lucky. It was a good day if I got one or two. Wished I’d had one of those Daystates when I was growing up!
Magpies are in the Corvidae family. Crows and Bluejays are their cousins here in the US. Of course we also have Magpies here as well in the Western states. Good shooting Simon!
Excellent marksmanship 👍 we use a Larsen trap then pop them off, except one time when I caught the decor magpie, then non of his mates came back, felt sorry for him and let him go 🥴
Jackdaws are relentless in the cow shed on my permission.But the slightest movement and they are off, thankfully they never take long to return.Great shooting !!
Ye cheers dux, the reason i don't do them to long is when i look on my analytics it always says that people turn the videos off around the 7 minute mark so i think there is no point doing like a 20 minute one so i will try soon and see.
Excellent sniping once again! Well done. I hate having my giuns get dirty like that, but it happens now and then. A little compressed air on the outside usually gets the crevices nice and clean.
Magpies have become a real plague in the countryside today and they have literally devastated the small bird population in the rural area where I have lived all my life.. This is due in no small part to the suppression of shooting in general and the reduction of organised shoots (and therefore Gamekeepers) both of which held the Magpie population in check. The woods, spinneys and hedgerows around where I live were once FULL of thousands of small birds of a wide variety of species (even though we had industrial farming and widespread used of pesticides back then which was supposed to damage wild bird health..) but one bird you barely ever saw was a Magpie.. Now those same fields, spinneys and hedgerows are silent, the mass clouds of Sparrows we used to see picking up spilled grain around harvest time are completely gone and all we ever see are Corvids (including hundreds of Magpies) Woodpigeons and the odd Blackbird or Robin, this is because the huge population explosion of Magpies can be seen every Spring systematically hopping through the bushes and hedgerows emptying out almost all of the small bird's nests as well as picking off wild-born gamebird chicks by the thousand.. So good on you for knocking a few over, they deserve it..
Brilliant shooting there Simon and what defo gave you the edge there was hide position what a perfect spot that is they don’t even suspect a thing.All the very best 👍🏻
I have one farm cat that follows me around on site; have to be careful when foxing over there because the sodding cats always lurking. Talking of things running of with your kills, I had a common Buzzard swoop in once and take a shot Maggi... incredible to see and managed to catch it on my mobile. Enjoy the good weather whilst it lasts.
Great video Simon and excellent shooting on the Maggie's, clean head shots are the best. Great numbers and they just couldn't figure out what was happening to their mates. Cheers brother
Another great video. Your channel has motivated me to learn more about air rifles/pest control in the UK. Contrary to the emotionalists, you demonstrate ethical and humane practice.
Solid shots! Also, thanks for telling us about the equipment, it's very important for people to be able to learn from your experience. I have always thought .177 sub-12 was more than adequate for pest control provided the range was not excessive. Nice shooting, I can't stand magpies as they will completely kill-out the local bird population in spring if they're not controlled. As for the lambs, well, that's even worse.
Another display of an expert environmentalist on point. Cool,calm and collected doing his job.
I love all songbirds but hate Magpies
Ye it seem quite a few of us think the same.
Great shooting, great ethics. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers mate.
It's such a pleasure to watch you. I also love your shooting ethic. You take even the lives of pests the right way.
Thank you Brian.
No need to justify clean and instant kills mate. Folks are told to stay away from the video if they don't like pest control. If they watch and comment on cruelty, then they've too much time on their hands.
They are annoying little S#_+$, cackling first thing in the morning !! That was a pleasure to watch 😁 cheers Simon 👍🏴
Hi Simon,
I hope you're well. I've just watched and enjoyed your video again. I could watch them all, over and over, no problem.
I recently tried a Daystate Wolverine R bottle version in sub twelve. What a beautiful, well engineered, fantastic looking air rifle. The engineering and workings of the cocking lever, just out of this world. What a glorious piece of kit. I'm so glad they're british and built to that standard and tolerance.
Best wishes, Ian.
Thank you Ian and your 100% right pal the Wolverine is just a cracking air rifle with out a doubt
@simon6ppc246
Hi Simon,
I've just watched and enjoyed your video again, lol.
When you clean your rifle, what do you do? Do you take the stock off and wipe it over with a damp rag?
After watching a video, an American gentleman made, who'd worked at most of the major American gunmakers, I do what he advised. I wipe mine over, the stock, the action, the lot, with a rag with mineral oil soaked in. Mineral Oil is unscented baby oil. I'm thinking it will feed the wood and give the blueing a protective coat, too. I've done this for a while now and seems to work well. When I'm at home, handling my air rifles, I wear gloves, as I don't want the oils in my skin going on any blueing, etc. Do you agree? Do you do anything similar, as you've had far more experience than me and will have seen far more than I have.
Best wishes, Ian.
Great video and commentary. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great successful day. Controlling the numbers.
Cheers pal.
Im in love with these videos. Unfortunately i live in a city so i very rarely get a chance to do something like this. Shooting in general is fun but this is next level. Keep fighting the good fight
Thank you very much and really appreciated my friend.
Nice little video that one. As others say. Twitching little buggers magpies.
Thanks 👍
I love watching your videos as you pull the trigger at exactly the same moment I would.
Ye Buck i suppose there is a right and wrong time to pull the trigger lol.
Excellent as ever ,am I strange getting so much satisfaction from seeing those little feckers being dropped , hate them I do , keep up the good work and thanks for sharing
Thanks Steve, to be fair i thinks hundreds more seem to get the same satisfaction.
Nice work on the maggies mate , made me giggle a bit thought of the scene in saving private Ryan the sniper in the bell tower , but a great video and a pleasure to watch 🎯💥👍
Lol cheers pal.
Brilliant video mate, quality shooting as always, great pic at the end with Jack bless him hope hes doing ok mate Cheers 👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you my friend really appreciated.
Great to see clean head shots mate…🤓👍keep em coming
Thanks 👍
Brilliant head shots. We could see the fallout of dust from the harvests, I take it that you're not effected by hay fever. I thought you had your face covered incase they recognised you from the RUclips 🤣😆😂😂😆🤣😆🤣👍😷👍 Take care my friend.
Lol cheers pal.
That Wolverine is a very nice piece of kit. Nice job Simon.
Thanks pal ye as yet its the best 12ftlb rifle i have ever used in every way possible
I really like watching you shoot the birds, I don't know why. Great video, great work & thanks a lot. That was a great photo at the end of your video. Ooh Rah!
Thank you.
Another great video, a great result 8 .keep up the good work 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Love to watch you work Sir! Thanks for the Great Shooting Video!
Thanks Bernard.
...And bully's star prize... Tink! Even the cows are enjoying this... Great vid.
Great video again. I have family over here in the US right now all the way from Clidebank Scotland. It will be close to 40 (100) here before they go back home
Sounds great pal
Very kind video, we want more from you. Warm greetings
Thanks pal.
Simon drops one, great start to the holiday weekend!
Happy holidays!
@@simon6ppc246
Yeah, last weekend was Labor Day weekend in US. Greetings from Michigan.
Excellent shooting again Simon I really enjoyed it , thanks mate
Thanks gerry
Cracking job there Simon keep up the good work 👏👏
Thanks Tom i sure will.
Awesome video once again sniper, love the picture of jack at the end👍
Cheers pal much appreciated.
These birds remind me of something we have here in the States called a Grackle. I don’t think they are related, but they have the same mannerisms and cagey personalities. They don’t sit in one place for long, so you had better get a bead on them quickly or you lose your shot. Used to hunt them when I was a lad on my grandpops farm. Never had the luxury of head shots though. I usually only had a second or two to get a good shot off if I was lucky. It was a good day if I got one or two. Wished I’d had one of those Daystates when I was growing up!
Ye i always think the same when i use it blue its so accurate its a joke..
Magpies are in the Corvidae family. Crows and Bluejays are their cousins here in the US. Of course we also have Magpies here as well in the Western states. Good shooting Simon!
Belting video once again Simon,keep up the good work mate.. good to see the gaffer at the end! 😃👍🏽
Thanks 👍
Very impressive shooting in not exactly calm conditions. I liked how you passed on the longer range one to let live and fight for another day.
Ye thanks Derek.
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼………………………………………………………Good shooting, your air rifles and their ( your)accuracy always impress me.
Thank you my friend.
Thanks Again Simon for your time excellent video as always regards paul
My pleasure
Good luck Simon! Lucking forward to new video 👍🤝
Cheers vidas
Great video, thanks for sharing. Great shooting too.
Thank you
Hi Simon,
As usual some great shooting. The Magpies have been breeding well at that farm. A lovely photo of Jack at the end of the video... 😃👍
Thanks Eddie.
GREAT shooting simon nice set up all best fred.
Thanks Fred,
😎👍
Big thumbs up for the channel...
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice shooting Simon give that calf some nuts keep him quite cheers mate 👍🏿👍🏿
Cheers Kev lol.
Nice shooting fella, love that piece of music.🙂
Thanks AJ
Anyone who doesn't understand the need for pest control has never been pestered. Good clean, humane shooting.
Thanks Speccy
Very Nice Shooting. Keep up the Important work.
Cheers pal.,
@@simon6ppc246 just another. Air rat shooter from SE USA.
Sure beats watching the news 👍
Well ye lol
Excellent marksmanship 👍 we use a Larsen trap then pop them off, except one time when I caught the decor magpie, then non of his mates came back, felt sorry for him and let him go 🥴
Lol i know the feeling 😂👌
Hi Simon thanks for posting
Very welcome
Jackdaws are relentless in the cow shed on my permission.But the slightest movement and they are off, thankfully they never take long to return.Great shooting !!
Cheers pal ye they kept flying in seeing me then off lol
Jackdaws are so intelligent.
Great vid simon,look forward to part 2
Thanks pal i am looking forward to going back there too should be good i have 100% faith in the HW 77.
Nice way to start my day
Thanks
My pleasure 😊
Just like the song, "Another one bites the dust".
Jack looks good.
Thanks mate.
Thanks for the video Simon ,you made that look easier than it is. Don't mention winter summers been naff enough. lol.
Tell me about it Lol
Good shootin'. Enjoyed the in-flight kill. Thank You.
Thanks mate
Fantastic video. The end scenes are unreal. Topped off with a great picture. Kudos mon
Thanks a ton!
Thanks for another great video , only 3 weeks till I start hunting coyotes . Please give Jack a hug for me ! Stay well and strong my friend !…..
Ye thanks Thomas that time of year again hell doesn't time fly.
@@simon6ppc246 👍
Great shooting Simon! Another day of enjoying shooting for you and letting me see what you’re up to.
Lol cheers Kev.
Excellent shooting as always Simon. Good to see Jack 👍
Good shooting Simon and what a lovely picture of Jack the Spotter hope he is well give him big hugs from me please.
Thanks Kieth.
excellent work as always
Cheers Suzzy
Great video...just got my lad a BSA Meteor to start him with.
Brilliant Paul let me know how he gets on with it, i too started with the same rifle my friend.
Great stuff Simon. Now I see why, without the right gear, they see me.
Ye you have to be hidden pal 100%
Uuu i missed your video. But now i have to watch. Super as always. Great work. Happy Greetings to you and Jack. The shy guy from the alps
Lol cheers Franz
Love having a ready made hide, great shooting as always!
Ye was good pal.
Longer vids please love your work
Ye cheers dux, the reason i don't do them to long is when i look on my analytics it always says that people turn the videos off around the 7 minute mark so i think there is no point doing like a 20 minute one so i will try soon and see.
Superb shooting as usual simon not easy head shooting birds but you made it look easy .
Ye thanks Richard.
Excellent sniping once again! Well done. I hate having my giuns get dirty like that, but it happens now and then. A little compressed air on the outside usually gets the crevices nice and clean.
Thanks Ridin.
Excellent shooting 👌
Thank you.
Magpies have become a real plague in the countryside today and they have literally devastated the small bird population in the rural area where I have lived all my life.. This is due in no small part to the suppression of shooting in general and the reduction of organised shoots (and therefore Gamekeepers) both of which held the Magpie population in check. The woods, spinneys and hedgerows around where I live were once FULL of thousands of small birds of a wide variety of species (even though we had industrial farming and widespread used of pesticides back then which was supposed to damage wild bird health..) but one bird you barely ever saw was a Magpie..
Now those same fields, spinneys and hedgerows are silent, the mass clouds of Sparrows we used to see picking up spilled grain around harvest time are completely gone and all we ever see are Corvids (including hundreds of Magpies) Woodpigeons and the odd Blackbird or Robin, this is because the huge population explosion of Magpies can be seen every Spring systematically hopping through the bushes and hedgerows emptying out almost all of the small bird's nests as well as picking off wild-born gamebird chicks by the thousand.. So good on you for knocking a few over, they deserve it..
Another excellent video Simon, well done.
Geoff.
Many thanks!
Some great shots there Si.
Thanks Dougie
Awesome shooting! 👌
Thank you
Impressive shooting as usual and your ability has not changed please give jack a pet for me.
Sure will John and thanks
Well made video. More fun than hauling your arse around Larsens - and more humane imo
Well ye may be pal
Love the white dot on the C50 makes it laser like precision 👌
Ye i do too pal.
Brilliant shooting there Simon and what defo gave you the edge there was hide position what a perfect spot that is they don’t even suspect a thing.All the very best 👍🏻
Thanks James
That's a pretty trick rifle for sure, not easy doing maggies, job well done.
Thanks Chris.
Nice clean safe work well done .
Thanks 👍
Reminds me of doing same thing years ago at my uncles farm blasting pigeons with my BSA superstar 22. Great days
Right on
I have one farm cat that follows me around on site; have to be careful when foxing over there because the sodding cats always lurking.
Talking of things running of with your kills, I had a common Buzzard swoop in once and take a shot Maggi... incredible to see and managed to catch it on my mobile.
Enjoy the good weather whilst it lasts.
Thank you chase ye i sure will.
Great video Simon and excellent shooting on the Maggie's, clean head shots are the best. Great numbers and they just couldn't figure out what was happening to their mates. Cheers brother
Ye that day worked out spot on Donald.
great shooting... watching from philippines..
Thank you
in new zealand we have magpies and if you get close to their nest about 30 foot up a tree they still fly down and claw your head
Fantastic.
Great shooting buddy keep it up😊😊
Cheers pal.
great shooting again simon as always. really good to get the magpies down, they are incredibly destructive birds around livestock
100% pal with out a doubt
Top man look forward to the next one.. how’s Jack Keeping..😉
Ye he's fine pal just hard work now lol.
Good shooting👍look forward to part 2 to see how you arrange them decoys.
Thanks Spud
Lovely picture of the old boy at the end .👍🏻
Cheers pal.
Another great video. Your channel has motivated me to learn more about air rifles/pest control in the UK. Contrary to the emotionalists, you demonstrate ethical and humane practice.
Ye nice one pal just stick by the law and you will be fine also doing where ever you go a big favour and saving lots of animals in the long run.
Great vid as always Simon .you certainly can shoot atb
Thanks Phil.
Nice one Simon😊
Thanks 👍
Great video and great shooting as always. And good to see that great still of your rifle and Jack at the end. Be safe!! Take care my friend.
Thank you Todd
Great less Magpies . What's better then 8 dead Magpies? - Nine 😁 Lovely photo at end.
Lol cheers pal.
Excellent as always love Jack
Love it good show
Thanks Glen
Another great video, nice shooting. Thanks for making the effort to put these videos out.
Cheers pal.
Great work, they are incredibly hard to nail...I didnt know the trick of leaving a desd one to attract more
Nice shooting 😊.
Thank you.
Never seen so many magpies!
Well done 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
"Hi guys"
Hi, Simon. 👋
Hyia lad lol
Great shots! Nice firing position except for the loud audience and the dust! 👍
Lol ye tell me about it
Solid shots! Also, thanks for telling us about the equipment, it's very important for people to be able to learn from your experience. I have always thought .177 sub-12 was more than adequate for pest control provided the range was not excessive. Nice shooting, I can't stand magpies as they will completely kill-out the local bird population in spring if they're not controlled. As for the lambs, well, that's even worse.
Ye thanks Richard.