Farm ratting

A busy morning in the shop followed by some tree surgery for a friend... Big tree had come down into her pond! This was with Ash from The Garden Spider Landscaping company.

Dry suits on and chainsaws! Took us all day to get it out and chopped up, then up to the farm to shoot rats once we had dried out. (After discovering that the dry suit had a hole in it!)

Starting at the chicken coops where they have been causing problems, taking eggs and chewing the roofs to bits. 5 big ones were shot here using a Gamo Whisper Fusion and an Evanix Sniper air rifle.

Moving on to the grain barns. The minute we walked in the rats scattered! Ash managed to hit his first one with a 'hip" shot at close range (not even using his laser sight which we give him stick for having on a rifle) We shot 30 in the space of 2 hours here!

The mild weather we have had has meant the rats have been breeding more than usual. We have never had such a 'target rich environment' and could easily have doubled this number.. Just too tired from all that tree cutting to be out late.

We have been using the new Predator Polymag pellets for pest control and they are exceptional at dropping them instantly. On the Evanix Sniper we have mounted a Nitesite Viper. An excellent piece of kit. 

We shall be taking our pistols next time as the rats were running around really close, one was even trapped in the rubbish bin, dispatched with the rifle, but it would be so much easier with an air pistol.