The benefits of a subtle approach
While I’m the first to admit that a shotgun is usually the best option for controlling corvids over open ground, there are plenty of times when an airgun is a more appropriate choice. The former will usually help you to make the necessary big bags when crows and rooks are descending on seed drills, but the latter will always win out when you need to take a more discreet approach.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been helping a farmer friend to thin out the hordes of crows and jackdaws that have been raiding his silage heaps. Though he has covered this valuable feed as best he can, the scavenging corvids are relentless and have still been flocking to
