FIELDCRAFT COMES FIRST

Sneaking around the fields with a spring-powered break-barrel used to fill me with excitement as a young airgun shooter. Walking the hedgerows under my dad’s watchful eye in the hope of bagging a rabbit for tea is a special memory that I will always cherish.

What I didn’t realise at the time was that it was the beginning of my subconscious studies in fieldcraft which, over the following years, would see me honing my stalking skills and gaining a greater understanding of my quarry’s behaviour. That learning experience is a massive part of shooting; it makes a huge difference to our success rate and is something none of us should ever neglect.

Air rifles have changed dramatically