Having transplanted myself from a semi in Surrey to 6 acres with a wood in Lincolnshire, I hit on the idea of eating my way through the local pigeon population. To be honest, the only gun I've ever fired was an AK47 when traveling in Viet Nam, and when it comes to all things shooting I'm a bit clueless. Well, let's make that a lot clueless.
Before even moving and finding out how agile the wild woodie is, I went out and acquired an air rifle. Much as the TX200 makes me smile, it does demand that pigeons settle for a while and have a kip if I've got any chance of nabbing them. So far I've had one, which means a single snack cost me around £600.
I've now realised that I need to push the cost of those snacks higher, so am signing up for a few lessons at a local shooting school. Hopefully that'll teach me a few things. Well, I did say hopefully...