Now come on lads arent we all supposed to be friends
I have been shooting for as long as i can remember ! I shoot my own rifles and shotguns on a regular basis mainly for pigeons, rabbits, hares and the like. I dont consider what i do "inhumane" what so ever. I can see what you are all getting at though about air rifles, but i think they do get a undeserved bad press at times. An air rifle is a very good piece of equipment for dispatching vermin....in the right hands, as with any other weapon. I shot targets for god knows how long before i had the confidence, skill and most importantly the consistantly to take vermin. I, like 99.9% of the hunters out there NEVER take a shot unless we are certain that it will result in a clean, pain free as possible, hummane death. Please dont brand us because we enjoy our sport. Its not the shooting we enjoy, i can quite often go shooting for a full day and never even reach for the trigger, never mind miss a few ! but its the countryside we all enjoy mostly
Shootings fun ! and so is hunting ! to me, there is nothing more satisfying than going out in to the field shooting a good few wood pigeon and having them for tea that evening. No middlemen, the freshest food you will ever eat!
I suspect some "anti hunt" quotes are coming from the city boys who are totally oblivious to what damage the cute little bunny wunnies do the land out here.
I suppose im going to get some grief for this ?