As the HIK brand starts to take off in the UK, Chris Parkin swoops in to test the Vulkan 35mm thermal monocular. HIK is showing strong growth in the UK so the chance to use one of their monoculars was…
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Mike Powell reviews the Pulsar Accolade
Mike Powell turns his eye – well, both eyes – to the Pulsar Accolade thermal binocular and its eye strain-reducing capabilities. Pulsar are the headline sponsors of this year’s Great British Shooting Awards. For more information, just visit: http://bit.ly/304ALSC Fox…
Tagged with: fox, mike powell, monocular, pulsar accolade, rabbits, rangefinding, RSPB, shooting, thermal binocular, Thomas Jacks
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The Shooting Show – Fox Culling with the SEER 50
This week on The Shooting Show, Mark is out culling foxes around a local farm using his trusted 260 Rem and using some of the latest thermal technology in the form of the Seer 50 add on from Night Pearl.…
Tagged with: farm, fox, fox culling, mark ripley, qurry, range, seer 50, the shooting show
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Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Benefits of shooting sticks w/ Mark Ripley
Mark Ripley explores the benefits of shooting sticks and proves his point with an impressive foxing haul using the new five-legged Viperflex “With a new set of sticks to test it would have been rude not to take them out…
Tagged with: benefits, bipod, carbon fibre, fox, foxing, mark ripley, quarry, range, shoot, shooting, shooting sticks, tripod, viperflex
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How to see if my NV rifle scope is losing zero when I change batteries: Your questions answered
More of your questions answered from fox calling to deer stalking at night and minimum calibres required. Legal: David Barrington Barnes Solicitor turned specialist firearms law advisor Foxing: Mike Powell Professional gamekeeper and foxing expert Optics: Chris Parkin Target sports…
Tagged with: .223, calibres, deer, deer act 1991, deer law, deer stalking, fox, fox calling, FoxPro, long range, market, mount, night shooting, night vision, nv rifle, picatinny, rifle, rimfire, scope, shooter, technique, zero
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Foxing and doe stalking with Mark Ripley
Plans for a lazy weekend are dashed as Mark Ripley is called into action on fallow does and foxes in heat. It had been a long week and I’d been working away with early starts, travel and late nights and…
Start of the foxes’ mating season w/ Mike Powell
Pest controllers like Mike Powell are preparing for a hectic few months as the start of the foxes’ season comes into view. As I write this I find my thoughts already turning towards the time of year when the foxes’…
Saim SCL35 review w/ Mark Ripley
Mark Ripley has kept a close eye on thermal imagers in 2020 – and this time he’s back with a Saim SCL35 review. Thermal and night vision products have quickly become very popular with stalkers and particularly fox and vermin…
Tagged with: 2020, competition, fox, lamp, mark ripley, market, night scope, night vision, optic, optical solutions, quarry, rifle shooter, riflescope, saim scl35, scope, shooters, stalkers, target, thermal imagers, thermal scope, vermin
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A guide to field foxing
As we move through the busy winter period, foxing aficionado Mike Powell presents his various fox control methods A heavy snowfall often means the stalking rifle is left in the cabinet, but for those of us with time-sapping work commitments,…
Tagged with: countryside, field foxing, fox, fox control, foxing, guide to field foxing, mike powell, rifle, shooting, stalking, stalking rifle, winter
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Using thermal night vision for foxing
After a quiet year on the foxes, Robert Bucknell has been itching for the chance to deal with some unwelcome guests on his patch Credit: Jamie_Hall / Getty Images This month I really can’t top the fox story I read…
Tagged with: fox, foxes, foxing, keeper, night vision, robert bucknell, thermal
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