He's doing my head in now grrrr

[Skean Dhude]

An air rifle with a suppressor is really quiet. I fire them all the time in my garden and nobody is any the wiser. just make sure that you have a backshop so it doesn't leave your garden, don't walk around the garden or be visible with the rifle. I shoot from inside my kitchen across the garden to a concrete wall. That wall is besides a shed and across the way is a garage. So it is not visible from either side. I then park the rifle and go and pick up the bird. You can put targets there and practise all day.

If your neighbour has encouraged them in then put some bait down in front of your wall and lure them in. I only shoot them if I am going to eat them or they are destroying something.

One word of warning. My back garden is comletely sealed in. The back gate can be locked and nobody can get in without me knowing. I then shoot across the kitchen through the door and across the garden. The meal... bird, doesn't see me in the gloom of the house and I can play on the computer or whatever while waiting for something to enter my very narrow zone of fire. If you can't be sure that nobody could just walk into you zone of fire at any time you just can't do it that way. You will have to stand by the door so you can see. This means that you could be seen as well. Be careful.