Airgun target for rats using a plastic milk carton with some water in for ballast and a rough drawing of a rat head and rat side view to practice with

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I borrowed an air rifle to shoot rats breeding in my garden as a last resort without using poison. However I had to practice my aim and made this target with rat size images and some water in the bottom for ballast to keep it steady when shot. I tried 11 shots adjusting the aim each time with two or three clean kill shots. I decided that was not good enough as I would not want to cause suffering with a bad shot.

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Horsham UK
Photo credit: © Stephen Iles / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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