Lancashire Crop Protection & Agricultural Pest Control

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Lancashire Crop Protection & Agricultural Pest Control

I provide friendly and professional deer & fox management, crop protection and agricultural pest control using a variety of methods in the Lancashire area.

Shooting methods provided free of charge. I am fully insured and hold a full firearms certificate. I am an avid shotgun and air rifle shooter offering free agricultural pest control in the Lancashire area on larger properties, farms and stables. I am reliable, friendly and efficient and always strive to be as unobtrusive as possible. I am fully insured and have my shotgun license which can all be

shown at first meeting.

- FREE agricultural pest control using only humane methods in return for shooting permission

- Utilising sub 12 ftlbs air rifle, live trap and shotgun (silenced .410 and 12 gauge) and soon to be larger rifle calibres also

- Thermal spotter, night vision and silenced equipment means a very discreet service as well as very little disturbance to livestock and humans alike

- Controlled species include rat, rabbit, wood pigeon, grey squirrel, corvids, feral pigeons and any other pest or vermin species covered by the general licenses for shooting

- Many happy locals assisted over the last 2 years

- All edible quarry is taken for the table and very little wasted

- Furs and more used or passed on so even less waste

Please feel free to drop me a private message should you require any assistance and I'll be happy to discuss your needs.

07/06/2026

Today I was out doing what I love the most. Hide shooting over decoys. I was carrying this out for crop protection for a farmer in Broughton who had a standing crop in the next field. Corvids can be a nightmare on crops and drillings.

I'd done a session last week in a bare patch of the crop and after observing their behaviour and flight line, it made much more sense to decoy them onto the grass field next door to make it much easier to set a tempting decoy pattern and also retrieve shot birds and give them space to come and want to land. The closer you can get them, the more humane shots present themselves rather than trying to stretch long shots.

I used an FF6 flapper from set to the slowest setting alongside some half shell and full body decoys. It didn't take long to get the first birds in. The corvid flocks have been growing since last year and needed thinning out for sure and I'll very likely do another session soon while awaiting the flocks of woodpigeon which will almost certainly be battering the barely in the next month or so.

04/06/2026

Its official. I have now received my LANTRA grey squirrel management certificate having completed the course last week. As many of you know, I've been trapping and shooting greys squirrels for some time now in an effort to reduce their numbers and try to give our native reds a chance by creating areas free from grey squirrels. I am always on the lookout for new opportunities to help with this so if you need assistance with grey squirrels on your land do feel free to reach out.

Invasive grey squirrels have a devastating effect on our native reds and wider ecosystem and as such need controlling. They carry diseases that kill our reds, out compete them for food and also create other havoc such as tree bark stripping, damage to property and even predating both birds and their eggs which has a drastic effect on song bird numbers in high grey squirrel areas.

I decided to my LANTRA certificate in order to help reassure land owners that I know what I am doing and am not just an idiot with a gun. I take my pest control very seriously and always respect both land and quarry and by undertaking necessary training alongside my experience it can only help me in this.

If you need help with pest control on your farm, estate or other land do drop me a message or a call to see how i can help. I also deal with stables and other small holdings.

22/05/2026

Last night was visit number 2 to a new property in Caldervale which was being plagued by rabbits in their amazing 3 acre garden.

After the first visit in which I shot 2 but could see many more in the surrounding fields, the owner contacted the farmer who owns the fields as he knows him and was able to get me permission to venture on there and clear some more out. I rang the farmer myself also, introduced myself and confirmed the evening I intended to shoot. He was a lovely friendly man and had no problem at all.

I arrived nice and early and checked zero on the rifle prior to getting cracking. Its a good job I did as it was shooting 2" to the right! These digital scopes seem to have a habit of wandering so I always check them.

As dusk fell i began seeing rabbits and getting stuck into them. All taken with clean headshots between 20 and 60 yards. I ended on 8 and will likely call the farmer to ask if he would like any as a thank you.

I'm now looking forward to contacting the chap with the house to share the good news! 10 rabbits in 2 visits is great going and the .22lr didnt miss a bear. The Tikka T1X is a fantastic accurate rifle.

If you need assistance with rabbits feel free to get in touch. I'm always happy to help.

16/05/2026

It was a successful first visit to a new property last night who had contacted me last week asking if I could assist with rabbits within their boundary. They have a very large house and lots of tasty new plants and grass that the rabbits are enjoying a little too much!

2 rabbits were removed and will be off to the game dealer once I have saved up some more as I've quite a bit already butchered up in my own freezers. Nothing goes to waste as long as I can help it.

If you need assistance with nuisance rabbits feel free to get in touch.

13/05/2026

Two more moles removed for a local farmer today. After a long day's work it was nice to get out in the fields and enjoy what little sunshine there was and take in the fresh air.

12/05/2026

Last night I was out on a nearby farm controlling rats again. Numbers now definitely seem to be down and I had to work harder to locate one or two at a time whereas in the past it's been relatively easy to make a bag of 25 by checking 3 of the hotspots. Just 9 shot on this visit and only 1 or 2 more seen about so its a very encouraging sign that the work is paying off now. There will be more i didnt see at all of course but its nice to see its having an effect now.

I carry out this control for free happily for this farmer as he is good enough to allow me to carry out my favourite kind of shooting which is decoying pigeons to protect his crops. I get plenty of lovely pigeon breast for the freezer and he gets a nicer yield from his crop. Everyone is a winner 🙂

The total rat count for this particular farm is now around 135 and if you include his other farm its 195. That's a lot of rats by anyone's standards and all without a single bit of poison or bycatch. All taken with the most humane headshots to put the lights out before they even know I'm there.

10/05/2026

A bit of success on the mole front today for the local farm. 2 moles caught and more traps set while I enjoyed a lovely walk with my fiance. We saw a brown hare and plenty of birds and it was a really nice warm afternoon to be out and about.

09/05/2026

Today's job was beginning some mole control on a local farm. This local farming family are lovely and give me permission to shoot any time I like and in return I have controlled various pests for them for around 3 years now. It all began with clearing some feral pigeons for them from a barn and then we moved onto rats, grey squirrels, then rabbits and then moles. It's been a great relationship over the last few years. I'm allowed to hunt, zero rifles and things like that and I show my appreciation by controlling pests whenever they need and even drop off a nice gift at Christmas time to show just how much I truly appreciate the trust they put in me.

This is what it's all about for me. Building an honest relationship with landowners where they get everything they need and I am lucky enough to be able to do the things I am passionate about I.e. getting out in nature and providing wild healthy meat for the table and practising my shooting. Its the simple things in life that can make us the happiest.

07/05/2026

Another rat shoot last night on a smallholding in Bretherton saw a further 13 rats removed for the lady in a 2 hour session starting before dusk. In 4 sessions, 1 of which was a bit of a sighting session, I have now removed 55 rats from this property. Her hens are laying lots of eggs now that they are able to get lots of food without the rats interfering and the difference is very visible. More work still to do but I will keep chipping away at them. No poisons, just instant despatch via head shot using my .177 air rifle.

If you need assistance with outdoor pests feel free to get in touch.

06/05/2026

From field to fork, there really is nothing like it. Healthy wild meat to feed my family. This is a steak from the roe buck i took in Scotland last week. I took the carcass to my local game dealer to have them butcher it perfectly for me and we enjoyed our first steaks this evening. Absolutely delicious and eaten with full knowledge of exactly where it came from and that it was treated with respect from start to finish. This is the reason we hunt our own meat.

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Preston
PR33RQ

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http://lancashirecropprotection.com/

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