Something A Little Different On Last Nights Lamping Trip

[wayneinthepub]

I went out last night and managed to bag another 4 foxes (19 in total since August).

Then just as we had nearly finished my mate thought he had spotted another one but it soon became clear that it was a mink, that did not want to stand still. The first shot was just in front of his nose, he then turned to run away from me which was a big mistake as the second bullet connected and stopped him in his tracks (Which was on his way to the main pheasant pen - could of been messy)

I have seen a few over the last few years while out lamping but this is the first one I have shot

 

[foxhunter]

My mate once shot a stoat when we were lamping with his .243

 

[Si]

check yourself for ticks

 

[wayneinthepub]

If it would have stood still last night Si I would have shot it through the tick on its side

 

[martyn52]

Yes you are right you were very lucky the bullet did not ricochet off the wire. Good shooters make sure it safe before thy squeese the trigger

 

[www.yorkshireroestalking.]

They can be as destructive as any fox.
well done.

 

[wayneinthepub]

Thanks for that John, its a shame I am not as good a shooter as Martyn52 as he clearly knows the lay of the land making a stupid comment like that.

 

[martyn52]

So shooting through two wire fences is good shooting pratice ?

 

[wayneinthepub]

I sometimes wonder why I bother posting on these forums just for some ar@#hole to question my safety.

 

[Si]

play nice fellas, there are worse things happening in the world.

 

[martyn52]

Wayneinthepub simple question is it safe pratice to shoot through wire fences yes or no ?

 

[wayneinthepub]

Well said Si. As far as I am concerned thats the end of it

 

[wayneinthepub]

Bye Martyn52

 

[bogtrotter]

Wayneinthepub simple question is it safe pratice to shoot through wire fences yes or no ?

No its not best practise to shoot through a fence, but most of us have done it at one time or another, especially at night when it is not always easy to tell which side of a fence the fox is on.

But that apart a bullet may fragment on hitting a wire fence it may cut the wire, or it may be deflected from its path
what it does not do is ricochet in fact expanding bullets from a full bore rifle very very rarely if ever ricochet.
The speed and design of the bullet make a ricochet extremely unlikely.

 

[wayneinthepub]

Thanks for that bogtrotter, like I said earlier in the thread about the land and others not knowing it. The fox was at the bottom of a 15ft disused railway banking with the shot taken from a elevated position with ballistic tipped bullets. If only everyone thought before speaking.

 

[prudew01]

Hi Wayne,
I got really excited when I saw the pic of the mink, as I've been after one to mount for a friend of mine for a while. Then I scrolled down to pic 2. Arse!!
Good shooting. Will

 

[finnbear270]

I must need a visit to specsavers, where is the bit where you said you shot through wires??

 

[foxyshane]

That's what I was wondering finnbear.

 

[www.yorkshireroestalking.]

No its not best practise to shoot through a fence, but most of us have done it at one time or another, especially at night when it is not always easy to tell which side of a fence the fox is on.

But that apart a bullet may fragment on hitting a wire fence it may cut the wire, or it may be deflected from its path
what it does not do is ricochet in fact expanding bullets from a full bore rifle very very rarely if ever ricochet.
The speed and design of the bullet make a ricochet extremely unlikely.

Sensible post.
If the fox is only just behind the wire it will still be killed with the fragments of the bullet, it after all will still have its momentum and we don't always have the luxury of perfect conditions when lamping "charlie" once he has been into the lamp weather shot at or not he will be harder to coax next time.
Kill him now is my moto if its a safe shot.
My hate is rape stalks.
Wounded x3 foxes this summer in tall rape stubble. Crippling the fox with shot 1, then watching the follow up shots shatter on the stubble in front of the animal before 1 finally gets through.
Won't shoot them now in tall rape.

 

[slack chamber]

can we get to the bottom of the wire fence?