Lamping Foxes

[Len the dog]

Place your bait just before it gets dark if you can, otherwise the corvids will find it. Those little pouches of wet cat food are ideal as you can spread it around in the grass to make him work for his supper, also they only cost about 30p for the cheap stuff.

 

[Phil fox man]

find a spot to shoot from,tie or peg the bait down,then just wait.lie prone to make your out line less noticeable,set your rifle up ready as it will quicken up your target location.
if calling 10/15 mins as the fox maybe a couple of fields away.
lastly patience .
good luck phil.

 

[75]

Cheap tins of dog / cat food scattered around your safe-backstop-bait area works well (or stuff like dog biscuits etc as it keeps them in the area a while). Scatter late evening if you can. Old saying was feed for 6 days and shoot him on the 7th.

Trailcam is brilliant for this though - keeps track of what time of day the fox(es) are visiting as they can be really routine. After 5 or 6 days they will settle into a routine and you just need a bit of patience and you'll be successful.

The other thing you can do to avoid flashing the lamp around is feed them out of something metallic (dog food tins in old baking trays etc) so they rattle when they are feeding. Allows you to get ready, flick on the lamp and shoot within seconds.

 

[finnbear270]

I would definately reccomend avoiding white light, Use a red filter if poss.

 

[fallback124]

Cheap tins of dog / cat food scattered around your safe-backstop-bait area works well (or stuff like dog biscuits etc as it keeps them in the area a while). Scatter late evening if you can. Old saying was feed for 6 days and shoot him on the 7th.

Trailcam is brilliant for this though - keeps track of what time of day the fox(es) are visiting as they can be really routine. After 5 or 6 days they will settle into a routine and you just need a bit of patience and you'll be successful.

The other thing you can do to avoid flashing the lamp around is feed them out of something metallic (dog food tins in old baking trays etc) so they rattle when they are feeding. Allows you to get ready, flick on the lamp and shoot within seconds.

Thanks all for the replys,

Just bought a Trail cam so hopefully should be set up for next week! Will get an old tin and now to get a few rabbits for Mr.Fox
I will try and get a red filter for the light aswell, now time to wait !

Thanks all for the advice i greatly appreicated it!!

 

[Cyres]

Don't over think this. Urban foxs are very accustomed to light. All you need is a PIR activated light. You can put the light over your bait point. Fish flavoured dry cat biscuits are good. Cheap Box of Morrisons own is idea . If it's a decent PIR light you will not need a lamp as decent scope will be fine. Make a hide or high seat with good view.
I used to shoot no end of foxs on my back lawn and that was under a 100 watt pir flood light. Biscuit feed.
Old trick for time is to use a cheap clock remove battery cover and attach fine string to battery and bait. Fox takes bait and pulls battery out clock stops so time recorded!
Pir good as when it goes on you know you have a customer!
D

 

[finnbear270]

Urban fox usually associate white light with traffic = danger.

 

[Tim.243]

Urban fox usually associate white light with traffic = danger.

Nooooooooooooooooooo it is always Red..

 

[finnbear270]

Looks like a rig from man from U.N.C.L.E.

 

[Smellydog]

Old trick for time is to use a cheap clock remove battery cover and attach fine string to battery and bait. Fox takes bait and pulls battery out clock stops s

Yeah but not a digital one yeah

 

[Mac78]

Yeah but not a digital one yeah

You'd also be assuming that it was a fox that took the bait! £30 will get you a decent Trailcam off Ebay.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

Nooooooooooooooooooo it is always Red..



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Whats with the Sky dish?

 

[Len the dog]

Whats with the Sky dish?

It's actually a tractor beam, from the USS Enterprise.

 

[finnbear270]

No, It could be Electron Beam Welding, though.

 

[Tim.243]

Whats with the Sky dish?

It got me enough foxes to open up my ticket in 14 months with out any .
A few years later the Mk 5 version was born on the bed of the mill in the workshop after watching a re run of
Man from Uncle @finnbear270

 

[finnbear270]

Knew I'd seen it before.

 

[Len the dog]

It was his Mk2, the Mk1 left him open to ridicule. It did however mean that he could hear a fox’s footsteps at 800 yds.

 

[Envillegc1]

At home, I use a bait spot that’s on there travels. Carcass of a cooked chicken, dog biscuits and canned dog food all work well. Then a trail camera and figure out what time they are about. Let them have a couple or three days to get confident. This cuts down your waiting time. It also means you are putting the fox in a place with a safe back stop. Mount wise I am on a tripod Death Grip, a thermal scope. I don’t need to call in and so far have yet to shout to stop them as they are preoccupied with munching dog biscuits.
As an aside, what round are you using? I tried both Vmax and Gamepoint. I was shooting at 50 yards and found the Vmax better.

 

[Envillegc1]

Knew I'd seen it before.View attachment 332208

Ah is that Napoleon Solos?

 

[finnbear270]

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It was his Mk2, the Mk1 left him open to ridicule. It did however mean that he could hear a fox’s footsteps at 800 yds.

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