Just off to shoot the foxes on Mount Everest darling…

Foxyboy43

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I have been confined to barracks following the sudden transition from Summer (when was that then?) to Winter; Mother Nature has indeed forgotten Autumn or is it just me?
Anyhow, like many others in a similar catastrophic situation I have been watching hunting videos on the “tube” - mainly those relating to foxes. I have been bemused by the extent to which some chaps go to shoot a fox - from centrally-heated “chalets” often made from pallets (how terribly common dahling) to ATVs which have been accessorised to death and would pass as something Mad Max would be proud of.
Then of course there are those less fortunate who simply (aye right) walk and stalk - often carrying enough to do a very passable impression of Sherpa Tensing!
Sooo let’s fess up chaps - aside from your means of transport just getting to the venue and of course your sticks and rifle/sight of choice, do you travel light or are you weighed down by every “it really is the latest thing dahling” accessory? In my case I carry a mouth call - just in case my left hand stops working, my Iphone which doubles as a torch, a small penknife and of course my indispensable Axion thermal which shares the same neck cord as the mouth call. I seem to get quite a lot of foxes with my minimalist accoutrements and have never had a hernia - what about you lot?
You know what beckons….
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Foxing is a sub zero winter activity for me. Don't even put bait out until november. I treated myself to a battery powered heated gilet last winter.
Other than rifle and ammo, binoculars and warm clothes/arctic sleeping bag is all I take. Sit in my insulated but unheated fox box though.
 
Wot, no 'snap' ? :0

Rifle, sticks, and small backpack holding ammo,torch, knife, string (never be without a bit o' string) drink and a bite or two of food. Most times also a Jack Pyke bucket seat so I can park-up when and where I like.

Damned if I'm going out for the evening and not taking a bit of grub !
 
If I'm out on my own it's rifle , sticks, thermal, caller and phone.
If with my mate we have a flask of tea and some cake or biscuits 🍪
 
Dog, lamp, headlight and torch. Thats it. Simplicity works. No night vision malarkey or thermal wizardry for me. If going for a long one then I take a tea break with me (chocolate biscuit and bottle of beer). Then I just use old fashioned skill and application.
 
Foxing is a sub zero winter activity for me. Don't even put bait out until november. I treated myself to a battery powered heated gilet last winter.
Other than rifle and ammo, binoculars and warm clothes/arctic sleeping bag is all I take. Sit in my insulated but unheated fox box though.
Oh, what I wouldn’t give for the luxury of a fox box!
Methinks I’d spend a lot more time ont farm.
Kb.
 
Travel light as sometimes have to walk to where I need to be Foxpro Axion Thermal +red light torch.sometimes a fold down seat couple of squeakers from the dogs old toys
 
Rifle
Quad sticks
Thermal
Ammo wallet and a small cheap eBay headtorch which I have glued a red perspex screen over the brightest of the two lamps.
Mouth calls.
Face veil (homemade out of scrim) and gloves to cover the white bits.
 
My mate would turn up with something different every time we go foxing, compass, Kelly kettle, gillie suit, wind tester thingy, knife of the week etc etc.
One night he said I have a surprise. He then produced two camp chairs and two fully camouflaged Zimmer frames for us to sit behind!!
If we were having a late one on a weekend, he would order a kebab to get delivered to the field we were in
Bless him :tiphat:
 
My mate would turn up with something different every time we go foxing, compass, Kelly kettle, gillie suit, wind tester thingy, knife of the week etc etc.
One night he said I have a surprise. He then produced two camp chairs and two fully camouflaged Zimmer frames for us to sit behind!!
If we were having a late one on a weekend, he would order a kebab to get delivered to the field we were in
Bless him :tiphat:
Well then - following that comprehensive inventory of pointless accessories no hunter should ever be with, the current leader of the most overladen aged foxer (steady chaps!) aka OAF competition, on the electronic scoreboard is taaraaa - Cheviot. Unless of course you your friend knows different.
Watch this space…..
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Aside from the rifle over my right shoulder, B&Q deluxe in my right hand and thermal in my left pocket, I have my mouth call and dog whistle around my neck and a small torch in a pocket somewhere (always a different one to keep me guessing). On my back is a small rucksack with the following.
1. Icotec GC500 (rarely used)
2. USB battery pack + lead for thermal (NEVER used to date)
3. Spare mag (also never used)
4. Spare caller batteries (why when I rarely use the caller)
5. A couple of scrim scarves (only ever used in winter but somehow get carried all year round).
6. Dog’s jacket (used every outing, with fleece lining in winter, without in summer as he is almost entirely white)
7. Camo gloves (considered essential)
8. Camo beanie hat (depending on moonlight as bald patch isn’t getting any smaller)
9. Thermal snood (winter only)
10. FAC wallet
11. Folding knife
12. Spare mouth caller
13. Blasted *$¥€*~<!*** Tenterfield (will master it one day)
14. Bottle of water (to replenish lost fluids, see #13)
 
Aside from the rifle over my right shoulder, B&Q deluxe in my right hand and thermal in my left pocket, I have my mouth call and dog whistle around my neck and a small torch in a pocket somewhere (always a different one to keep me guessing). On my back is a small rucksack with the following.
1. Icotec GC500 (rarely used)
2. USB battery pack + lead for thermal (NEVER used to date)
3. Spare mag (also never used)
4. Spare caller batteries (why when I rarely use the caller)
5. A couple of scrim scarves (only ever used in winter but somehow get carried all year round).
6. Dog’s jacket (used every outing, with fleece lining in winter, without in summer as he is almost entirely white)
7. Camo gloves (considered essential)
8. Camo beanie hat (depending on moonlight as bald patch isn’t getting any smaller)
9. Thermal snood (winter only)
10. FAC wallet
11. Folding knife
12. Spare mouth caller
13. Blasted *$¥€*~<!*** Tenterfield (will master it one day)
14. Bottle of water (to replenish lost fluids, see #13)
Wow!
Could be a new leader!
Will soar into first place if you don’t actually have a dog…..
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One of my best and most productive fox spots is a poultry farm literally two minutes or less from home, a place I've shot over for at least fifty years.
I park up in the Hilux in my favourite spot which has a good view over most of the farm. Radio quietly playing, and wait. Almost without fail a fox will appear and hopefully, I will deal with it.
That's old man foxing for you, certainly easier than when I started over seventy years ago when we would walk all night. Still love it though!

PS I even have a warm travel rug in the back to keep the old legs warm.
 
Rifle , sticks, thermal spotter , phone and a couple of mouth calls . I do have a gc500 but to be honest I can’t be bothered to carry it 👍🏻
 
Rifle with scope mounted lamp, handful of rounds, thermal, sticks.
If I'm planning on shooting off the vehicle roof then I'll also take either a bipod or beanbag.
 
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