Out last night.

[Foxyboy43]

Thats a hell of a way - I never shoot at them unless 99.9 % of a kill - sure stuff still goes wrong but at over 300 - off sticks - not recommended

Wrong IMHO.
It depends entirely on conditions, confidence in your equipment and confidence in yourself which of course varies from person to person. Last night was perfectly still and ideal for such a shot, if you look again at my post a few moments before I had shot a rabbit at 200 plus off said sticks so knew that the rifle was perfectly on for such a shot - so conditions right, equipment right and I felt it was on - my call.
This shot was my fourth at over 300 - the other three foxes are dead and if memory serves videos of their demise are on this thread.
Just saying….

 

[finnbear270]

Extended range at night is OK if conditions are good, as above post.
I used to lamp with a mate shooting .22-250, his stop line was 400, I don't recall a miss over a good few years, He's now a Kenyan resident so we only get together on rare visits.
My personal stop line is 300.

 

[Smellydog]

I little story...don't mean nothing but as a young man I did ok.
One remarkable shot was a crow at a guestimated range of 300 and with a 3-9 scope on a 243 of mine loaded with 100gn Hornady SP I held a guessed 10" above a crow in long grass that I only got views of its head and neck occasionally!
After the shot the bird never flew like they usually would so I walked over.
The bullet had passed through it's neck!

 

[captain jon]

Great night last night ,went last night too foggy went home then it cleared so back out managed to shoot a fox on the bait station then the fog dropped back down and couldn’t see a thing so an early night and did some reloading.
So last night I went out about 7 o’clock started scanning saw a fox straight away but it was going away from me then it disappeared only to reappear down window of me but he sent me and was off but eventually stopped about 500 yards away so I had to stop this one I managed to get to within 245 yards of him but then he must’ve noticed me and started walking walking off down the field I had my gun set up on the tripod quick squeak he stopped and down he went. The Xbox same scenario different place, but he winded me as well same thing 215 yards quick squeak shot him just before he got into the wood but he managed to crawl into the wood but using the thermal follow the blood trail found him in some brambles. These are probably the biggest two dog foxes I’ve had in years should’ve taken some photos, but I left phone at home as I love leaving my phone at home.
I was just about to put my stuff back into the van when I noticed another fox roughly where I shot the first one I watched it through the thermal and it was tracing the previous fox and I went down set up to ambush him but he walked the other way this time I managed to squeaking back And got that one around 100 yards. Great evening so back to the truck just about to put the stuff in the truck and I noticed another one not far from the truck shot that one small vixen so that was the best night this year.

 

[finnbear270]

I have arranged access to the stack yard tonight, the paired up couple are slated for the big sleep, I need to get around crossing the bad ground to the vantage point, so need to have all the security & halogens rested.

 

[jall55]

Wrong IMHO.
It depends entirely on conditions, confidence in your equipment and confidence in yourself which of course varies from person to person. Last night was perfectly still and ideal for such a shot, if you look again at my post a few moments before I had shot a rabbit at 200 plus off said sticks so knew that the rifle was perfectly on for such a shot - so conditions right, equipment right and I felt it was on - my call.
This shot was my fourth at over 300 - the other three foxes are dead and if memory serves videos of their demise are on this thread.
Just saying….

And thats totally your call Foxy

But you did miss - what would you - could you have done if you clipped it too ?

Maybe the shot was on for you - but as i say and assert - NOT to be recommended especially at night - off sticks

 

[BenBhoy]

You all still hearing them bark?
I think the rut is nearly over.

Out with my eldest last night on one of our nighttime safaris. Heard one barking for half hour off & on.

Out with rifle tonight, see if they show interest in vixen caller

 

[Smellydog]

Ok so the test results are in!

 

[BenBhoy]

You know the fan club are going to query if you've got exact right location for where Charlie was curled up.....

 

[Foxyboy43]

You know the fan club are going to query if you've got exact right location for where Charlie was curled up.....

Maybe that explains my 300+ miss last night Smelly.
Where’s Bruce when you need him?

In truth it was a very clear and damned bright night, must have been those damned sticks….

 

[Foxyboy43]

From t’internet…
“Category I: visual range 1220 meters
Category II: visual range 610 meters
Category IIIa: visual range 305 meters
Category IIIc: visual range 92 meters
The reason for the degradation of visibility in a foggy atmosphere is the absorption and scattering of natural or artificial illumination by fog particles. The amount of absorption and scattering depends on the microphysical structure of the fog particles, also referred to as aerosols.”.

Though this quote refers to degrees of fog a humid/damp night could perhaps indeed impact on IR?

 

[jall55]

Fog / rain defo alters the rain finders SD
Is that a copper round ?

 

[BenBhoy]

rain defo alters the rain finders

I'd have thought the rain finder would do very well in the rain!!

 

[jall55]

I'd have thought the rain finder would do very well in the rain!!

DOH ! This predictive text thing really can make me look even thicker than i maybe am !

 

[Foxyboy43]

DOH ! This predictive text thing really can make me look even thicker than i maybe am !

Normal for your age fella…

 

[jall55]

Normal for your age fella…

Thanks Foxy - i do however keep telling myself im only a Babbbby as they say over here

 

[Smellydog]

Is that a copper round ?

Wash your mouth out right this instant!!!

 

[jall55]

Wash your mouth out right this instant!!!

I thought maybe SD had been kidnapped and someone was impersonating you
2 misses - copper - WTF next ? Going lamping in an EV ????????

You seen the fire at the battery factory ?

 

[finnbear270]

Back in, early bath 3 down

 

[75]

Another dog out the bedroom window - second in a week or so and this one before 6pm. They keep coming…!