Out last night.

Nickb said:
#49 #50 #51 #52

Set up on a new patch last night which looks really promising.

1st stand had a great field of view , cub call on the Foxpro soon had a litter of 5 cubs appear , 3 were taken before the others departed 😀

Moved onto stand 2 and spotted a cub getting chased by the sheep , no 4 in the bag.

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:):eek:, Nick, That tailboard pic reminds me of a good few consecutive nights takings on my area when I first got it.:thumb::thumb:
 
Not sat out for a while, but been feeding Bakers Meaty Meals. Last night I left the spotter on the seat when I flicked them out, and had to go back for it. Switched it on and there was Charlie, only 10 minutes after I left. Back tonight, only for a dog walker with a torch letting it have a dump. Less than 10 minutes after he disappeared, there was Charlie about 30 yards in front of me. Number 21!
 
Out tonight - heard a commotion coming from woods to my left and the sound of a rabbit in distress.

Caught movement through thermal spotter and saw a fox working its way through undergrowth in my direction.

Presented a shot at 80m

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Another three quarter grown Vixen - 140gr did the trick!

#12
 
Just in so out tonight rather than the thread title. Very soft mild night - 18 degrees and as is usual by the shore, air was pretty thick so not great for thermal or IR, but I was out so…..
Busted 20 seconds after switching on the mini cheapo caller (other callers are available) - skoolboy error - started calling before rifle set up on quad sticks and Zulus still not turned on! Fox came steaming in through the Pulsar and did a very passable handbrake turn 20 yards out whilst I did the by now legendary Foxyboy all fingers and thumbs routine! Will I ever learn? Nah, I don’t think so either…
20 minutes later picked up a heat source at 450 yards plus and started the wee machine again…

Definite signs of interest but lost it behind the tall trees and hedgerows several fields out. Tried for another 10 but nada.
Not my finest night thus far and after the trio last time out a bit disappointing. Last sweep of the thermal and the far off fox was now in the field next to me - I was standing by an open gate with a thick hedge running down to the fox. Needless to say when I turned the Zulus on the hedgerow bounced back at me so a quick but endearingly attractive shuffle of the quads and I found I could get a decent picture.
Simple after that - I know these fields very well so knew that the fox was about 120 away and therefore a straight shot for the triple deuce - no need for the lrf or holdover.

Nice sharp image on the Zulus despite the thick air so I could see by the build it was a large cub, a gentle squeeze of the Remmy trigger and a 50gns Vmax trundling along at c.3,000 fps resulted in a healthy whummph.
Job done.
🦊🦊
 
Out on about 80 acres of stubble last night, great for seeing what about but like walking on cornflakes when its a still (ish) night. Called for a bit set up on the back of the pickup then headed off for a wander. Had a hand squeak for a while then headed off...should have waited as there was a fox coming in but I bumped it on the way back...Headed along the field hoping to pick it up when I cleared the top of the field. Got to the gateway and there is was...but by the time I was on the sticks and set up it was at a challenging 30 yards so met with a 84 grain (I think) .243 round in the chest. Nice little vixen and No 32

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Mike1979 said:
Out on about 80 acres of stubble last night, great for seeing what about but like walking on cornflakes when its a still (ish) night. Called for a bit set up on the back of the pickup then headed off for a wander. Had a hand squeak for a while then headed off...should have waited as there was a fox coming in but I bumped it on the way back...Headed along the field hoping to pick it up when I cleared the top of the field. Got to the gateway and there is was...but by the time I was on the sticks and set up it was at a challenging 30 yards so met with a 84 grain (I think) .243 round in the chest. Nice little vixen and No 32

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Looks to be a fair size.!
 
Smellydog said:
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Itchy back. Rolling over to try to scratch it. Get stuck in a rut or slight hollow.
When grazing sheep on arable land (which tends to be rutted and devoid of alternative scratching places) farmers should provide places for sheep to scratch their backs, such as a rail nailed between two posts at the right height.
Early shearing also reduces the risk, as does not letting ewes get too fat.
When turning a "cast" sheep back up the right way, always tip it up forwards, not roll it to the side, and hold it steady for a bit before letting it run off.
 
VSS said:
Itchy back. Rolling over to try to scratch it. Get stuck in a rut or slight hollow.
When grazing sheep on arable land (which tends to be rutted and devoid of alternative scratching places) farmers should provide places for sheep to scratch their backs, such as a rail nailed between two posts at the right height.
Early shearing also reduces the risk, as does not letting ewes get too fat.
When turning a "cast" sheep back up the right way, always tip it up forwards, not roll it to the side, and hold it steady for a bit before letting it run off.
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That's what I was going to say but thought you should speak first.
I do it often with my friends texals.
Sometimes their legs go dead and it can take quite a while to get the blood back into them.
 
Nickb said:
Everything is nice and little in a description, what does nice mean ?

I.e culled a nice buck ?
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Lol and agree with your point. Language is emotive but it makes it more interesting then "went out shot fox" :)

Hopefully the size police will not deem it necessary to continue to be picky about these things 😄:lol: especially as size is subjective...but thats not a conversation to kick off with in the morning :)

Keep up the good work ...or should it just be work...nothing good about it ...only suffering and conservation :lol:👍
 
VSS said:
Itchy back. Rolling over to try to scratch it. Get stuck in a rut or slight hollow.
When grazing sheep on arable land (which tends to be rutted and devoid of alternative scratching places) farmers should provide places for sheep to scratch their backs, such as a rail nailed between two posts at the right height.
Early shearing also reduces the risk, as does not letting ewes get too fat.
When turning a "cast" sheep back up the right way, always tip it up forwards, not roll it to the side, and hold it steady for a bit before letting it run off.
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Stupidity is my normal view of sheep...much in the same way that they get stuck and dont have the motivation to get free...yet when you walk up to them after a 1/2 mile detour they manage to get out :) Ive had to rescue sheep from so many situations you wonder how evolution ended up creating such things (but we are a whole lot more stupid in many ways). Two ewes with there heads wedged in the outer frame of a creep feeder was one of the more tricky ones...took some time to unwedge them. Though a heifer who had managed to fall into a dingle and get her neck caught in a tree and was hanging there (alive) is perhaps a bit more spectacular.
 
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