Out last night.

[Foxyboy43]

I know mate deer probably wont care much so just a case of "suck it up and get on with it" lol. Matt has been winding me up all week so looking forward to the banter if nothing else

Hope you have better luck than I did a couple of weeks ago in Perthshire - rained all 6 days - saw 4 roe - shot 3. Little or nothing came out to play including pigeons so my 500 cartridges flats came home unopened….

 

[Smellydog]

Lol. Off to Derbyshire on reds tomorrow and Friday morning then on a CWD cull day on Sat the 07th...will be out of holiday by end of March

Passing through Stoke?

 

[Mike1979]

Passing through Stoke?

I was planning on going M6 toll but Stoke direction doesn't add much onto the journey

 

[7Miller]

Out last night for a Roe Doe or a Muntjac, on a ground I've not been to for about a month due to the weather.

Ended up watching a lovely looking Roe Buck in full velvet and hope he stays around long enough to see what he's like once the velvet comes off.

But upon the walk back off the hillside, I spotted a fox in the new thermal. He wasn't far from the landowners chicken pen behind the farmhouse.
I placed the rifle on the sticks and fired up the Thermnight 635r. Used the thermal to locate him and then switched to night vision. Confirmed 100% a fox, and the range finder told me only 135 yards away, down the hill, sat down face on to me. Eased off the safety and gently squeezed the trigger. The 7mm-08 roared around the hill and a solid "Twack" immediately followed. I walked down and he was a fair sized dog fox, the largest I've shot on this patch.

As I loaded the kit into the truck and exited the farm, a quick scan with the hand held thermal picked up yet another, nice looking 6 point Roe Buck. Not the one I saw earlier, this was 100% a differnt animal. Not quite as good as the one I watched earlier, but was another 6 pointer. Looking forward to spending time up there during the buck season.

 

[Mike1979]

Out last night for a Roe Doe or a Muntjac, on a ground I've not been to for about a month due to the weather.

Ended up watching a lovely looking Roe Buck in full velvet and hope he stays around long enough to see what he's like once the velvet comes off.

But upon the walk back off the hillside, I spotted a fox in the new thermal. He wasn't far from the landowners chicken pen behind the farmhouse.
I placed the rifle on the sticks and fired up the Thermnight 635r. Used the thermal to locate him and then switched to night vision. Confirmed 100% a fox, and the range finder told me only 135 yards away, down the hill, sat down face on to me. Eased off the safety and gently squeezed the trigger. The 7mm-08 roared around the hill and a solid "Twack" immediately followed. I walked down and he was a fair sized dog fox, the largest I've shot on this patch.

As I loaded the kit into the truck and exited the farm, a quick scan with the hand held thermal picked up yet another, nice looking 6 point Roe Buck. Not the one I saw earlier, this was 100% a differnt animal. Not quite as good as the one I watched earlier, but was another 6 pointer. Looking forward to spending time up there during the buck season.

Good gong mate and a fine looking buck

 

[Smellydog]

I was planning on going M6 toll but Stoke direction doesn't add much onto the journey

You'll need a special pass if you have that dam creedmoor on board!
Not easy to get either!!

 

[hammo]

Off to another small holding this evening. Fox hadnt been seen, but patch of feathers found and calling heard nearby. Got there as darkness fell, and stood in the Lee of a wild unkempt hedge, using its shadow as the moon is bright. Wind really whipping about, heavy rain inbound tomorrow, as if we need more
Half an hour in and fox trots out of hedge about 100m from me, downwind; then he wanders in among four Shetland ponies. My luck is in and he begins to saunter my way, dropped him with a thwack, bibshot with the trusty .204.
A mangy dog.
£20 note pressed into my reluctant mitt as payment.

 

[Smellydog]

Just a few rats tonight with the hmr.

 

[jall55]

Just a few rats tonight with the hmr.

Dozen for me with .22 lr

 

[finnbear270]

First calling heard just up the village from me, yesterday first light, so will take a caller tonight ... should be calling up the farm too.
Won the battle of the starter motor yesterday, fitted a new un'
Getting a bit long in the tooth for this shoulder shuffle underneath

 

[finnbear270]

Finally wind ceased & rain petered out a bit at 10pm, Spotted two more potential trouble makers, but no shots available last night.

Just on sunset.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Lady FB was at her choir so it being a rather fine night out I went - 3 hours of nothing. Everywhere has been or was still being slurried as the noise and spinning orange lights all over the place evidenced. Apparently tanks are overflowing so it is permissible - what a stench!
Just about to give up when a fox came into the field behind me - little caller did it again! Of course everything including me was facing the opposite direction so the by now legendary kerfuffle (think of a cross between Swan Lake and Les Dawson’s Roly Polys dance group) was performed and up went the Pulsar thermal again but nada! Bugger!
Traced the hedgerow from the far corner all the way down to 20 feet from me and suddenly the entire thermal screen lit up - fox!
I very nearly shouted something which sounds quite similar but was too busy trying to find the rascal through the Zulus’s 5x - do try it sometime…
Last sight of the fox was it going through the far hedge - this is a fair representation of what I saw…

Looks like a bait station may be required…..

 

[finnbear270]

"Apparently tanks are overflowing so it is permissible", Lots round here completely ignore torrential rain and run off risks year round.

 

[Smellydog]

Finally wind ceased & rain petered out a bit at 10pm, Spotted two more potential trouble makers, but no shots available last night.

Just on sunset.

Oh I thought that was the engine....

 

[Rogerp]

had a vixen last night

 

[bumpy22]

#18 and #19 tonight.
First one was spotted in a field with a stream running through the back. Luckily the stream was like a rapid river as it disguised my approach, across the sodden field.
A quick squeak had her bombing in to 50 yards
With the rain and wind really hammering now it was time to retreat to one of my fox boxes
After a short time had a vixen come into field and play about in the corner. Thought it was mousing but looking how wet it was I suspect frogs
Drying up nice in Somerset

 

[hammo]

Back to the small holding where I missed the fox earlier in the week. 20 mins after pitching up i spied a fox crossing right to left across the fields- better not bugger this up!!
Fortunately for me he paused before going into the left hand hedge, classic boiler room shot and a satisfying thump as the 39gr .204 blitzking found its mark at 130m.
A dog fox, and i hope the same one i missed before.
Twisted my knee stepping into a hoof hole, bloody throbbing now!!

 

[2Ll’s]

Had 2 Wednesday night at 70 and 223 meters, both dogs, had a vixen Thursday night 75 meters, looked a little plump so had a look, had 5 inside. So you could say 6 foxes with 1 shot

 

[finnbear270]

Had 2 Wednesday night at 70 and 223 meters, both dogs, had a vixen Thursday night 75 meters, looked a little plump so had a look, had 5 inside. So you could say 6 foxes with 1 shot

Your postmortem examination reinforces my assumption of a Vixen's condition earlier last month.

 

[Rogerp]

This is another picture of the one I had Thursday night