Success in foxing after a few blanks

Lone wolf

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After having a few failed attempts at mopping up the expected fox cubs it was great to be able to break the curse of blanking on my last 3 attempts at reducing there numbers whilst there still young and dumb, I find this time of the year productive and going of last years results I wanted to be ready and on my guard to cross paths with the cubs as they started to emerge and have the confidence to travel further from the safety of there earth's.

My fried attempts were likely down to timing and crops and grass being up and in the way, one field had been cut so I set up there and the stars aligned, four foxes down to the mighty .22-250 and one more seen so I will return to that field soon, more crops have been flattened so more playing fields are now open, time to dial in on the task at hand and get amongst them
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It is nice to see you admit to blanking.
Blanking (for me) means you are not there when the quarry is or you cant get a shot, I blanked the other evening as I never saw a fox/muntjac in the 2 hrs I was there 8-10(deer o'clock) but I did see 3 Reds feeding in a wheat field with that field usually last to be cut. However with half the farm in a scheme then the wheat will not take very long as it is beyond being ready.
 
After having a few failed attempts at mopping up the expected fox cubs it was great to be able to break the curse of blanking on my last 3 attempts at reducing there numbers whilst there still young and dumb, I find this time of the year productive and going of last years results I wanted to be ready and on my guard to cross paths with the cubs as they started to emerge and have the confidence to travel further from the safety of there earth's.

My fried attempts were likely down to timing and crops and grass being up and in the way, one field had been cut so I set up there and the stars aligned, four foxes down to the mighty .22-250 and one more seen so I will return to that field soon, more crops have been flattened so more playing fields are now open, time to dial in on the task at hand and get amongst them
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Why would you not shoot them a few fields over ?
 
It did cross my mind to push it with the crows but I just left it, he knows he can give me the green light if he ever changes his mind, he has lost ducks off the pond to foxes and uses his fields for grazing sheep and lambing??? It is what it is
They control what goes on where, I have found some pigeons for tomorrow asked if any want to come tomorrow but they are having the weekend off with family as the spring barley is not ready. Always good to ask
 
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They control what goes on where, I have found some pigeons for tomorrow asked if any want to come tomorrow but they are having the weekend off with family as the spring barley is not ready. Always good to ask
Definitely worth a ask!
Ive never had a day on the pigeons, just the odd few days on the crows with the shotguns, but pigeon shooting looks like great fun when switch on to it!

I must get out more with the 12g
 
Blanking (for me) means you are not there when the quarry is or you cant get a shot, I blanked the other evening as I never saw a fox/muntjac in the 2 hrs I was there 8-10(deer o'clock) but I did see 3 Reds feeding in a wheat field with that field usually last to be cut. However with half the farm in a scheme then the wheat will not take very long as it is beyond being ready.

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