Fox drives

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I agree whole heartedly with using a heavy load of large shot so maybe BB's, 1's or 3's at sensible, as in close, ranges for Charlie.

Yes of course they can be killed with smaller birdshot at very close ranges, but I've (along with I suspect many of you) sadly witnessed with considerable anger them being bowled over at 40-50yds by some idiot using pheasant loads only to then run off to die in agony later. This is completely unneccesary & unacceptable.

I once fired a 32g load of Special SG with nine pellets at a 4' square piece of ply at 30yards - only three pellets actually hit the board!
 
I miss the Hounds and the crack with the guys back when we could . Loads of Landowners hosted us , it was before before Night vision and it was much more fun . I shot steel BB, still even before the ban of lead , it gets through the coat of a fox better
learned a lot about how cunning the fox was , like the fox walking along the top of a dry stone wall above the hounds with the hounds wondering where the fox had gone LOL .
 
This may well ruffle a few feathers. No.5's for a fox............no. Lots of game shooters routinely use No.5's for partridge in October. If you were specifically going after hares you would probably use No.4's. A fox is bigger still. It is much bigger. No.5's........no. You want large enough shot to kill cleanly, with enough shot for a decent pattern. You do not need 42 grams of shot either, the recoil will just spoil your second shot.

I am sure that some will argue that they will only shoot at close range with their No.5's. In that split second will you be able to accurately judge its range ? How often do you see a fox ? Are you sure its in range ? What if the neighboring gun wounds the fox, do you not take a long shot ?

You know you are going on a fox drive. Its not a surprise. Leave your No.5's at home. Use the right tool for the job. 32 grams of No.1's or No.2's is where you should be.
 
old 30-06 said:
This may well ruffle a few feathers. No.5's for a fox............no. Lots of game shooters routinely use No.5's for partridge in October. If you were specifically going after hares you would probably use No.4's. A fox is bigger still. It is much bigger. No.5's........no. You want large enough shot to kill cleanly, with enough shot for a decent pattern. You do not need 42 grams of shot either, the recoil will just spoil your second shot.

I am sure that some will argue that they will only shoot at close range with their No.5's. In that split second will you be able to accurately judge its range ? How often do you see a fox ? Are you sure its in range ? What if the neighboring gun wounds the fox, do you not take a long shot ?

You know you are going on a fox drive. Its not a surprise. Leave your No.5's at home. Use the right tool for the job. 32 grams of No.1's or No.2's is where you should be.
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3 inch, 56 gram 0's or BB's, through a semi auto so no recoil problems. The more heavy pellets in the pattern the better.
 
Back in the early 90s we were asked over to the west of Ireland as they were having problems with foxes.
We hunted 2 full days and a couple of hours on the 3rd day and shot over 50 foxes.
I remember one gun shot 4 foxes from his stand on one of the drives.
 
palo said:
Back in the early 90s we were asked over to the west of Ireland as they were having problems with foxes.
We hunted 2 full days and a couple of hours on the 3rd day and shot over 50 foxes.
I remember one gun shot 4 foxes from his stand on one of the drives.
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now that sounds like a proper couple of days out!!
 
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