The owner of poultry farm had called asking me to come over right in the middle of this cold snap, all untreated back roads to his place so he would have to wait a few days.
Last night I managed a vixen but the East wind was numbing my fingers also gloves are no great with the small switch on my drone 10.
The 95gn round opened her up from a front quartering shot around 120 yds, I counted 5 small sacks from a what was a last year vixen.
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Rain was showing but Accu weather showed a lull around 8, so I arrived just before with a clear sky,
20 mins in a fox was running in to my call but also cutting across the strong wind then just in an instant she caught the wind and was gone, if the ditch had not been 5 feet deep I could have got into a better position but for my own welfare and the kit she had a chance......but not for long...
25 mins later she was parked up in the field behind this time up wind, a slow walk checking with the thermal the distance looked good. A very stiff L>R wind was something to consider, not a long way 150 but a front on fox is not so wide, on the left side of her bib with the X hairs was just right.
My weather window was falling apart but a hot shape some 300 yards away spurred me on across a field of winter wheat, a second hot shape was a muntjac feeding on the headland.
She came 70 yards off the hedge then puled up just like the previous vixen also same wind, a repeat of the same shot down to the last yard.
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Last night I managed a vixen but the East wind was numbing my fingers also gloves are no great with the small switch on my drone 10.
The 95gn round opened her up from a front quartering shot around 120 yds, I counted 5 small sacks from a what was a last year vixen.
Rain was showing but Accu weather showed a lull around 8, so I arrived just before with a clear sky,
20 mins in a fox was running in to my call but also cutting across the strong wind then just in an instant she caught the wind and was gone, if the ditch had not been 5 feet deep I could have got into a better position but for my own welfare and the kit she had a chance......but not for long...
25 mins later she was parked up in the field behind this time up wind, a slow walk checking with the thermal the distance looked good. A very stiff L>R wind was something to consider, not a long way 150 but a front on fox is not so wide, on the left side of her bib with the X hairs was just right.
My weather window was falling apart but a hot shape some 300 yards away spurred me on across a field of winter wheat, a second hot shape was a muntjac feeding on the headland.
She came 70 yards off the hedge then puled up just like the previous vixen also same wind, a repeat of the same shot down to the last yard.
