Foxing from quad sticks

[Nickb]

I walk a lot and find the quads are great , so light you dont know you are carrying them. Wouldn't carry a heavy tripod.

I think the key is to practice with them and then you find a technique that suits you.

I shoot a lot of rabbits with mine so plenty practice but still miss some.

As stated you can just pan by lifting one leg but are a real pain in brambles etc or shooting downhill.

If I am using the caller I tend to set up where I can get laid prone but when walking the sticks are ideal.

 

[Scottb123]

Also it worth practicing every shot that might present it self nothing worse than fafging when you’ve got an injuries animal that needs another I was out in a seat last week terrible weather called a fox in last light came in to 20 yards I pulled the shot hit it quite far back and had to go after him found him scurry away had to just through the sticks up as a single point and give him a dispatch shot but it happens if you shhot enough I don’t know where your based but if you would like to give the blaster ago and are local give me a shout as I for one have always hated shooting off sticks im not the best but know my limits and the blaster have changed that perception massively

 

[old keeper]

What did you not like about quad sticks ? I know they are a sod when brambles or bracken about and on side of hill. Super light has to be one of their best features. Fox last night running flat out towards me, way below height of quad sticks and another at 90 degrees to the 1st. Quad sticks just to slow to move at speed onto either

I think you've summed up what I don't like about quad sticks; too slow to set up when on the move, difficult on steep ground, etc. You quote a weight of 7 lbs for the rekons. Are they the 260 Rips model? Mine weigh in at 4 lbs with the hog saddle.

As far as shooting prone at night on muddy, wet, cattle crap-covered fields, I gave that up years ago!

 

[ShotKam 0]

I think you've summed up what I don't like about quad sticks; too slow to set up when on the move, difficult on steep ground, etc. You quote a weight of 7 lbs for the rekons. Are they the 260 Rips model? Mine weigh in at 4 lbs with the hog saddle.

As far as shooting prone at night on muddy, wet, cattle crap-covered fields, I gave that up years ago!

Yes 260 Rips model with Arca attachment - bit hefty is walking but easy in backpack if a bit of a trek. Rock solid setup though

 

[VSS]

On the rare occasions that I can be bothered with shooting foxes I don't walk about at all. I just set up somewhere comfy with the rifle appropriately supported, and wait for the foxes to come to me.
So weight isn't an issue for me. It's all about stability.

 

[old keeper]

Yes 260 Rips model with Arca attachment - bit hefty is walking but easy in backpack if a bit of a trek. Rock solid setup though

The original Rekons are much lighter than Mark's model, and just as stable.

 

[Mike1979]

On the rare occasions that I can be bothered with shooting foxes I don't walk about at all. I just set up somewhere comfy with the rifle appropriately supported, and wait for the foxes to come to me.
So weight isn't an issue for me. It's all about stability.

Sensible but first sentence sums it up....rare and bothered. I often wonder why I shoot foxes then remember I bloody love it ...for the pure conservation value of course

 

[VSS]

Sensible but first sentence sums it up....rare and bothered. I often wonder why I shoot foxes then remember I bloody love it ...for the pure conservation value of course

I just don't have any real reason to be particularly interested in shooting foxes. I take the odd one or two, usually over bait, but that's all.

 

[Mike1979]

I just don't have any real reason to be particularly interested in shooting foxes. I take the odd one or two, usually over bait, but that's all.

Sensible. I've always loved foxing but do wonder why after spending a week trying to get trouble makers...loas of expensive kits and lack of sleep for something with no value

 

[BenBhoy]

with no value

You hear the value in the curlews, the grey partridge coveys erupting, the tiny speck of a skykark blasting his song all summer. That's the real value & worth.

 

[Nickb]

Sensible. I've always loved foxing but do wonder why after spending a week trying to get trouble makers...loas of expensive kits and lack of sleep for something with no value

Because its addictive , nothing better apart from crow shooting.

I absolutely love it ....just wish had the numbers like down South.

My mate down South shot 210 last year ..

 

[Mike1979]

You hear the value in the curlews, the grey partridge coveys erupting, the tiny speck of a skykark blasting his song all summer. That's the real value & worth.

should have said financial value...trust you

Absolutely agree about the conservation benefits and one of the reasons I hammer them at home as we have curlews 1/2 mile from the house. Just a shae that the Welsh Govt sees fit to protect magpies but lest not digress.

 

[Mike1979]

Because its addictive , nothing better apart from crow shooting.

I absolutely love it ....just wish had the numbers like down South.

My mate down South shot 210 last year ..

Same with a guy I know in Suffolk/Cambs..averages 220 ish.

 

[Nickb]

Same with a guy I know in Suffolk/Cambs..averages 220 ish.

Its not fair.

The other night he told me , he has 2 fields of permission alongside a wood which never fails.

There was a fox there on arrival which was shot. He then mouth called another 6 out of the wood which were shot , so ended on 7....unbelievable.

 

[Mike1979]

Its not fair.

The other night he told me , he has 2 fields of permission alongside a wood which never fails.

There was a fox there on arrival which was shot. He then mouth called another 6 out of the wood which were shot , so ended on 7....unbelievable.

Christ .... have a mate in Devon who shot 2 the other night but saw 7 more ...

We have to go with the mantra "quality over quantity" ... at least I stand a chance of walking out the door and seeing foxes...have to drive 1hr+ to find a poxy deer

 

[Nickb]

Christ .... have a mate in Devon who shot 2 the other night but saw 7 more ...

We have to go with the mantra "quality over quantity" ... at least I stand a chance of walking out the door and seeing foxes...have to drive 1hr+ to find a poxy deer

Rather shoot foxes than deer anyway ...they are so overrated

 

[Longstrider]

Having once missed a fox because the leg/foot of my 4-Stable sticks collapsed into a mole run or mouse hole just as I squeezed the trigger I made myself a set of mud feet for the sticks.
Approx 3" diameter 3mm thick Kydex discs fitted onto M6 studding that goes up a hole I drilled into the leg. The studding has a ground pointy(ish) tip to prevent sliding on hard surfaces and 2 nylock nuts to hold the discs. (One each side)
Without the feet I found swivelling the sticks with the rifle on them in order to line up a shot would sometimes as good as screw them into the ground.

 

[BenBhoy]

.trust you

Ha I wasn't being an arse (for a change!)

 

[Fox246]

Spot the fox, drop the stock in first and then fore end. It’s sometimes difficult when one jumps out in front of you but it just comes down to practise. After I’ve been shooting lots of rabbits off sticks I can get them pretty steady at 250 yards. I haven’t been for ages though and not used sticks for a while so I was a bit wobbly last night on a fox at 200 but still did the trick. I’ve got a tripod but it rarely leaves the house.

 

[kevtherev]

Sticks work well if walking but as mentioned can be a pain if mr Reynard is doing a circuit.
I tend to walk and sometimes set up in regular known places and scan with thermal.
Quad sticks are really useful in my opinion.
Monday night I ended up using a low loader ramp in the yard as an improvised steady to sort out a fox I spotted as getting in pickup