Out last night.
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BenBhoy
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Arrived mate, thank you. Not tried it yet, have a look this evening
blueeyes
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Bloody hell that was posted last Sat with a first class stamp what a joke any probs give me a shout
Last night brought home the inevitable realisation of advancing years, 10o'clock I was going down, 4 degrees + a terrifying wind chill ...
stuck it out as I could hear barking, about to jack it in when it crossed the boundary,
SWMBO had fortunately fired up my leccy blanket ... feet still feeling cold now
stuck it out as I could hear barking, about to jack it in when it crossed the boundary,SWMBO had fortunately fired up my leccy blanket ... feet still feeling cold now
Smellydog
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It did plummet on going dark last night but seemed to pick up around 2am! Yep I was out then, for nothing, and feel totally knackered now!Last night brought home the inevitable realisation of advancing years, 10o'clock I was going down, 4 degrees + a terrifying wind chill ...
SWMBO had fortunately fired up my leccy blanket ... feet still feeling cold now
Finally caught up with one of them - started to arrive about 9pm, presumably on her way out on her rounds.
Quick scan out of the bedroom window with the thermal and she was clearly enjoying the 4 year old venison mince that had been forgotten about in the freezer and covered in freezer burn! not a bad last supper I guess.
Now to watch the camera for a few days and see if there are more. Which of course there will be!!
Spikelet
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This fella was seen on the farm CCTV the night before, from a previous sighting I knew he'd likely to be heading towards the pen.
After almost two hours in the rain my 'carefully' positioned ambush was thwarted when he trotted out of the hedge 200m from me and headed towards and through the copse/pen
Briskly trying to play catch up i caught sight of him still trotting along a hedge line on the far side of the copse, as I transitioned from the thermal spotter to the rifle and in the poor visibility he'd disappeared!
Assuming he'd carried on and made it to the field beyond I checked it but it was clear, walking back along the hedge line where I'd last seen him, some what damp and disheartened I could see hare and a very feint heat saw next to a feeder, the fox hadn't gone on he was lying down almost exactly where I'd last seen him.
When his head finally came up, he was looking directly at me
A very damp but very satisfying evening. Yet again assumption almost got it wrong.
After almost two hours in the rain my 'carefully' positioned ambush was thwarted when he trotted out of the hedge 200m from me and headed towards and through the copse/pen
Briskly trying to play catch up i caught sight of him still trotting along a hedge line on the far side of the copse, as I transitioned from the thermal spotter to the rifle and in the poor visibility he'd disappeared!
Assuming he'd carried on and made it to the field beyond I checked it but it was clear, walking back along the hedge line where I'd last seen him, some what damp and disheartened I could see hare and a very feint heat saw next to a feeder, the fox hadn't gone on he was lying down almost exactly where I'd last seen him.
When his head finally came up, he was looking directly at me
A very damp but very satisfying evening. Yet again assumption almost got it wrong.
Looking like a decent gap in the forecast for me tomorrow night, fingers crossed I get the couple seen pairing up a few nights ago over the boundary.
This bugger is driving me nuts! I must have scanned that field with the thermal half a dozen times between 1900 and 2100 last night and it turns out he was in front of the camera for thick end of an hour tidying up venison trim all that time! Where the heck he was hiding I have no idea....
Looks like it can hear or see something to do with the camera.
Triggermortis
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Mixed bag at an egg farm….
Rats were taken with air rifles and the fox with a .222, I’ve been leaving the rats on a bait point and its starting to pay off ,we only went out tonight because heavy rain is forecast for the weekend.
Rats were taken with air rifles and the fox with a .222, I’ve been leaving the rats on a bait point and its starting to pay off ,we only went out tonight because heavy rain is forecast for the weekend.
Tidy job is that!
farrieral
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Received a voice mail off Mam... she's a softly spoken lady who rarely swears... "when are you coming to sort these f-ing foxes out". No hello or goodbye 
Shes lost nearly 2/3rds of her chickens of late on the family farm.
So I chucked the rifle in the truck and after a busy day of shoeing horses, primarily hunt horses (the irony!), me and the big dog sat out... 2 down within 40 mins, both well-fed dog foxes, and I didn't venture from the yard: shot in the adjacent pasture.
I'm sure I could of had more, saw a third in the distance, undisturbed by the rifle but the heavens opened and we called it a night.
First outing for the IR Lightbuilds torch, changed the performance of the Alpex entirely
Will be back next week!
Shes lost nearly 2/3rds of her chickens of late on the family farm.
So I chucked the rifle in the truck and after a busy day of shoeing horses, primarily hunt horses (the irony!), me and the big dog sat out... 2 down within 40 mins, both well-fed dog foxes, and I didn't venture from the yard: shot in the adjacent pasture.
I'm sure I could of had more, saw a third in the distance, undisturbed by the rifle but the heavens opened and we called it a night.
First outing for the IR Lightbuilds torch, changed the performance of the Alpex entirely
Will be back next week!
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Smellydog
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Mamma knows best....!Received a voice mail off Mam... she's a softly spoken lady who rarely swears... "when are you coming to sort these f-ing foxes out". No hello or goodbye
Shes lost nearly 2/3rds of her chickens of late on the family farm.
So I chucked the rifle in the truck and after a busy day of shoeing horses, primarily hunt horses (the irony!), me and the big dog sat out... 2 down within 40 mins, both well-fed dog foxes, and I didn't venture from the yard: shot in the adjacent pasture.
I'm sure I could of had more, saw a third in the distance, undisturbed by the rifle but the heavens opened and we called it a night.
First outing for the IR Lightbuilds torch, changed the performance of the Alpex entirely
Will be back next week!
Rob22
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I have had 2 trips out recently - first one out at 0430 - watched a fox work its way towards me, had it in the cross hairs at 130m but wasn't happy with position, decided to wait until it was 100m away......105,104,103,102, 101 and it took off sideways and disappeared 
The following evening I had been out for a couple of hours, getting chilly, clocked a fox other side of valley so made my way towards it and located it at 130m, set up in crosshairs, breathed out, squeezed the trigger and bloody pulled the shot, clean miss and fox legged it!
Packed up for the night at that point 
The following evening I had been out for a couple of hours, getting chilly, clocked a fox other side of valley so made my way towards it and located it at 130m, set up in crosshairs, breathed out, squeezed the trigger and bloody pulled the shot, clean miss and fox legged it!
Packed up for the night at that point 
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