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75 said:
Had another couple last night. 2 more dogs, both came to vixen in heat call, one from a very long way out. Watched him mooching his way across the valley for 10 mins or so and he came in a really wide loop. Shot it when he stopped to sniff his previously fallen comrade. Pic is where they both dropped. That’s 3 dogs and no vixens off the new place now.


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And then this on the camera outside the bedroom window overnight

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How do you find the Hikmicro trailcam, I was looking at these yesterday out of potential interest?
 
Len the dog said:
How do you find the Hikmicro trailcam, I was looking at these yesterday out of potential interest?
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It's a right lump compared to my Spypoint ones and the App is rubbish. I have to keep refreshing it so it remembers the trailcam. The App is also really unintuitive and it's easy to set stuff that makes no difference to operation but eats batteries for fun! One of the useful features is you can set a schedule so it only takes pics at night (not chewing through your free photo allowance on covids at a baitspot for example). One of my Spypoint ones can also do this but not the cheaper Flex model.

If I was buying again I'd get another Spytpoint LTE.
 
A few from last few weeks. Into double figures but haven't got round to sticking them up on here.
Had a good night last night with three.
But managed to catch up with a duck thief last week that had been coming I daylight20250121_220403.webp
 

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Pitched up at 1830 last night. Had everything ready in the tub of the Hilux.
Hopped out and had a quick scan with the thermal. No sign of anything about.
Set up with rifle on the bonnet and had another look. There was a fox just coming in to the field below me. Turned the Yukon on and acquired the fox in the scope. Funnily it didn’t go near the bait pipe but continued mooching across the field.
A couple of “oi’s” failed to stop it and the angle was starting to get dangerously close to my near side door pillar. I risked a moving shot and hit it a bit far back. It got into some very thick brambles.
The Springer went in full of enthusiasm and finished the job and dragged it out.IMG_4045.webp
 
75 said:
Had another couple last night. 2 more dogs, both came to vixen in heat call, one from a very long way out. Watched him mooching his way across the valley for 10 mins or so and he came in a really wide loop. Shot it when he stopped to sniff his previously fallen comrade. Pic is where they both dropped. That’s 3 dogs and no vixens off the new place now.


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And then this on the camera outside the bedroom window overnight

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Think you are having all ours now mate
 
75 said:
It's a right lump compared to my Spypoint ones and the App is rubbish. I have to keep refreshing it so it remembers the trailcam. The App is also really unintuitive and it's easy to set stuff that makes no difference to operation but eats batteries for fun! One of the useful features is you can set a schedule so it only takes pics at night (not chewing through your free photo allowance on covids at a baitspot for example). One of my Spypoint ones can also do this but not the cheaper Flex model.

If I was buying again I'd get another Spytpoint LTE.
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Thanks, I’ve bitten the bullet and ordered the new model LM2, will probably look into the battery pack for it after giving it a go.
Cheers 👍
 
I've had a few sightings but they haven't come close enough.
I have watched the vixen catch a mouse or two and put partridge and snipe up.
She has to go asap!
Some weather moving in which may upset proceedings.
Still, I'm glad I've seen them.
 
Nickb said:
If I was in your position there wouldn't be a fox on the ground ...simple.
You are there every day so why haven't you got them under control especially with lambing imminent and also protecting the ground nesters.
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You're right Mark, I am there everyday - working!! 😂 As a sheep farmer I play many roles, but I can't try to blag that fox shooting is an important part of my job.

I've said it before, and I know plenty of you disagree with me, but foxes aren't an issue to us at lambing, absolutely zilch.

Protection of our ground nesters is the main reason I do do any fox control (and corvids). And Iove doing it. But I have lots of other interests, which means I choose to dedicate 1 night a week to shooting. Simples.
 
Nickb said:
And will the other foxes not take partridge or skylarks 😁
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Given the chance. That's life, that why I'm pretty much out once a week. Could I get out more? Yes. But then I'd have to cut out other things I like doing. I like shooting, but it's not my be all & end all.
 
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