Out last night.
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kenbro
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It would be cold at this time of year, the birds haven’t started sitting in there yet!
Kb.
Smellydog
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Na, this is a roost, not a rookery Ken.
I pitched up at 1830 in an area I hadn’t checked in a while. A deer skin I had left in a stubble field last week had been pulled around a bit and a couple of rather “high” chicken legs had disappeared the last couple of days.
The wind was swirling about a fair bit so I was hoping that anything that would come to the bait 150 yds out in the field would cross from the wood on the far side.
Such was not to be.
I clocked a fox moving up a ditch nearly parallel to me. A shot was not possible owing to the IR light bouncing off intervening branches. It either got a whiff of me or saw the glow of the IR. Either way it stopped and looked in my direction for a while. Then it started moving again but must have got another whiff and it trotted away up the field and over the brow out of sight. I muttered obscenities to myself for a while. It was cold !
Shortly afterwards I noticed the fox now mooching on the brow of the field, too far and no backstop
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Patience however is something you always learn as a hunter or take up knitting
. After some short time the fox meandered down to its demise 
. As usual my terrorist had his few minutes.
The wind was swirling about a fair bit so I was hoping that anything that would come to the bait 150 yds out in the field would cross from the wood on the far side.
Such was not to be.
I clocked a fox moving up a ditch nearly parallel to me. A shot was not possible owing to the IR light bouncing off intervening branches. It either got a whiff of me or saw the glow of the IR. Either way it stopped and looked in my direction for a while. Then it started moving again but must have got another whiff and it trotted away up the field and over the brow out of sight. I muttered obscenities to myself for a while. It was cold ! Shortly afterwards I noticed the fox now mooching on the brow of the field, too far and no backstop
.Patience however is something you always learn as a hunter or take up knitting
. After some short time the fox meandered down to its demise . As usual my terrorist had his few minutes.Attachments
Phil fox man
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I should have posted this a week ago but anyways.
farmer sent us down to one of the places where lambs will be coming to.now we hate this spot as we had a spot of bother last year with comments on face fcuk and police involved.nothing came of it as we were doing nothing illegal and the farmer said " any problems to ring him and he'll come and tell them to fcuk off and mind their own business"but I would be a bit more diplomatic
but the thought is still there.
so it was a stealth approach, minimal calling, took the shot,picked up sharpish and get out of dodge.not to be
fox moved just as I fired and I hit it center body and it ran oh fcuk!. luckily only 75 yds,so a quick dash and back to plan A.
on to the next place and spotted one @320yds,now we've been after this one for a while.we reckon it's the lone survivor of a bunch of 8 we cleared up off this farm a couple of weeks ago.all the other times we've seen it it just trotts off never to be seen again.
set up ready for it to come into view and a good chest hit,it gets up and started to walk another hit, fcuk me it gets up again and staggers towards us down it goes but it doesn't get up this time.
when ant picked it up all 3 hit's should have been a kill shot ?
time for home for cake and medals.
farmer sent us down to one of the places where lambs will be coming to.now we hate this spot as we had a spot of bother last year with comments on face fcuk and police involved.nothing came of it as we were doing nothing illegal and the farmer said " any problems to ring him and he'll come and tell them to fcuk off and mind their own business"but I would be a bit more diplomatic
but the thought is still there.so it was a stealth approach, minimal calling, took the shot,picked up sharpish and get out of dodge.not to be
fox moved just as I fired and I hit it center body and it ran oh fcuk!. luckily only 75 yds,so a quick dash and back to plan A.on to the next place and spotted one @320yds,now we've been after this one for a while.we reckon it's the lone survivor of a bunch of 8 we cleared up off this farm a couple of weeks ago.all the other times we've seen it it just trotts off never to be seen again.
set up ready for it to come into view and
a good chest hit,it gets up and started to walk another hit, fcuk me it gets up again and staggers towards us down it goes but it doesn't get up this time.when ant picked it up all 3 hit's should have been a kill shot ?
time for home for cake and medals.
Smellydog
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Once shot a very large heavy dog fox. It soaked up two 222 rounds like nothing happened but sat down. The third shot decked him out. Only 100yds.I should have posted this a week ago but anyways.
farmer sent us down to one of the places where lambs will be coming to.now we hate this spot as we had a spot of bother last year with comments on face fcuk and police involved.nothing came of it as we were doing nothing illegal and the farmer said " any problems to ring him and he'll come and tell them to fcuk off and mind their own business"but I would be a bit more diplomatic
so it was a stealth approach, minimal calling, took the shot,picked up sharpish and get out of dodge.not to be
on to the next place and spotted one @320yds,now we've been after this one for a while.we reckon it's the lone survivor of a bunch of 8 we cleared up off this farm a couple of weeks ago.all the other times we've seen it it just trotts off never to be seen again.
set up ready for it to come into view and
when ant picked it up all 3 hit's should have been a kill shot ?
time for home for cake and medals.View attachment 406284View attachment 406286
kenbro
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What chambering?I should have posted this a week ago but anyways.
farmer sent us down to one of the places where lambs will be coming to.now we hate this spot as we had a spot of bother last year with comments on face fcuk and police involved.nothing came of it as we were doing nothing illegal and the farmer said " any problems to ring him and he'll come and tell them to fcuk off and mind their own business"but I would be a bit more diplomatic
so it was a stealth approach, minimal calling, took the shot,picked up sharpish and get out of dodge.not to be
on to the next place and spotted one @320yds,now we've been after this one for a while.we reckon it's the lone survivor of a bunch of 8 we cleared up off this farm a couple of weeks ago.all the other times we've seen it it just trotts off never to be seen again.
set up ready for it to come into view and
when ant picked it up all 3 hit's should have been a kill shot ?
time for home for cake and medals.View attachment 406284View attachment 406286
Ken.
Phil fox man
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kenbro
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Wow, that’s usually a soup machine!50 GRN nosler BT in 22/250
sometimes sh1t happens
Ken.
Mr Tree
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I have used Nosler 40gr Bt, sometimes they vaporised on impact, gave up on them after some horror stories, happened a few times when they hit a rib on the way in.50 GRN nosler BT in 22/250
sometimes sh1t happens
Phil fox man
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at 300yds for the first shot I wouldn't have expected a splash, second at around 250yds either and the last at around 180yds as well.it was difficult to determine which shot was which !.
maybe due to shot angles?.
phil.
maybe due to shot angles?.
phil.
No real cure that I'm aware of but would love to know if there is!! I think the damage is done once they appear - caused by warming cold toes up too quickly and tiny blood vessels bursting as far as I know. I get them from fell running in winter if I jump in the shower afterwards before letting things warm naturally. Which is really hard as I'm usually freezing and muddy so need to jump in the shower! The only solution I have is to not get cold / wet in first place so I run in gore-tex shoes now. Interestingly, I was skiing last week and my feet get really cold (Raynauds) but no chilblains as they warmed up naturally at some point during each day.
Fox first which disturbed the muntjac 
Just got here & it's raining....they hadn't forecast rain. I'm still in van..be back on sofa if this keeps up!!
You are there - crack on pal !
BenBhoy
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I don't like getting my kit wet if I can help it. Give it half hour then I'm foxtrot oscar!
It dries pal
Was out earlier - rounding up the last of the rats - as you say not forecast but i got sleeted on
BenBhoy
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Although considering I'm still waiting for fox #1 of the year maybe I should just grin & bare it...
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