Out last night.
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Smellydog
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That's a good shotwe were out on Friday doing the rounds on the lambing fields.the first half are done and the next batch starts in a week or so,1200 expected.
down to one of the farm's where we have shot 8 in the last few weeks.one fox has been giving us the slip and just walking up the banking 3 fields away.it follows the same route and only presents a shot for about 50 yds before reaching cover.
we are parked up on the track looking down on it's intended route and set up waiting for it.ant spotted it @600+ yds on it's way.it turned to go up the bank shielded by the tree line.i lined up on the opening where I could get a shot.pinged the spot 386yds and waited for it to come into view.it showed itself,ant shouted and
shot was away,big thud and it staggered 50 yds into a small pit.we found it dead just in the dip around the pit where ant had marked it.now back to the car over various barbed wire infested hedge's.we saw nothing else so home for cake and medals.View attachment 413442
Bo Diddley
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Jesus... you must be Jesus.. that's a cool 329 yards more than the one I just shot on a poultry unit
.Well done Phil, you have some style
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Phil fox man
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no deffo not.Nice shooting Sir.
Was it off hand?
Ken.
Bo Diddley
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@Phil fox man .
I love that shooting bench. I take it that it's permanently fixed to your truck's tailgate, and the platform folds in two. Then, the whole lot simply closes into the truck when you shut the tailgate.
I love that shooting bench. I take it that it's permanently fixed to your truck's tailgate, and the platform folds in two. Then, the whole lot simply closes into the truck when you shut the tailgate.
kenbro
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Ha, nice bit of kit you made.
Ken.
Phil fox man
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yes it folds but is held on by 4 screw bolts off an old lawnmower and riv nuts, comes off in 60 seconds
Phil fox man
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thanks,and like you " manual hold over " I've no time for that dialing in sh1tThat's a good shot
Smellydog
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#27 trotting towards the lambs.
I thought it was a little given at first but it turns out it was a large dog again.
Took the shot at 100+. Probably 120.
Chest because chest is best.
Ran about 20yds and stopped.
17 hmr.
I guessed the hold and wind. There was no wind and knowing the ground I knew it was a bit more than 100.
I thought it was a little given at first but it turns out it was a large dog again.
Took the shot at 100+. Probably 120.
Chest because chest is best.
Ran about 20yds and stopped.
17 hmr.
I guessed the hold and wind. There was no wind and knowing the ground I knew it was a bit more than 100.
Got a call to sort out a lamb killer/s on a Wicklow hill farm. 2 of us went up, called to the house to introduce ourselves and the farmer said he’d take a break off lambing to show us the ground.
We drove a few hundred yards and he pulled up. I stepped out and went down a wee lane to spot. I immediately spotted a fox’s head showing just over the brow of the field. Buddy was putting his kit together as I approached him and told him to crank it up !
He did, clocked the fox which was now a lot closer and sent it. 1 down. The farmer was absolutely delighted ! He actually hugged both us he was so happy. I mentioned to him that maybe that would save him a few quid.
Wrong ! “No, he said, it’s the loss of life and all the hard work you put into getting the little divils into the field”. We are not too different really. I rue the loss of every pheasant I see predated.
He took us another mile to another few fields. A fox winded us and left. I left the other rifle there and went back to the original spot. Got another large dog fox. That was it for the night. We both saw foxes off the reservation but left them.
18 duck eggs was our reward and an invitation to a repeat next week.
We drove a few hundred yards and he pulled up. I stepped out and went down a wee lane to spot. I immediately spotted a fox’s head showing just over the brow of the field. Buddy was putting his kit together as I approached him and told him to crank it up !
He did, clocked the fox which was now a lot closer and sent it. 1 down. The farmer was absolutely delighted ! He actually hugged both us he was so happy. I mentioned to him that maybe that would save him a few quid.
Wrong ! “No, he said, it’s the loss of life and all the hard work you put into getting the little divils into the field”. We are not too different really. I rue the loss of every pheasant I see predated.
He took us another mile to another few fields. A fox winded us and left. I left the other rifle there and went back to the original spot. Got another large dog fox. That was it for the night. We both saw foxes off the reservation but left them.
18 duck eggs was our reward and an invitation to a repeat next week.
kenbro
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Win win situation.
Ken.
Foxyboy43
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Received a “Please help” call through my local RFD yesterday pm - oddly enough not for a fox problem rather rabbits!
Met the elderly farmer (turned out he is the same age as me - Christ do I look that old?) before teatime for the essential daylight tour of his ground before later return with thermal - lovely small hills and very attractive fields but with not an awful lot of rabbit signs, heyho….
Anyhoo back just at last knockings and he asked if he could walk with me - sure thing, no problem sir… Well have you ever stood chatting with a very keen landowner by your side as you loaded up, in this case the .17hmr with a Pard 008 on top, only to discover that the bolt was still at home? Foxyboy has…..
Fortunately I had the sainted triple deuce aboard for a later fox visit so all was not lost. Long story short there were a few rabbits about - 13 shot for 15 rounds at 40 to 160 yards so not too bad really. My new best friend was delighted with this modest cull and utterly stunned by the Axion spotter which I let him carry, only prising it from him when I needed to spot “his” rabbit before mounting the rifle - his finger pointing instructions rabbit-wards in the pitch black were a bit of a challenge…
Best of all I now have an intro to three adjacent farmers all of whom will apparently be delighted to have rabbit and fox control provided by yours truly - happy days!
PS
A tip for fellow SD chaps - make sure the clock on your IR or in this case your thermal, has been reset to BST - I am invariably back late from foxing outings but late plus one hour is not the best result…..
Met the elderly farmer (turned out he is the same age as me - Christ do I look that old?) before teatime for the essential daylight tour of his ground before later return with thermal - lovely small hills and very attractive fields but with not an awful lot of rabbit signs, heyho….
Anyhoo back just at last knockings and he asked if he could walk with me - sure thing, no problem sir… Well have you ever stood chatting with a very keen landowner by your side as you loaded up, in this case the .17hmr with a Pard 008 on top, only to discover that the bolt was still at home? Foxyboy has…..
Fortunately I had the sainted triple deuce aboard for a later fox visit so all was not lost. Long story short there were a few rabbits about - 13 shot for 15 rounds at 40 to 160 yards so not too bad really. My new best friend was delighted with this modest cull and utterly stunned by the Axion spotter which I let him carry, only prising it from him when I needed to spot “his” rabbit before mounting the rifle - his finger pointing instructions rabbit-wards in the pitch black were a bit of a challenge…
Best of all I now have an intro to three adjacent farmers all of whom will apparently be delighted to have rabbit and fox control provided by yours truly - happy days!
PS
A tip for fellow SD chaps - make sure the clock on your IR or in this case your thermal, has been reset to BST - I am invariably back late from foxing outings but late plus one hour is not the best result…..
kenbro
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Lucky man.Received a “Please help” call through my local RFD yesterday pm - oddly enough not for a fox problem rather rabbits!
Met the elderly farmer (turned out he is the same age as me - Christ do I look that old?) before teatime for the essential daylight tour of his ground before later return with thermal - lovely small hills and very attractive fields but with not an awful lot of rabbit signs, heyho….
Anyhoo back just at last knockings and he asked if he could walk with me - sure thing, no problem sir… Well have you ever stood chatting with a very keen landowner by your side as you loaded up, in this case the .17hmr with a Pard 008 on top, only to discover that the bolt was still at home? Foxyboy has…..
Fortunately I had the sainted triple deuce aboard for a later fox visit so all was not lost. Long story short there were a few rabbits about - 13 shot for 15 rounds at 40 to 160 yards so not too bad really. My new best friend was delighted with this modest cull and utterly stunned by the Axion spotter which I let him carry, only prising it from him when I needed to spot “his” rabbit before mounting the rifle - his finger pointing instructions rabbit-wards in the pitch black were a bit of a challenge…
Best of all I now have an intro to three adjacent farmers all of whom will apparently be delighted to have rabbit and fox control provided by yours truly - happy days!
PS
A tip for fellow SD chaps - make sure the clock on your IR or in this case your thermal, has been reset to BST - I am invariably back late from foxing outings but late plus one hour is not the best result…..
Bo Diddley
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#28 for me.
Over bait. I think I may invest in a Zeiss Secacam 3, It must take a bit of guesswork out of the arrival time. I've quite a lot of places to keep looking, I need to stack the odds in my favour a little more...
Over bait. I think I may invest in a Zeiss Secacam 3, It must take a bit of guesswork out of the arrival time. I've quite a lot of places to keep looking, I need to stack the odds in my favour a little more...
BenBhoy
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This one very nearly got away due to a (potential) issue with my Alpex
but I'll query that on one of the many Alpex threads.
Playing big rabbit on FoxPro. Clocked it coming in from around 200yd away, making direct route towards caller across hill. Once it got within approx 80yd of caller, it decided it wanted to use wind as it finalised approach - but this means it now coming in, fast, directly towards me. Got behind alpex but could I hell as find, back through thermal & getting closer, through alpex just blurry, twisting focus desperately, adjusting iIR furiously, just blobs, back through thermal to see he'd obviously got so close he's clocked me and doing his Usain bolt impression back from whence he came. Deep breaths & back through alpex and on him!! Tracking by using bogpod clamp, his sprint slows a little, a trot....and then at 227yd he thought he'd have a second to see if that breath swearing blob was still by the hedge - his issue was I can go 4000 feet in that second he took.
Young dog in good condition.
This one very nearly got away due to a (potential) issue with my Alpex
but I'll query that on one of the many Alpex threads. Playing big rabbit on FoxPro. Clocked it coming in from around 200yd away, making direct route towards caller across hill. Once it got within approx 80yd of caller, it decided it wanted to use wind as it finalised approach - but this means it now coming in, fast, directly towards me. Got behind alpex but could I hell as find, back through thermal & getting closer, through alpex just blurry, twisting focus desperately, adjusting iIR furiously, just blobs, back through thermal to see he'd obviously got so close he's clocked me and doing his Usain bolt impression back from whence he came. Deep breaths & back through alpex and on him!! Tracking by using bogpod clamp, his sprint slows a little, a trot....and then at 227yd he thought he'd have a second to see if that breath swearing blob was still by the hedge - his issue was I can go 4000 feet in that second he took.
Young dog in good condition.
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