Out last night.

[Mike1979]

Im sure you will catch up with a few on 3000 acres

The irony at the moment is I see more at home Need to do a lot of walking on the rest of the ground as have 4 farms that are all around 500 acres then a load of smaller ones + ground in Devon for the fallow and roe...bloody antisocial hobbies lol

 

[75]

Same spot again last night. And another on the camera after this one!

 

[Nickb]

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Same spot again last night. And another on the camera after this one!

What is going on ?

 

[Nickb]

The irony at the moment is I see more at home Need to do a lot of walking on the rest of the ground as have 4 farms that are all around 500 acres then a load of smaller ones + ground in Devon for the fallow and roe...bloody antisocial hobbies lol

Antisocial is good

 

[jall55]

What is going on ?

As 75 above i saw 2 maybe 3 last night and we are only a spit away
Oddly mine did come to the bait at 2 am - but did not take it !

 

[Mike1979]

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Same spot again last night. And another on the camera after this one!

Looks like the same fox....I think we need to see a picture with todays newspaper proving it

On a serious note - well done that man

 

[Smellydog]

What is going on ?

The hunt...!

 

[jall55]

2 more tonight - dog for me and my pal half a mile away in our best spot a vixen !

 

[jall55]

Mine

 

[Bo Diddley]

Im just not seeing any, went out last night in the Gator on one side of the farm for three hours, and had another look tonight on the opposite side of the road... didn't see anything verminous, just a bunch of Reds, a few Roe and Muntjac, lots of hares.

 

[Smellydog]

#70&#71.
Another pair.
First the vixen and then the dog.
Ammo was sako factory.
Missed the third .

Forever friends.

 

[Bo Diddley]

#70&#71.
Another pair.
First the vixen and then the dog.
Ammo was sako factory.
Missed the third .
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Forever friends.
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You forgot to say "Night night" SD.
Bloody good going, old boy

 

[Sika98k]

A bit of luck the last couple of evenings. Last night I was heading off the estate 730ish and had a glance over a few fields from a vantage point. There was a fox heading down a track. Usually the generations of foxes I’ve shot here turn left at the bottom and turn left along a hedge.
Getting the rifle and sticks out I made ready.
Then I spotted him mooching around a polytunnel and head off across a field to a track some 300 yards out. He continued on out of sight. I considered my options. He might head into a wood or continue on his merry way. I rang a tenant to alert him to the possibility of a 22/250 sized bang outside the front door. “crack on” I did. I drove smartly on and pulled up hopefully ahead of Charles .
Rifle up on the sticks and scanned with the thermal. After some minutes I spotted Charlie mooching around. There was too much flare of IR from the trees and bushes to get a decent shot so I had to bide my time. Eventually he crossed into a paddock and made a fatal pause. Happy dog got his thrill.
This evening I left slightly earlier and not even really expecting to see a fox so early I just took the habitual look over the fields and bu##er there was a fox on the fence line below me moving with purpose.
Frantically I got the rifle out of its case from the trunk and cobbled it together. Charlie by now was out of sight but there’s rabbits in the field so I was hopeful. A short walk down the track and I clocked him having a wuzz against a tree. I had to climb over a fence to get a safe shot from some higher ground. He had moved but was engrossed in something tasty. Sleeping pill sent and I let the dog off for his entertainment.

 

[Dazb1967]

Another dog for me tonight and back home nice and early ready for beating tomorrow.

 

[Smellydog]

You forgot to say "Night night" SD.
Bloody good going, old boy

I also forgot to add how I cut my nose from the mighty 222 recoil!
I removed the rubber eye piece and foolishly got to close to the ocular lense.

 

[bumpy22]

#74 #75 tonight.
Both dog foxes. After a certain sheep botherer mention about them in the tree I had to find one. This one was taking pheasants
Next up was a farm that's was losing hens. Large dog fox came in perfectly. Interesting dark underbody which I noticed on him through the drone as he ran in

 

[Foxyboy43]

#70&#71.
Another pair.
First the vixen and then the dog.
Ammo was sako factory.
Missed the third .
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Forever friends.
View attachment 447926

Good job Smelly. That demented duck got a cleft palate?

 

[Foxyboy43]

I also forgot to add how I cut my nose from the mighty 222 recoil!
I removed the rubber eye piece and foolishly got to close to the ocular lense.

Ouch!
Never been tempted to remove the eye piece because of light spill on my physog - what was your thinking?

 

[Smellydog]

Ouch!
Never been tempted to remove the eye piece because of light spill on my physog - what was your thinking?

In daytime FB and wearing spectacles. I don't wear them at night but in the day I do and the bellow eyepiece irritates me etc.

I was given some sako factory ammo last weekend so shot a few in the daylight to test for zero.
I think last night my subconscious realised it could not feel the bellows so automatically cranend my head nearer to the unit etc.

 

[Bo Diddley]

In daytime FB and wearing spectacles. I don't wear them at night but in the day I do and the bellow eyepiece irritates me etc.

I was given some sako factory ammo last weekend so shot a few in the daylight to test for zero.
I think last night my subconscious realised it could not feel the bellows so automatically cranend my head nearer to the unit etc.