Out last night.
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BenBhoy
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Vixen for me last night.
Saw heat source 240yd in hedge bottom just sitting there that i thought looked likely. Looking through scope confirmation curled up sleepy fox. Waited an 10 minutes later she stretched & trotted off in wrong direction. Quickly pulling my left glove off (must have been cold, I hate gloves) squeaked on hand & she started coming towards me. Stopped at 90yd for a scratch & down she went.
Saw heat source 240yd in hedge bottom just sitting there that i thought looked likely. Looking through scope confirmation curled up sleepy fox. Waited an 10 minutes later she stretched & trotted off in wrong direction. Quickly pulling my left glove off (must have been cold, I hate gloves) squeaked on hand & she started coming towards me. Stopped at 90yd for a scratch & down she went.
Out on a farm i have not visited for a while, they have a shoot which has only been going a couple of years. Lovely vista across Somerset from the top fields, so spent ten minutes just panning around with the thermal.
On down the steep farm track, and this chap popped out the hedge and moved across the far side of a big pond. 180m away and I briefly thought of getting closer, but would have lost him as he was making towards a wood. Anyway not a difficult shot with the 6.5 creed. Pretty beefy looking dog.
On down the steep farm track, and this chap popped out the hedge and moved across the far side of a big pond. 180m away and I briefly thought of getting closer, but would have lost him as he was making towards a wood. Anyway not a difficult shot with the 6.5 creed. Pretty beefy looking dog.
Smellydog
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Can't name the rifle??
My lovely CZ 557. Nice long barrel to get the most out of the 6.5 creed.
Bo Diddley
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Is that a PVS14 on the scope?
Yes indeedy! None of yer new fangled digital nonsense here
Bo Diddley
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You know exact here you are with that setup, just about as good as it ever gets.Yes indeedy! None of yer new fangled digital nonsense here
Smellydog
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Never heard of them ....!
Scope on this rifle goes up to 20x mag, and image is still crystal clear. I think that the pixellation on higher mag is still the handicap of digital. You running a pvs14 too?
Bo Diddley
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No, unfortunately not. Two mates have got them, both bought the genuine imports a few years ago, when they were sensible money, but I dithered, and the price is a bit steep for a hobby foxer like myself... I'm kicking myself for not splashing the cash then, 8-year warranty you don't get that with many products.
Bo Diddley
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Military grade night vision, made in Canada, I believe, and almost indestructible. Tubed phosphor, green or white. Brilliant kit.
2nd hand one for sale on here, £1800.
Used them for years in the Army, like your buddies I got mine before the prices went mental. A substantial number have gone to Ukraine, that is behind the bonkers price rises aparently. Several different grades of tubes available, rising in image quality with price. No ballistic calculators or laser rangefinder but the image and simplicity are unbeaten.
Smellydog
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Had to stop using mine, that bright blue water pipe you can't see sometimes isn't a good back stop....pshhhhhhhh, drip drip pshhhhhh.....View attachment 448087
Just back in from a rat session, shot six and picked up four. They are getting more skittish now after a few visits from me.
Still great fun, oops I mean serious pest controlCZ 527 .22lr. Be very sure of your backstop with the rimmy! Or it could end in
Smellydog
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Should that be a 457?
Bo Diddley
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Ha, I put a pellet through an old black plastic pipe on the water system at the pig unit.
It took Mark's son half a day to repair it, and he's a plumber, bugger of a place to get to with a pen full of hogs and obsolete pipe/fittings.
Good job they quite like me and have a sense of humour
Foxyboy43
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Ahah! Sore no doubt but adds character - as if any were needed!
I also put an unintentional break in a very long blue water pipe - checking zero of rifle. First shot a perfect bull but then you expect nothing less from the triple deuce. What you don’t expect however is the pretty good impression of Old Faithfull!
Good time to test friendship too - phoned pal and he went to local farm supplies, bought a joint and between us we managed to repair it.
PS
Trying to make up enough length of a pretty much immoveable pipe to match both ends to the joint was fun - like real fun…
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Nickb
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Out last night on a farm I've only been on once so not too sure of my bearings. Anyway set off from farm and all I kept seeing was roe and hares . I stopped to watch 4 roe in a field and noticed a fox heading my way in the next field. As it got to the hedge it did a right turn and headed away from me appearing at the top of the field I was in 229 yds away. I gave it a hand squeak and it screamed in to 37 yds , nice mature dog fox.
Out last night on a farm I've only been on once so not too sure of my bearings. Anyway set off from farm and all I kept seeing was roe and hares . I stopped to watch 4 roe in a field and noticed a fox heading my way in the next field. As it got to the hedge it did a right turn and headed away from me appearing at the top of the field I was in 229 yds away. I gave it a hand squeak and it screamed in to 37 yds , nice mature dog fox.
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