Out last night.
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Foxyboy43
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No Smelly sadly not - no cigar is entirely appropriate for both shots methinks - more the halo of shame….
Foxyboy43
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Saying that using freeze frame the frame before the shot blocks the view did look perfect plus the one a second later does seem to show the little ”cloud” that you can get with a bullet strike?No Smelly sadly not - no cigar is entirely appropriate for both shots methinks - more the halo of shame….
Looks like I am off for a look before golf this a.m…….
Mr Tree
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Thats what I thought, fair bit of mist after the bullet strike, its a gona.That second shot looked good FB
BenBhoy
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Agreed, especially if you watch through the PIP looks bob onThat second shot looked good FB
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Nickb
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# 78
Frosty night with no wind. Spotted a pair , one lying down and the other walking about.
Managed to sneak in to 124 yds as the fox lying down was facing away from me.
Set up on bipod and popped it in back of the neck.
Could see its mate 190 yds away but arse on so gave it grace thinking it would come back, I waited a while but no show.
Turns out the one I shot was the dog.
Frosty night with no wind. Spotted a pair , one lying down and the other walking about.
Managed to sneak in to 124 yds as the fox lying down was facing away from me.
Set up on bipod and popped it in back of the neck.
Could see its mate 190 yds away but arse on so gave it grace thinking it would come back, I waited a while but no show.
Turns out the one I shot was the dog.
Smellydog
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Storming Norman...Gets a phone call yesterday fox been in at the estate managers chickens. Up last night -5 sitting freezing luckily within a hour fox come walking up heading back for the chickens. Vixen 170 yards 76gr Norman tipstrike doing the job
A couple of nights last week I clocked a fox in a field on our boundary. So I made a plan. I pitched up a good 45 minutes prior to my earliest sighting of him. All ready , rifle cobbled together in the tub and a magazine in my pocket. Stepping out I scanned down the field and saw nothing. Rather pleased with myself I walked to the back of the Hilux for rifle and sticks.
Around the back I had a quick scan and booger me there was the fox sitting upright on a wall looking at me or the truck. It was about 90 yards away and “ interested “, not alarmed. I reached in and got the sticks out and then the rifle. Popper the magazine in and loaded a round. Then deployed the sticks. A quick glance showed Charlene as it turned out to be still looking my way.
I should add there is a moderately busy road the other side of the wall and anyway no backstop. So we just waited and waited…….. the fox lost interest and gazed at the passing vehicles, curled up, looked down at the field a couple of times and sat down again.
Eventually it hopped down and I sent her on her way. Dog got his treat.
Tonight was cold ! As I was getting ready to leave I heard a fox barking not too far away. Some much for an early evening
. It was only a short drive to overlook one of my bait pipes. With a nearly full moon I parked in the shadow of a tree and set up. Not too be disappointed after 25 minutes a large dog fox trotted across the field below me heading for the pipe. He paused, I fired. The dog had another bit of fun.
51 for the year. Numbers are way down. It’s usually 80-85 a year nowadays with the benefit of thermal. My other bait pipes haven’t been touched in 3 weeks. Happy New Year and happy foxing for 2026.
Around the back I had a quick scan and booger me there was the fox sitting upright on a wall looking at me or the truck. It was about 90 yards away and “ interested “, not alarmed. I reached in and got the sticks out and then the rifle. Popper the magazine in and loaded a round. Then deployed the sticks. A quick glance showed Charlene as it turned out to be still looking my way.
I should add there is a moderately busy road the other side of the wall and anyway no backstop. So we just waited and waited…….. the fox lost interest and gazed at the passing vehicles, curled up, looked down at the field a couple of times and sat down again.
Eventually it hopped down and I sent her on her way. Dog got his treat.
Tonight was cold ! As I was getting ready to leave I heard a fox barking not too far away. Some much for an early evening
. It was only a short drive to overlook one of my bait pipes. With a nearly full moon I parked in the shadow of a tree and set up. Not too be disappointed after 25 minutes a large dog fox trotted across the field below me heading for the pipe. He paused, I fired. The dog had another bit of fun. 51 for the year. Numbers are way down. It’s usually 80-85 a year nowadays with the benefit of thermal. My other bait pipes haven’t been touched in 3 weeks. Happy New Year and happy foxing for 2026.
Nickb
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Smellydog
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Not many at all except this small hill.The good ol HMR
Many rabbits about your parts these days ?
I'll leave them now. The neighbouring land still has some so hopefully they will migrate over again.
VHD has ruined my rabbit country.
They let it in deliberately. Animal lovers to the public, ****s behind closed doors. Politicians.
Foxyboy43
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Nickb
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Yep RHVD is a nightmare. Luckily I still have some ground that holds good numbers. Most permissions only have a few apart from this ground near the moors which always has been a stronghold.
731 shot for 2025
May 2026 be the same
Smellydog
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Hard work isn't it. I use to sell around 800 a year. Hard work but the money came in handy.Yep RHVD is a nightmare. Luckily I still have some ground that holds good numbers. Most permissions only have a few apart from this ground near the moors which always has been a stronghold.
731 shot for 2025
May 2026 be the same
Nickb
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Its hard work when you are solo and on foot up and down hillsides but I love it
farrieral
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#1 & 2 of 2026... very bright moon, clear skies with a few snow flurries!
First one came in like a train to distress calls on the foxpro, hadn't even chambered a round after putting the caller out, but managed to connect.... second was a popular "fox patrol" route... saw a few others going about their business, too bright to stalk in. One very twitchy bugger, saw the truck creeping by and bolted without a look back! Might have to decamped further down the track for that one
And one that was gleefully sat in a neighbours gate way, almost knowing that the cottage was not an appropriate back stop... sat there staring, unmoving
Quite a bit of calling again, did try vixen in heat/mating call but no interest yet.
First one came in like a train to distress calls on the foxpro, hadn't even chambered a round after putting the caller out, but managed to connect.... second was a popular "fox patrol" route... saw a few others going about their business, too bright to stalk in. One very twitchy bugger, saw the truck creeping by and bolted without a look back! Might have to decamped further down the track for that one
And one that was gleefully sat in a neighbours gate way, almost knowing that the cottage was not an appropriate back stop... sat there staring, unmoving
Quite a bit of calling again, did try vixen in heat/mating call but no interest yet.
Foxyboy43
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Seeing double!
This pair could have entered the Olympics Lamb Synchronised Lamb Rustling Event but patience lads, patience….
Very difficult drive on icy roads tonight to get to the farm which lost the first lamb last night and damned cold to be out on the hill. Anyhoo, brisk walk up the concrete lane in -2 rewarded me with nada, absolutely nada so down to the field where a fox took a newborn last night but was disturbed by the farmer just after a leg had been eaten (farmer’s foto from last night) then this morning it had gone - shocker!
So your hero set up the Icotech at 100 out and started the Lonely Lamb call; not much happening so tried filling the LL gaps with a hand squeak - nada….
It was soooo damned bright - finding a dark shadow was unreal but I tucked in against an old tree; set the sainted triple deuce up on B&Q’s finest, called again and scanned with the Pulsar. 20 minutes later decided to pack up as the inward trip was bad enough on unsalted roads so had a quick scan behind (and downwind) through the hedge - fox! 25 away and clearly aware of your hero’s presence - took off like a scalded cat! Bugger!
Bodily lifted the quads and rifle as one and legged it along the hedge hoping to pick up the fox somewhere in the shootable distance. 150 yards later in one of the two gaps in the hedge did a quick pan with the Pulsar and immediately spotted two strong heat signatures sitting up looking straight at me - from two fields away….
Usual kerfuffle ensued which modesty requires I gloss over and a quick butchers through the V2 Zulus revealed not one but two foxes in perfect harmony - sitting watching me. As the video shows they sat on long enough to let me deliberate in my best Father Ted mode whether to pick “near or far” but I took the easy option which dropped to the shot. It’s partner however decided to get out of Dodge at full speed so I had to content myself with the late great Meatloaf’s classic One Out of Two Ain’t Bad…..
This pair could have entered the Olympics Lamb Synchronised Lamb Rustling Event but patience lads, patience….
Very difficult drive on icy roads tonight to get to the farm which lost the first lamb last night and damned cold to be out on the hill. Anyhoo, brisk walk up the concrete lane in -2 rewarded me with nada, absolutely nada so down to the field where a fox took a newborn last night but was disturbed by the farmer just after a leg had been eaten (farmer’s foto from last night) then this morning it had gone - shocker!
So your hero set up the Icotech at 100 out and started the Lonely Lamb call; not much happening so tried filling the LL gaps with a hand squeak - nada….
It was soooo damned bright - finding a dark shadow was unreal but I tucked in against an old tree; set the sainted triple deuce up on B&Q’s finest, called again and scanned with the Pulsar. 20 minutes later decided to pack up as the inward trip was bad enough on unsalted roads so had a quick scan behind (and downwind) through the hedge - fox! 25 away and clearly aware of your hero’s presence - took off like a scalded cat! Bugger!
Bodily lifted the quads and rifle as one and legged it along the hedge hoping to pick up the fox somewhere in the shootable distance. 150 yards later in one of the two gaps in the hedge did a quick pan with the Pulsar and immediately spotted two strong heat signatures sitting up looking straight at me - from two fields away….
Usual kerfuffle ensued which modesty requires I gloss over and a quick butchers through the V2 Zulus revealed not one but two foxes in perfect harmony - sitting watching me. As the video shows they sat on long enough to let me deliberate in my best Father Ted mode whether to pick “near or far” but I took the easy option which dropped to the shot. It’s partner however decided to get out of Dodge at full speed so I had to content myself with the late great Meatloaf’s classic One Out of Two Ain’t Bad…..
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