Out last night.

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I went for a walk on dusk last night with a shotgun and noticed two more fox's the other side of the field.
No amount of squealing brought them over!
Going back in a min to leave them some scraps and put the camera up.
Needed to be there before dark but wife's health comes first!!
 
After several evening trips to one permission without any luck I decided to give an early morning trip a go

Took this vixen shortly after arriving at 0600 - watched her watching me (no safe shot) before she took off running but made mistake of stopping and taking one more look back at me 100m away. 55gr ballistic tip .223 did the rest!
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finnbear270 said:
I stopped squeeking them after a few tries up here, not one didn't bolt or just turn away, & I am no tyro at calling.
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I've had very mixed success with the caller around here - I've had a few come in nice and steady but just as many done a runner as soon as I flicked it on. Tried the other night, good scan of the fields first, flicked the caller on and something bolted about 200yds away and ran down the hedgerow. Couldn't make it out in the thermal but I'd have said fox rather than badger from its gait.
 
75 said:
I've had very mixed success with the caller around here - I've had a few come in nice and steady but just as many done a runner as soon as I flicked it on. Tried the other night, good scan of the fields first, flicked the caller on and something bolted about 200yds away and ran down the hedgerow. Couldn't make it out in the thermal but I'd have said fox rather than badger from its gait.
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If you keep quiet, you got a 1 in 4 chance. It'll either go left, go right, run away or come toward you! Patience is a virtue.
 
Just arrived home from a new 250 acre permission that I only picked up on Monday. I had a walk around it on Wednesday to get the lay of the land and found a number of positions with great potential. Tonight I chose a nice spot underneath a spreading hawthorn in the sheep pasture, top of a sloping field with a 180deg field of view over a wooded railway embankment and a small wooded beck, max distance 175 yds, nearest fence 115yds. I took a little folding camping chair and yesterday I made a set of deluxe mini quads, to say it was a comfortable setup would be something of an understatement.

the breeze was very gentle but straight into my face so I set the caller about 30yds in from the fence and scattered a slack handful of dog kibble around about.

I had just settled into my chair and gave a couple of fox mating calls on the caller then had a scan around with the thermal. Sat about 50yds from the caller and 100yds from me there was already a fox watching in the direction of the caller, broadside on and not moving the vixen dropped on the spot at 17:50, not even dark enough to need the IR.
About 30 minutes later and the second vixen came from the opposite direction towards the caller, I switched it off and she turned her attention to scratting around in the grass until eventually she stopped for a second, again broadside on. She too was about 100yds away.
Nothing then for the next hour but had to call it early as it had started tipping it down, the Vulpine NV was still a perfect picture but the thermal was by now useless.
Picked up the two foxes and both had identical exit holes the size of an orange just behind the front leg, very pleased with the perfect shot placement but TBH, the new quads were brilliant. IMG_2474.webp
 
This one has been seen more in the day than I have at night by everyone else but me!

But now it's found the bait site. It's going to get some treats now and hopefully it'll start coming earlier!
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Look at this little sod!
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21:50pm actually.
In other photos it's looking at the camera asking "where's me grub".
I didn't go last night on account I was late home and feeling rough so went bed!

I was going to go stalking this afternoon but got a message after I got my gear organised someone else is visiting the place today 🤬.

So I'll set some bait out and hopefully zero the rifle without the can on it then it'll be another sit and wait session, bet it doesn't show up!
I'm sure there is two now also.
 
Not counting zeroing the rifle sans moderator I did a solid 6 freaking hours hunting last night!

Sat at the bait for two hours, nothing. Went for a look around, nothing.
I visit a neighbouring farm and walk up to some high ground and see a fox about 800yds. Not feeling confident at that distance I decide to try and get closer! By the time I do it's gone through an open gate into the next field, I slowly make my way through the same gate only to get a glimpse of said fox looking at me and runs off 🤬. Making my way back I spy another, a big one. That disappeared!

So I return back to the bait site and sit it out again. Only to get two glimpses of foxes in the distance. None came in.

Must say though the rifle without the mod was much better to carry and use.
 
Smellydog said:
Not counting zeroing the rifle sans moderator I did a solid 6 freaking hours hunting last night!

Sat at the bait for two hours, nothing. Went for a look around, nothing.
I visit a neighbouring farm and walk up to some high ground and see a fox about 800yds. Not feeling confident at that distance I decide to try and get closer! By the time I do it's gone through an open gate into the next field, I slowly make my way through the same gate only to get a glimpse of said fox looking at me and runs off 🤬. Making my way back I spy another, a big one. That disappeared!

So I return back to the bait site and sit it out again. Only to get two glimpses of foxes in the distance. None came in.

Must say though the rifle without the mod was much better to carry and use.
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Keep at it SD
I honestly think though - if baiting just sit tight
Its patience that gets them
 
I have been after this fox for a while now , the bit of ground I shoot here has only one vantage point that gives a good area and safe shot and this fox knows it lol, anyway started baiting last week but weather horrendous but got a chance for last night and wind in my face so jumped down in day time and topped up all set . Set off app 6pm on the way seen the odd firework but thought surely Friday and Saturday would have been the days , got to parking spot got the chair,rifle and caller allout and over the gate as quiet as possible as it was dark and could be on the bait or near by , got half way down the park and all hell broke loose , bloody rockets bursting everywhere and loud bangs and bursts and I was lit up like a belisha beacon lol turns out the local golf club where having a display just my bloody luck. But as I was here I thought may as well set up and see how it goes, put the caller out to my right about 70yds no intention of using it, as this would be a waiting game, got sat down rifle loaded and on the sticks had a quick scan and noticed the far away sheep in a huddle so scan about and to my amazement there is the fox mooching about the reed bed. Watched it for a good bit and it was taking no notice whats so ever of the racket and rockets that was going on around it and just continued mooching , after about 30mins I had decided it was not coming to the bait so gave a call with mouse it lifted its head had a a look then back to what it was doing , tried the rat again head up then back to business, then it just slowly went away towards the SSSI and gone . So after sitting about 45 min thinking is it going to make its way to the bait point I gave a couple of Dog fox mating calls on the Foxpro Fusion and after about 20min I see a heat source coming through the whins to my left, I moved the sticks slowly round and it had came up behind the mound and looked like it was heading to its favourite field and ignoring the bait , so I had a quick look with the thermal to get my bearing rifle up safety off Drone Pro on and just put IR on and as usual there it was looking straight at me then started to turn to make its usual escape back behind the mound and I released the .223 55gn BK sleeping pill and got it just behind the shoulder, and heard the resounding thump and it disappeared. well I sat for another hour case anything else showed but with the din that was going on I wasnt surprised, so went to claim my prize a large old dog fox that has probably seen it all before and knew when it heard the caller where I would be sitting , I enjoyed this cat and mouse with this fox prefer these to the ones that just run in and stand there, but thats him gone so will wait and see who takes his place goodbye old friend20231105_193506.webp
 
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