Out last night.
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Len the dog
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I have plans for Wednesday evening, weather looking good, wind direction spot on, and trying a new patch on a new permission that doesn’t get shot.Going cooler towards the weekend lads
They'll probably call in more easily and be on the lookout for an easy meal!
Tonight I have 100% cloud cover & almost no rain.
Last night's outing was a blank ......... and contrary to the weather lady's comments this morning, It was NOT warmer than usual, at least not where I was .... Mr Merger's batteries can attest to it being extremely Baltic,
Len the dog
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Smellydog
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I never saw it but the rabbits were all on alert!
I'm out tonight all over Smellyville.
I decided to have an early doors session looking over the remains of a lamb last night. Itd been stripped bare over the last week but id not got a chance to get out. Arrived at 6pm, fox arrives at 7pm and merrily gives me the run around for 15 mins. Id gone all nostalgic and had an led green torch mounted on the scope. Fox didn't like green! Anyway, after the first failed attempt came a second due to fogged up lens. Fox made its way around behind behind me and this time everything came together. 130 yards off the sticks with the .222 40gr sako game head.
Nice dog fox, I had a vixen in the same field about 10 days ago.
Nice dog fox, I had a vixen in the same field about 10 days ago.
Will try to gain the highest ground tomorrow night, if the Jimny can puddle jump the worst bits, a couple of tractor rutted trails were resembling anti tank ditches last night.
Last night at 1am had fox x3 in scope but decided not to shoot it due to v close proximity of 2 houses. Think I terminated it 2 x fields over. Jungle warfare in a field of weeds which was maize stubble. God the .243 seemed v loud. Was so still and no wind then mist stopped play.
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Len the dog
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Tried a new patch last night on a new permission, a long heavily wooded shallow beck with a small clump of trees 85yds out in the field with a panoramic view.
Parked up in the gate with just a 200yd walk to the trees and found the pigeon shooters have built a permanent hide under the trees, perfect, it even had a bench seat at just the right height.
Settled in whilst still light with the caller halfway between me and the wood, tried fox mating for a while but nothing doing. Then about 6pm I spotted a pair of ears in the thermal, switched to rat distress and that got its interest, slowly it came out of the trees and started mooching about before stopping briefly side on.
Ten minutes later, same again. Rat distress brought it out and then it stopped a few yards from its fallen comrade to sniff the air, again side on.
Maybe five minutes after that I saw a third in the next field but over the boundary, rat distress had it craning its neck but it didn’t bother to come in, watched it until it disappeared from view. Another quarter of an hour later, spotted it on my side of the hedge sat up and looking in my direction, at quick play of rat again and it came trotting in straight towards the caller, a quick “oy” and it stopped dead, again broadside on.
Come 7pm and I decided to pack up, collected the three foxes and returned to the hide, packing everything away and having a check with the torch, I was about to head off to the car and decided on a final scan with the thermal, No4 sat upright looking straight at me from the hedge on the boundary. Grabbed the rifle and stepped back into the hide, the caller was in my pile of kit switched off so gave a couple of squeaks on the mouth caller and it started to trot in but was arcing around to use the wind. About 70yds away it paused and that was it.
Fox mating had no results at all but rat distress was a winner.
A very easy evening’s foxing where everything came together, I was back home by 8pm with four foxes under the belt.
Two dogs, two vixens.
Parked up in the gate with just a 200yd walk to the trees and found the pigeon shooters have built a permanent hide under the trees, perfect, it even had a bench seat at just the right height.
Settled in whilst still light with the caller halfway between me and the wood, tried fox mating for a while but nothing doing. Then about 6pm I spotted a pair of ears in the thermal, switched to rat distress and that got its interest, slowly it came out of the trees and started mooching about before stopping briefly side on.
Ten minutes later, same again. Rat distress brought it out and then it stopped a few yards from its fallen comrade to sniff the air, again side on.
Maybe five minutes after that I saw a third in the next field but over the boundary, rat distress had it craning its neck but it didn’t bother to come in, watched it until it disappeared from view. Another quarter of an hour later, spotted it on my side of the hedge sat up and looking in my direction, at quick play of rat again and it came trotting in straight towards the caller, a quick “oy” and it stopped dead, again broadside on.
Come 7pm and I decided to pack up, collected the three foxes and returned to the hide, packing everything away and having a check with the torch, I was about to head off to the car and decided on a final scan with the thermal, No4 sat upright looking straight at me from the hedge on the boundary. Grabbed the rifle and stepped back into the hide, the caller was in my pile of kit switched off so gave a couple of squeaks on the mouth caller and it started to trot in but was arcing around to use the wind. About 70yds away it paused and that was it.
Fox mating had no results at all but rat distress was a winner.
A very easy evening’s foxing where everything came together, I was back home by 8pm with four foxes under the belt.
Two dogs, two vixens.
Just watching a charge unit out of the corner of my eye, still bloody flashing the last green one, looks to be heading for the bin, not very long lived these Pulsar externals ...... Should give Torchy the contract to make em'.
Decided to backtrack on the fox business, on them exiting immediately due to my calling, (Fr*****'n Welsh speakin' fox
) & to be fair, I am only a beginner of 50 years experience squeeking & calling fox.
Online ordered from the "Best Fox Call" The Stainless folded one & a Faulhaber style squeeker.
Faulhaber absolutely brilliant sounding squeeker. (As endorsed by the neighbours cat)!!
Stainless bitch, absolutely *****'n U/S, Neither I, nor SWMBO can work it, we must have Neanderthal skulls.
I have no teeth, but SWMBO has all her original pearlies.
) & to be fair, I am only a beginner of 50 years experience squeeking & calling fox.Online ordered from the "Best Fox Call" The Stainless folded one & a Faulhaber style squeeker.
Faulhaber absolutely brilliant sounding squeeker. (As endorsed by the neighbours cat)!!
Stainless bitch, absolutely *****'n U/S, Neither I, nor SWMBO can work it, we must have Neanderthal skulls.
I have no teeth, but SWMBO has all her original pearlies.
, SWMBO is calling all knackered alternators in the district!Now she sounds like she's got the end off the hoover pipe cleaning the corner of the kitchen tiles!
Utter C***. Match of the day kick off whistle.
Overlay
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it sure is wet FB, I sat in a elevated Doe box last night, nice and warm but the water/ moisture made the TI work hard coming off the groundWill try to gain the highest ground tomorrow night, if the Jimny can puddle jump the worst bits, a couple of tractor rutted trails were resembling anti tank ditches last night.
left the jimny on some hard stand
couldn’t stand the 6 month pain of p*#s take if I had to be dragged out again
That must be some damned soft ground you have, nothing worse than that little voice on your shoulder telling you, "It's OK, you went through there last month"it sure is wet FB, I sat in a elevated Doe box last night, nice and warm but the water/ moisture made the TI work hard coming off the ground
left the jimny on some hard stand
couldn’t stand the 6 month pain of p*#s take if I had to be dragged out again
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