I didn't give green much credence, always thought it degraded the detail side of things, but, seems to have come up trumps recently, On the educated ones, now that's where the matching of skills gets to be enjoyable.
Out last night.
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Our main holding / hiding crop seems to be Maize, Always a good bet to lager up opposite or within an area of Maize fields. sometimes it can be very frustrating just observing those glimpses brief flashes of the eyes, in amongst the crop, they make you feel like there just waiting for you to bugger off!
Green wins again last night, ... A slightly built male cub (fully grown), badly manged, gait initially made me think twice that it was a large hare at distance 
..... never stopped once, it's mission seemed to be to fasten it's nose to the Blitz lens!... finally stopped it at twenty yards with the Fireball, poor bu**er, reckon I did him a mercy, On another place, Mike seemed to be in agreement about green filters lacking detail on & around target.
..... never stopped once, it's mission seemed to be to fasten it's nose to the Blitz lens!... finally stopped it at twenty yards with the Fireball, poor bu**er, reckon I did him a mercy, On another place, Mike seemed to be in agreement about green filters lacking detail on & around target.
night stalker
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Took a mate who has only ever shot 1 fox before out last Tuesday night and bagged 3 in about 40 minutes he had the top 2 in photo and I had the last one
We spot with NV then shoot with a lamp and I have to say I'm loving the red led in the nightmaster 800 I just bought.
Rick
We spot with NV then shoot with a lamp and I have to say I'm loving the red led in the nightmaster 800 I just bought.
Rick
Some nice specimens there!, How do you find the extra kit mounted, plays in the weight department?
We had lots of sightings last night, but only managed one, cheeky bu**er was 25 feet behind me, in with the sheep, unusually for the Fireball at such close proximity, the Fox was unmarked, either in or out!!!
night stalker
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Hi Finnbear270 my 222 (pictured) has a light varmint barrel so the extra weight of the night master is not really noticeable especially if you compare it to lamping solo with a 12 volt battery pack and a striker 170.
The fox at the top of the photo was very black, in fact of all the foxes Ive seen close up (dead
) it was the darkest. I spoke to the head green keeper again today and he is still suffering damage around the greens and seeing them first thing in the morning so will be back out soon.
Rick
The fox at the top of the photo was very black, in fact of all the foxes Ive seen close up (dead
) it was the darkest. I spoke to the head green keeper again today and he is still suffering damage around the greens and seeing them first thing in the morning so will be back out soon.Rick
Last night, finally fixed my opinion of the .17 Fireball as a foxing rifle, along with the green filter, (again), a very nice top conditioned large dog, (Looked very Alpha male)similar in stature to the one in my gallery lying on the eight foot swathe cut machine,He made the mistake of, Hold on a Mo'....... OOH! that's a nice colour! & got an extra eye for his laxity! at 163 yds lasered, pic too detailed to post. Sub calibres are really the way forward in amongst the farm environs, where other occupied buildings are present.
Last night, finally fixed my opinion of the .17 Fireball as a foxing rifle, along with the green filter, (again), a very nice top conditioned large dog, (Looked very Alpha male)similar in stature to the one in my gallery lying on the eight foot swathe cut machine,He made the mistake of, Hold on a Mo'....... OOH! that's a nice colour! & got an extra eye for his laxity! at 163 yds lasered, pic too detailed to post. Sub calibres are really the way forward in amongst the farm environs, where other occupied buildings are present.
Well done!
The weather has been too awful to get out down here over most of the last week. I've had a couple though, and the forecast is for it to be OK after dark tonight, so I'll be out to see what's around!
Going to go full role reversal tomorrow,have an early doors visitor to the feed rails, up early just like going for the deer, hoping to connect in between the heavy showers promised.
Going to go full role reversal tomorrow,have an early doors visitor to the feed rails, up early just like going for the deer, hoping to connect in between the heavy showers promised.
Good luck - it's been rain, rain and rain here. With rain in between...
stalker 79
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well shot.
Going away, but didn't make it!
An added bonus for the shepherd adjacent to Greenfield DMG, Thought it looked like an Alsatian with the sun behind him!...
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Forgot to mention, rifle is wearing a T8, as mods are a must on Greenfield ... normally I would prefer to hear her speak.
An added bonus for the shepherd adjacent to Greenfield DMG, Thought it looked like an Alsatian with the sun behind him!...
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Forgot to mention, rifle is wearing a T8, as mods are a must on Greenfield ... normally I would prefer to hear her speak.
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Well done! We had one last night right behind the keeper's house! The fog was so thick that I couldn't see it with the NV - it couldn't escape the thermal though. For some reason that wasn't evident at the time, it was lying down about 20 feet from a bunny. My mate wasn't at all convinced when I said there was something fox-like there as he thought it was just another rabbit. I therefore got him to line up on it, then lit the fox up with my laser from off to one side. That way his view wasn't blocked by illuminated fog, and we got confirmation that it was Charlie. One round from his .22-250 later, and we discovered why it wasn't troubling the bunny - it had a broken back leg - presumably it'd been hit by a car.
Squirrelbasher
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Good shooting.
Out again last night,put a board up to see what the drift was like in the awful wind speeds we were experiencing yesterday, .17 Fireball, 20 grain accutip factory loads, 164 yds ... 90deg x winds around 30mph gusts,.. drift from poa was six inches, so only good to shoot up or down wind, gave up early as I was blown off the firing step on the back of the truck (Twice). Still you gotta blank sometimes!
I deliberately chose a location where we could get out of the wind last night. I dropped my mate off so that he could try calling by some woods, while I drove on a bit further and then went down into a valley on foot. We each brought in and shot a dog fox using our electronic callers. To top it off, as we were driving off the estate my mate spotted another one not far out in a field - it also took a .22-250 round.
Tonight's weather looks dreadful, but I'm hoping there'll be a gap in it all at some point. We've had nothing but gales and torrential rain thus far, however, this morning I got a call from a farmer who lives less than two minutes up the road and he's given us permission to go over his land, so I'm keen to see what we can find!
Tonight's weather looks dreadful, but I'm hoping there'll be a gap in it all at some point. We've had nothing but gales and torrential rain thus far, however, this morning I got a call from a farmer who lives less than two minutes up the road and he's given us permission to go over his land, so I'm keen to see what we can find!
Paddy, I'm more likely to see that Platypus thingy off the adverts where I was last night, originally the sea floor during Roman times, so I should expect a bit of wet!.
Best you use ballistic tips for that...
Again with the bloody wind!!, This rifle has twice been off the roof of a truck! First time smashing the wood stock in half a few years back, & off again last night, this time the earth being so wet it stuck in the turf like it was fitted with a bayonet, so what am I going to use to unplug the mod?...... now't in the truck this time, ..:idea: Hay tedder parked up for a few years over there, those tines are a perfect match!!! .. fit mag & bolt & check zero, no change... within a few minutes the dogs in the property over the top of the hill are barking their heads off,.. Charlie's about ... He starts to call out in the darkness of the partly wooded valley, He isn't answered, I catch a glimpse of him flitting through the trees then He's away, an hour later He's back coming with the wind straight for the screech of polystyrene on glass, He's so entranced with just the few squeeks I couldn't stop him till 80yds, So with lambing expected to start in the sheds behind me tomorrow, my farmer should be a little more easy in his bed,I left for the rendezvous with Mike & Ian, at another smallholding near the Port, twenty minutes in & a fat Vixen is transfixed with the old Styrene equipment @ 44 yds, early bath & a couple of pints of Weetwoods.
AN DU RU FOX
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well done keep there heads down,nice one
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