djgeoff Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) when setting up clay pigeon club shoot this morning came across this. very sad it must have had an agonizing and slow death, we think its about 48 hrs old. the only piece protruding wire on the fence and he finds it. we also think it had attempted to free itself because its rear paw was on the ground so we think by the way the body was twisted it had chewed its paw off. we took it down, but what a sad end, i have watched foxes up the clay club many times and this one always took the same route around the ground. i am sure for also those that shoot foxes may not be to bothered, but to me still not a pleasant way to go. Edited May 17, 2015 by djgeoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I shoot Fox's regularly, but that's still not a nice way to go ,everything deserves a right to be dispatched quickly and not suffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I shoot Fox's regularly, but that's still not a nice way to go ,everything deserves a right to be dispatched quickly and not suffer+1 so true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_79 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Horrible thing to see, iv seen a few deer dead on fences like that before as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I shoot Fox's regularly, but that's still not a nice way to go ,everything deserves a right to be dispatched quickly and not suffer Ditto. Once found a sheep in exactly the same predicament, and after finding someone to help, we had to spin it completely over to get its foot untangled; not easy when it was constantly struggling. It was knackered and in the freezer by morning. On part of our rough shoot the owner doesn't keep sheep but leases the grass to a Fell sheep farmer come winter so they can graze in the valley as opposed to wintering on the Fells. We are constantly pulling stranded sheep from the becks and gullies when the river is in spate; not easy even with two of you, but when you're on your own and the fleece is sodden and entangled in the banking it is knackering. Nature isn't all the antis reckon it is cracked up to be, it is mostly heart wrenchingly cruel. Nothing in nature lives to snooze in front of an open fire in blissful be-slippered retirement, despite what some may claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 got to agree with the above,just because you shoot pests doesnt mean pics like that dont bother you,a quick painless death is what all shooters aim for on their quarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckandswing Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Ditto. Once found a sheep in exactly the same predicament, and after finding someone to help, we had to spin it completely over to get its foot untangled; not easy when it was constantly struggling. It was knackered and in the freezer by morning. On part of our rough shoot the owner doesn't keep sheep but leases the grass to a Fell sheep farmer come winter so they can graze in the valley as opposed to wintering on the Fells. We are constantly pulling stranded sheep from the becks and gullies when the river is in spate; not easy even with two of you, but when you're on your own and the fleece is sodden and entangled in the banking it is knackering. Nature isn't all the antis reckon it is cracked up to be, it is mostly heart wrenchingly cruel. Nothing in nature lives to snooze in front of an open fire in blissful be-slippered retirement, despite what some may claim. So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 same here, we shoot quite a few foxes but would never want one to die suffering so this is a sad end to its life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy bingo Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 not a good way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I hate something going like that or hit on the road. Once found a fallow buck with electric fencing in his antler but caught on barbed wire fencing, died from dehydration in August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I shoot Fox's regularly, but that's still not a nice way to go ,everything deserves a right to be dispatched quickly and not suffer +1 my sentiments exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 +1 my sentiments exactly. Mine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 I shoot Fox's regularly, but that's still not a nice way to go ,everything deserves a right to be dispatched quickly and not sufferFully agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 No true sportsman would be happy at the demise of an adversary like a fox in those circumstances I am sure. Whilst out game shooting once a fox ran the line of guns never once offering a safe shot. On it went and I watched it attempt to clear a sheep netting fence and the same thing happened to it as in the photo. That fox was never going to be released alive, not necessarily because it was a fox and therefore vermin but because it would have bitten anyone attempting to release it. The worst shot on the shoot was sent to kill it and he took two shots having missed it completely from five yards with his first shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 You haven't John....from 5 yards? No true sportsman would be happy at the demise of an adversary like a fox in those circumstances I am sure. Whilst out game shooting once a fox ran the line of guns never once offering a safe shot. On it went and I watched it attempt to clear a sheep netting fence and the same thing happened to it as in the photo. That fox was never going to be released alive, not necessarily because it was a fox and therefore vermin but because it would have bitten anyone attempting to release it. The worst shot on the shoot was sent to kill it and he took two shots having missed it completely from five yards with his first shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 got to agree with the above,just because you shoot pests doesnt mean pics like that dont bother you,a quick painless death is what all shooters aim for on their quarry Well put. I shoot a fair number of foxes, have lost lambs and chickens to them, but nothing deserves to suffer a long, lingering death like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Well put. I shoot a fair number of foxes, have lost lambs and chickens to them, but nothing deserves to suffer a long, lingering death like that. Totally agree with this and all similar comments. True sportsmen hate to see suffering of any sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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