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well after last night result i headed back out tonight to see if i could find a buck i got to the farm around 7.30 and had a look at a bean field that there are a large number of roe around but after and hour and only seeing doe's i moved on . on the way to the next field i had planned on visiting i bumped into one of the brothers that farm this land and he asked me to have a look at a wheat field that the roe had done some damage in he took me down to the field and there about 140 yards out was a bloody buck feeding i got the sticks up with the rifle and had a look at the buck a very poor head so i decided to take a head shot NOT A SHOT I TAKE LIGHTLY we waited for 10 minutes for him to settle down and then he put his head up and i squeezed the shot off and he dropped like a stone . i left the field and went for a coffee with the farmer and had a chat with him about where all the rape would be planted next year it was now 9.45 and i said my fairwells and said i would have a look at the 2 rape fields alan and i had shot the cubs in last night the first field was empty soi drove on into the second fields eyes 4 pairs it was four roe lying out in the stubble the i spotted a set of eyes about 50 yards behind the roe i gave it a squeek and it came running at about 90 yards i was out over the bonnet with the rifle trying to hold the lamp in one hand and shoot with the other at 80 yards i gave it a shout it stopped and i squeezed it never moved again another cub in the bag well chuffed !i know some lads on here shoot big numbers of foxes but 40 for me is a record the best we ever managed of these two farms was 35 two years ago and most years we only shoot about 20-25 so 40 is great for me i never posted a picture of the buck as it was not a very prity sight head wise

cheers gaji yeh gotta love ballistic tips just so very FINAL thanks mark just bagged fox number 40 tonight well chuffed :good:

nice on fella one less

thanks mark howzthings fella :good: cheers buddy just wish i had enough hair to get a perm need to get the clippers out i think :lol: thanks dave would be a nice picture with a springer in it pirty there so wild you canny get them to sit still long enough to get the picture the jacket was spot on for the grouse mate bone dry thanks again fella :good: thanks buddy the big dog fox weighed 23 lb and was very young my be last years a big lad :good:

well saturday seen me heading to the grouse beating we arrived at 9am to thick fog and headed out onto the hill for 930 am when we got to the first drive you could not see your hand infront of your face the guns who were paying for the day wanted to sit and see if the fog lifted at TWO PM it did lift so we set off to do three drives about 10 miles(at a very quick walking pace to get as msny drives in as possible) in total we finnished at 6pm and rather nackered headed home fed the dogs watered them the wife was watching some guff on tv so decided to head out for a lamp at 8pm i gave alan (verminator 69 )a call on the way and we agreed to meet at my shoot asap but alan had to go home and get his guns first . we set of at about 9pm wi alan shooting and me driving and lamping for a look as it was now getting dark we looked over a few fields and saw nothing then i caught a gling of eye in the next field but as it would not call we put it down to being a roe and we were going into that field later. we had look round 6 more fields of rape stubble and barley but no joy we had two fields left to look in on this side of the shoot and on driving into the first field of rape stubble i caught a set of eyes in the lamp at the bottom of the field nice orangy eyes FOX!. we were driving down the right hand side of the field and the fox was out to our left sitting about 150-200 yards away so i turned the car so that alan could get the rifle over the bonnet as soon as he got out the fox started to move up the field towards us still keeping about a 100 yards out from the car alan jumped back in as we thought it might leg it up the field and as it came level with the car it slowed to a walk .now knowing alan i new he would have the cross hair on it all the time so a qiuck shout and it stopped and whack down it went a young vixen this years cub.we collected it and drove down the track to the last field of rape stubble and on entering the field bingo another set of eyes we stopped alan got out and set up on the bonnet and i started calling but the fox would not budge form the spot alan said he could not see it but i could we tryed to get alan a better view of it but no joy .so i said to alan to stand on the front seat and shoot over the roof of the l200 i called and called but it just sat there about 200 yards out alan asked if i wanted him to drop it where it was oh hell yes whack fox two in the back a young dog cub lovely we drove round to the dack of the shoot where i had seen the first set of eyes earlyer in the evening as we drove down the stubble yet another set of eyes out to our right it looked very roe like (white ) but we drove in on it anyway and alan confirmed it was actualy a fox we moved about trying to get a good spot to shoot it from but the field is very uneven and the fox kept disapearing in dips in th field we thought it had legged it a few time but no it was still there i called again by hand and by wham caller but again no joy . it looked very settled so we decided to drive in on it and se how close we could get at about 150 yards it started moving off from us we stopped alan got out and i called just as alan was about to shoot it moved again i shouted at it and it made the very faital mistake of stopping to have a look whack 3 fox three in the boot . so a great night and a great laugh with alan thanks mate a few pictures from the grouse

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very nice pictures john i must say i do like the last photo the buck in the roe sack looks like he is a big fella well done buddy :good:

hi gixer if i am stalking round wood land i take the dog with me but if i have to stalk into a deer over open land i try and leave him in the car i can get him to sit and i can go 150 ish yards with him still sitting but then there are times when you turn round after a 100 yard stalk to see him 25 feet behind me even if you leave them in the car by the time you walk back and get the dog out the car the sent is still fresh by the time you get back to the area you lost your deer in

well done buddy for posting and for the follow up of your quarry its one of the worst feelings ever to lose a deer as sako and doc have said it has or will happen to everyone at some point it has happened to me a couple of times and will probably happen again lost one in very heavy cover and lost one in bracken people would not believe how hard it is to spot a deer once it has gone to ground in cover.you can walk over there them mant times before you spot them and i have as you have shot roe and been sure it was down and dead and taken my off them just to catch them out the corner of my eye getting up and staggering 20 or 30 yards and crumpling in a heep dead . i have started training one of my young cockers to hunt them up and it is going great SO FAR !!!very steady and finds them no probs wouldnt leave the house without him :good:

they just dont make le chameau boots like they used too lol

great read well done buddy :good:

nice one better than working buddy :good:

hi i have 350 once fired 22.250 case there are 120 sako case 220 remmington case 10 norma case £ 45.00 the lot postage £10.00 thanks for looking

i will send you my wedding video fella

fella a think you should see a doctor you look a little grey

yup fuels gone throught the roof here in the last couple of days filled up the l200 on staurday £1.39 filled up today £1.44 *** time to take the trousers down gents and take it big style were going to get rodgered over the coming months will we run a sweep to see how high it goes by say november i bet £1.51

happy birthday fella bus pass is in the post

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great write up buddy and a nice buck pity the fallow pricket didnt stand for you that would have been very nice :good: its funny i never thought you would look like that either funny how your mind paints a picture of some one for you i always thought you would be well fatter :blink:

well done lads good shooting :good:

ok lads i am not into reloading and have a lot of 222.50 case mostly federal and sako (all only fire once never been reloaded before )so hears my question are they worth selling and if so how much should i ask for them there must be 300-400 cases and they are taking up space in the gun cabinet thanks andy

thanks teh yeh its some cracking ground for pigeons just seems to be a bit they like to gather i luckly for me :good:

thanks pc :good: yeh your right buddy but i put mine in the blue tub in the picture with my motor let the cool down and then transfer them to damp hessian sacks keps the flys off them for a while any way and the tub also doubles up as a seat and i use it to put roe deer in just keeps everything clean :good: thanks buddy :good: thanks buddy i like them more in stew or roasted :drool:

thanks buddy not quite the size of bag you had but still enjoyed it :good:

thats a cracking day buddy its not very nice shooting when its that warm well done for moving it looks to have paid off :good: