Hi all,
Sorry to post another 'I've popped my cherry' post but I had a great hour out yesterday, within minutes of strolling onto my permission I got a crow.
Then a while later whilst looking through a gap in a hedge a perky young vixen broke from cover with a vole in her mouth and started trotting directly towards me, she got to within 20 yards before spotting me; mean time I had turned to face her and started bringing my gun to bear. As this was my first ever fox I have to admit to pausing just to appreciate how beautiful she was and I was having second thoughts about taking the shot (I know I know!). At that point she started to bolt, adrenalin took over and I fired two shots in quick succession and just as she started to find cover I fired the third. I walked briskly, reloading as I went as I was expecting to find her disabled but alive thankfully I arrived next to the ditch and she was already gone.
I then pulled her out to take a look at her.
Then i discovered what she had had in her mouth so, for the final picture:
Very happy with just an hour on the permission.