codling99 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 went out last night with a mate on his land,still night,half moon up,could a read a paper on route lol. seen a few bunnies ,but didnt bother taking .22 so left them alone,spotted 2 foxes with in 10 mins but they didnt hang around. eventually decided to have a call in bottom field near woods,after 30 secs of calling ,switched lamp on to see a fox sitting about 40 yds away,must have muled in,spooked him a bit so he ran on about 100 yds,before i shot,****** ,hit him but he ran like a lurcher......only to drop about 60 yds down field ...pphheeww.hit him a bit far backin chest/stomach area.went back to farm then ,only to spot eyes about 300 yds off,couldnt make out what it was tidy ,and there was lambs and sheep in field so walked closer to be sure,got to around 150 odd yds before i was sure it was a fox,curled up in a small ditch.no mistakes with this one,off bipod,aimed slightly to one side of hits eyes ,thinking if i wobbled a bit ,i would hit his body,but caught him through his eyeball ...oouucchh. all in all a good night ,a dog and a vixen,both very close to lambing fields ,farm has allready lost 2 lambs and a neighbour with a few lambs in a paddock has lost one,so hopefully helped out a bit,hoping to get out again this week,before lamping stops till september again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool, but why does lamping have to stop till september? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool, but why does lamping have to stop till september? dont suppose it has to,but i usually stop around end of march till about september ,mainly because of light nights,and grass growing to high,do have the odd night out but not if i can help it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 nice thats left a mark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunspud Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie g Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool, but why does lamping have to stop till september? some people stop for abit so the fox cubs dont go hungry if vixen has been shot. i stop shooting them now till they come above ground. well inless the farmer askes us to that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Good shooting mate. A good productive nights lamping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool, but why does lamping have to stop till september? its debateable and there are a few ways of looking at it, on our ground it stops as once the crops are high you can't see or lamp most of the ground so really we don't have to think about it much. It lets them rear their cubs and not leave them to starve when you shoot the vixen, plus also making sure they live ensures you get plenty of sport as soon as the fields are harvested. It all depends why you are controlling them, ours are because we put birds down so we make sure through the season that we shoot any that are about then tend to not see them to shoot as soon as the crops get to a certain height then as soon as the crops are down we tend to be able to mop up most of the cubs pretty quickly before the birds get released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminator69 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Good effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivhar01 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 ouch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I've never liked the thought of shooting foxes when they have cubs underground. Not even the dog fox, as he provides food for the vixen. BUT, if I don't do it, then I could lose my permission/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cocker3 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 good shooting m8 hope i get a sqeeze at one or two tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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