camokid Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 hi all went out last night with the 17 to a local small 40 acres farm its mainly grass with cows on. the land is hilly and has thick hedges all around which makes it perfect for rabbits. when we first started to shoot this farm the first night we had 30 rabbits in 3 hour's they where everywhere but now we have thined them out a lot and most of the time bag around 10 per visit. we have a spot where we sit and wait for the bunnies to pop out but last night it was quieter than usual we sat for about 45 mins without a single glowing eye on show. we also shoot the neigbouring farms and in the distance we could hear a fox calling so thought we would investigate. we walked down to the bank of the river had a flash and bingo fox spotted about 3/400 yards away right in the back of the field lamp off "sqweek time...." lamp on fox closer "...sqweek ..."lamp on two foxes and even closer "sqweek" again lamp on and the fox was about 50 yards away(he must have really legged it over bang) 1 fox in the bag.. lamp back on ...another fox about 80 yards bang another one down at this point. There was still a fox on the land but ran off from the shots i carryed on sqweeking for 10-15 min and out he came i took a distance shot with him he was aware somthing was wrong and would not come in and that was the third in the bag. so what was ment to be a rabbit night turned into a bit of a fox sesh 3 in less than 20 min still mannage 5 rabbits some will live to fight another day .. thanks did i mention it was ******* cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great shooting mate but how about leaving some for other shooters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Excellent work fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonevo Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Brilliant night shooting mate well done, I only wish it could of been me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Well done mate, good bit of squeeking and shooting How far was the distance shot on the last one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great shooting mate but how about leaving some for other shooters! i do leave some for others. i have allready shot them but i do leave them others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 nice work buddy i would rather shoot 3 foxes than 10 bunnies any day but were just not see,ing foxes up here at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Nice bit of shooting, some nice tails on them aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Excellent. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 nice work buddy i would rather shoot 3 foxes than 10 bunnies any day but were just not see,ing foxes up here at the moment same hear !! not sure where these ones come from the land they where on is not new to me been on it a while and aint seen any foxes on it for some time due to me clearing them off. if you see my posts i shot a massive dog fox of this farm last winter i think it was because of the high volume of rabbits that where there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Nice bit of shooting, some nice tails on them aswell i was gonna whip the tails off but have to many round the house wish you could do more with them ? any idea's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckboy1 Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Nice shooting buddy, and nice looking rifle, was that with a 17HMR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 yes mate all taken with my cz 452 17 hmr i love that gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve42 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Nice looking foxes- top shooting fella Les Edited October 22, 2010 by Lez325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 thanks lez they where nice helthy foxes the front two where very light in colour and had good coats. still cant get over how good they came to the call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 thanks lez they where nice helthy foxes the front two where very light in colour and had good coats. still cant get over how good they came to the call Just out of interest mate what type of call were you using please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 it a "Johnny Stewart" Pitch Controller Predator Call1 its a good bit of kit its loud enough to pull them in from a distance but bite a little harder and you get a small mouse sqweek for when hes saying his last words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) I downloaded some rabbit in distress call from the internet MP3's and recorded them onto a Battery opperated Dictaphone- works very well as the sounds are a true representation of Rabbits in distress here- just scroll down the page to the speaker symbols -lots to choose from http://varmintal.com/ahunt.htm Les Edit* Link to calls added Edited October 22, 2010 by Lez325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 chicken one sounds good wonder if you would do any good with that one going off all night. cuz we all no foxes loves chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Well done indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapper trev Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 NICE SHOOTING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left & right Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Top shooting mate well done and nice looking rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacker Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I had a night just like yours on Weds, Nothing on tv - apart from footie, which i can't stand. Thought i'd have a walk around, to be honest i didn't expect much as it was a crystal clear night and really cold. No bunnies, but i did see a fox in the nv around 400yds. I called it in with one of those widget calls and was amazed at how fast it came in. i shot it at around 54 paced yards. It was the bigest dog fox i've ever seen. Clean shot between the eyes. The hmr is a devistating round if used at sensble ranges. No rabbits though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 chicken one sounds good wonder if you would do any good with that one going off all night. cuz we all no foxes loves chicken I will download it and give it a go - will keep you posted on how effective ( or not) it is Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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