codling99 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 a mate asked me to go lamping last night on two of his local farms,lamped them last year and had two foxes. Set off around 8.30 ,arrived at farm around 9 o'clock. Was still a bit light for a while but managed a few rabbits and missed one.eventually reached the field we shot one last year,had a call and with in 5 mins a fox bolted across field in front of us,wasnt hanging around thoug,dont know whether he had wind of us because wind was behind us,or he heard me click bolt forward.gave him 5 mins but never came back from next field he went into.decided to move on,climbed gate to next field,put lamp on to see fox sat 70 yards away looking at us ,night night irene,first vixen in bag,full of cubs too,sad i know but needed doing,was in lambing field.mad we thought,same field as last year.walked on to farm yard,put rimfire back in car and decided to check again in first field we looked in,had a call and within minuites a fox showed up . he sat tight ,wouldnt move closer for nearly ten mins,couldnt quite see him tidy through scope with filter on so decided to take chance for a shot without filter ,risking him running off.as we thought,soon as we took filter off,put lamp on,fox was laying down ,jumped up and ran,stopped him with a loud squeak,and realeased a round off,down he goes,big dog fox,161 yards approx. home by twelve ish,nice early night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Good read mate, Shame about the vixen but the job needed to be done :good: (I totally understand) Good bag and good shooting mate. :good: What set up were you using??? The tikka .222 in your signature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 yeah,tikka .222. think scope still wants a slight adjustment,cos i aimed for chest,and hit him in the neck,may have moved a slight bit,but still think i hit slighlty to the right,so gonna check scope next week,did kill it out right though,didnt move an inch. farmer was happy,was probably over 100 lambs in field she was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the poacher Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 good shooting mate and a good result too welldone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left & right Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Top stuff well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve42 Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well done Tony. Good write up and good shooting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Well Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 things must be done . well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 nice shooting bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlennox Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 You're better off shooting a Vixen carrying cubs than a one thats dropped them and will leave them to starve, job well done in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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