Pykie Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Went out in a part of the shoot on the outskirts where it is notoriously boggy and thick cover. I asked the gamekeeper whether he minded if my brother and I could go for a wonder round there and he said of course, and said keep an eye open for a fox that had been hammering a nearby pen. This fox had walked past two radios, five snares and white rags doused in petrol several times to take poults and would not come to the call and always ran at the merest sign of a lamp. Thoe worst kind of fox to get. Anyway, we entered the wood after lunch and I started calling, us both armed with 12 bores. After twenty minutes of calling, bringing in nothing but two squirrels we split up to try drop a few greys, having decided Charlie wasnt around. I shot three greys for three shots when I heard a double shot, followed but another double, all in about 3 seconds!! I thought he was firing at a rapidly departing squirrel and walked towards the shots to find him with a huge smile on his face, and a very dead fox at his feet. He held it up and I then realised the fox had only three legs, one of the front ones missing with a very clean stump. Possible operation?? My brother explained he had heard a rustle ahead of him and saw the fox limping badly right towards him up a shallow ditch, and had shot him four times just to make sure he got the pheasant killer as the cover was very thick and was afraid if only wounded would easily escape. We carried on our mini vermin control and ended up with 7 squirrels, 4 pigeons, a rabbit and the three legged fox. The gamekeeper was over the moon and only time will tell if this was the one doing all the damage to the pheasant pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 thats one you dont get every day. might have been the rspca doing there bit of DIY or could just be a accident of some sort along the way. fair play to him for making it in the wild with a lost limb i would say a easy meal like a bird in a cage is about as much as he would mannage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Well done both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Well done mate, Good result :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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