Pykie Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Last night I took my brother out for a shine with the lamp and the shotgun. We soon had a rabbit that bolted after we almost walked over it hidden in a tyre track then spotted a pair of eyes about a hundred yards off. I wouldnt come to a hand squeak call so we sneaked around behind it to cut it off from the wood and tried again. Still the fox just sat there and I said we would sneak up to it with the lamp off to try get into shotgun range. We did this with the wind in our faces and flicked the lamp up to see Charlie stood about forty yards away, crouched in the mud trying to hide, knowing it was cut off from escaping. My brother fired and dropped a nice vixen with a BB This morning we were going to shoot a field of drilling where we had seen a few hundred corvids on. We were set up by eight, with the dead fox pegged out in the centre. We were barely back in our hides before they started to come in and after an hour and a half we had fifty on the clicker. A few pigeons fell to our guns too, and with come calling with a Sam Neyt Crow call we ended up with seventy corvids (nearly all carrion crows) and 11 pigeons by 2pm by which time hardly a crow could be seen anywhere. Over half the crows were shot over the fox and many came in shouting at it. It was an experiment that I saw Steve B Wales had tried and it paid off today Unfortunately several of the crows fell into woodland behind but heres the ones we picked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss.tony Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 crackin photo mate i hate crows noisey black things well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Well done mate, Good shooting :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckboy1 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Very arty picture buddy, well done!! Talk to you tomorrow Ta,da Edited October 16, 2011 by truckboy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elby Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Great pic, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsey Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Nice account and a great result again... Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Decoying corvids with a fox is something that I have always wanted to try! Did you find the birds would come and mob in groups mostly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Decoying corvids with a fox is something that I have always wanted to try! Did you find the birds would come and mob in groups mostly? No, mostly in singles, few pairs. A group of jackdaws came in though at it, three ended up on the deck before they realised the danger the call worked well to wind up the single crows, making them want to fight and get in close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinxs Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 How do you set the fox up? In the open, standing, laying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0850 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Great write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Well done, I also want to know about the fox setup, as I would like to try this method! Nice picture too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillwalker Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 nice one well done! i done thi as a boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Excellent shooting. As you know, I have a fox pelt decoy that I made myself. I have only tried it once, but the crows did not mob it, as I thought they would. I intend to try it again to see if I can get a good result. I'm also going to try it near hedgerows where magpies frequently gather. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Well done, no sticking the fox in the freezer for future use now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandmartin Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Nice work on the corvids Keep hammering the noisy black ****ers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 How do you set the fox up? In the open, standing, laying? I put a sharpened bamboo cane under its head into its lower jaw to raise it up, it was slightly too long but gave an image of the fox about to pounce. Put a dead crow by it with a dozen decoys dotted around too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Good Shooting.Cracking pic!Well Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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