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hi lads had a call from the keeper wednesday asking me to pop over and sit out for a fox. he had a shoot on that day and came across seven birds with no heads near the cover ! so he was a bit peed. i sat there from 6 till 9 just in range of the cover in a good spot with a good view of the land, but nothing showed. 9.30 came and knowing it was a good 20 min walk to the car with a 30 min drive home on a work night i thought i would call it a day.

on return to the car i was having a shine every 100 yards, oh then bingo i spotted a fox in the field about 120 i dropped to the floor took the shot and had the culprit in the bag. a nice big dog fox top conditon good weight and looked very much like a bird muncher.lol

 

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next one was on friday night,

the farm that he was on is a bit slow at times but has been good in the past couple of years with some nice muntys taken and a few foxes too.

i parked up in the field and took to foot as i always do, i was heading to a steep hill where you can get some good shots. i was only there a hour or so and spotted him next to my car i had to wait a min to shoot him as my car would have become the backstop. hes was a fair sized dog hit 4 foot from the car

 

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you will find with the amber you have a lot more light passing through the lens so you get a longer/brighter beam you will see the fox better at distance but in the same breath the red is less harsh a beam to be pointing at a weiry target. my brother has a few but i personaly tend to take around 40, 36 up to now but most of my land is crops so in the summer months i dont do as good as others because i cant see the devils to shoot them. :lol::lol:

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Nice shooting Andy , another happy farmer , might give an amber filter a go you seem to have good results with them :yes::good:

its worth a try you do get a better view . my thoughts where when ever your out all thats around are amber street lights so they might be a little less put of to see the lamp in that colour.

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no not realy the most i do is take a good tail the kids play with them. (once there clean) :oops::oops:

 

would like to get into it tho just dont no where to start

 

 

Well, I'd be more than happy to buy the pelts off you if you salt them well for posting. :) or if you want to tan them yourself, there are tanning kits you can buy that give good results, if you weren't skinning them for taxidermy, just for the fur pelts, it's not so hard to do. If you want any advice, just ask. :)

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