Underdog Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 For weeks I have been working a patch of mine after some fox's, four there was. I got one a few weeks ago but could not catch up with the others. After work yesterday I visited with a small flash light and rifle just after dark, no sight of them, again! Suddenly the vixen let out a howling sreaming blood curdling cry not far away, made the hair(whats left of it) stand up ont' back o'neck! A dog fox was trailing her barking too all be it drowned in her screams. Never saw them! They moved off into some oaks and I could here them fighting and such in the distance. Being off work today I made sure I was back before light today. As it got light I bumped into the third dog fox, he was carrying a tree guard! I have never seen that before, he was clearly frustrated, walking in circles and to and froing, I could not get a shot because of the dense birch twigs as I looked down on him and eventually he moved on. I headed him off but never did see him again but I made a stand and stood it out, it soon became apparent I was not alone in that larch plantation and to my shock after fifteen minutes there they were, the vixen and her big dog. Ever likely the other dog could not get a look in he was huge! She flirted with him right in front of me, offering herself to him and springing about with total abandenment, scooping mouth fulls of larch needls as she pranced. It was quite a spectacle! Time for buisness, as they moved off luckily she gave me the first shot, the rising steam told me she was done before I recovered from recoil, just as I finnished working the bolt big boy came running back. He stopped behind some cover, for a tense moment I thought he would take off but he didn't, he stepped out and I had to squeeze a shot through a little three inch gap between the larch. After the second ball of steam it was done,30 and 40 yards or so, heres the snap. One of those special moments that make it all worth while. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Nice read, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabala Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Good read with a few tense moments. Nice photo too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazofboro Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Well done mate, nice write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Well done :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbiter Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 good read that was mate,good pic aswell,well done... DAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Some achievement I bet you never do that again .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Some achievement I bet you never do that again .... I have had a few doubles over the years, don't mean anything special though. These two were special in how she flirted with him. In saying that one memorable two where two dog fox's that as we lit them up one proceded to mount the other and errrr well have it away etc. Took the top one first, his "reciever" spun around and got the second shot. That was with a BSA CF2 in 222. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Nice read, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 My old keeper friend made a suggestion! "Drag that vixen to where you want and you'll have other fox's following it" So I did first thing this morning, by mid afternoon,,,,,, Works! Thats two wednesday, three last night my friend shot with his 22-250 and this one today. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Nice write up and photo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Well done,enjoyed reading that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminator69 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Great result fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandmartin Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge-it Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Good crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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