Davy Holt Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hiya, I took a spur of the moment trip out to the farm tonight with the triple for a look see if there was any fox activity, and it didn’t take long for a pair of eyes to appear then disappear like a scalded cat as soon as the lamp lit it up… it’ obviously knew the score After a while I decided to have a play about with the filters on the lamp to see what effect the different ones had, as I was testing the green one I picked out a pair of eyes running from left to right across the park in front of me. As it stopped beside the fence just on 100 yards away I already had the crosshairs on it ready to take the shot, just as I was squeezing the trigger another one came into view from the right on the other side of the fence. As the 50 grain V-MAX hit the first fox and it slumped to the ground the other took off at high speed off through the field to the right. I waited a few minutes and then did another scan with the lamp and other than the fox I had just shot there was nothing to be seen. Another few minutes passed and I decided to have another quick scan before I went down to collect the fox, as the lamp lit up the “dead” fox it’s eyes opened and it moved.. right away I thought I had messed the shot and only wounded it so lined up on it again and took another shot just as it started to stand up and again down it went. Ok I thought that’s it dead now but why did the first shot not kill it outright.. weird but at least I didn’t lose a wounded animal. I walked down to where “the” fox was and was stunned to see not one but two dog Foxes lying there dead where they dropped. I still don’t have a clue what happened or where the second fox appeared from but the main thing is I got them both so that’s the account open for the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Good Shooting Davy. Great start to 2012! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Good going pal better than our night not even seen a set of eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyotemaster Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Good shooting Davey, Do you suppose the second fox was also on confused.com wondering why his mate was napping near the fence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Well done Davy Nice big pair of foxes look in good nick as well mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nice write up Nice start to the year, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) this time curiosity killed more than the cat. nice pair of ex foxes Edited January 7, 2012 by clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Do you think you maybe clipped the 2nd Fox with the 1st shot...unseen behind the original Fox Either way,well done fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Do you think you maybe clipped the 2nd Fox with the 1st shot...unseen behind the original Fox Either way,well done fella Thats all I can think of as well. I once shot a cub one night and was out again the following morning at dawn and found another dead cub which I had unknowingly shot as well lying 20 yards behind the 1st one. 2 with 1 shot :o Good result !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Good shooting. Don't forget to add them to the PW 2012 tally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Well done :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nice work. They are mating now and get up to all sorts of daft things! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitloop Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 its the January sales yo buy on yo get one free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Good shooting. Probably a dog and and a bitch you had the bitch first and the dog come back for it`s mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeedoodlepigeon Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 its the January sales yo buy on yo get one free Good shooting. Probably a dog and and a bitch you had the bitch first and the dog come back for it`s mate Both plausible explanations. It is the January sales though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie g Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 come in to see his mate. i shot one on a stubble field some months back. and a second come into the call but then i couldnt see it. i flicked the lamp round to the dead one i had shot and this fox was just sniffing around his dead mate. he started to walk off when lamp was on him. so i shot him in the back of the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotland rifles Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Nice one Davie. who cares mate you got 2 for the list, i have not opened my 2012 account yet, i had 1 in my sights last night but it was running like the wind in the wind and all i had with me was the 17hmr, as i left the moderator for the 20 tac in the house :( bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyrapid177mk2 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 what ever it was that happened you ended up with a right result davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 i have a theory. was it facing you when you shot it?. im geussing that the more dominant dog fox was showing his dominance to the other by humping it. then your bullet passed thru the upper chest/lower neck and into fox 2 ribs/stomach just wounding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytim38 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks back, dropped one fox then saw it legging it up the hedge from where I had shot it, squeaked it and "dropped" it for a second time, collected it and went back to where I had taken the first shot and there was fox no 1 stone dead where he had been shot, with a still warm rabbit in his mouth, well confused for a minute, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometa24/7 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 well done davy, great result.. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunspud Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well done mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Nice write up and good shooting :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJim Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 It would probabaly help if you cleaned yer specs now and again davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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