12borejimbo Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 My mate who is the keeper got in the tractor on Wednesday as we are doing our game cover, looked up and on the hill was a vixen watching him 40 yards away, so away to the farm building he went to unlock the gun cabinet we keep in a barn to get a crsuty old single barrelled 20 bore, went up, no vixen, but a cub was sunning itself in a low, 25 yards, bang with a 32g 6 cartridge and 1 cub down. I went up at 8pm top wait for mum, saw a cub which I could of shot very easily at 77 yards but I left it because I didnt want her to move the cubs. I saw mum right at last knockings but the shot was unsafe, so I left her. My mate who is the keeeper was up at 4am stalking and ended up taking 2 dogs on his morning stalk. I went out that night for round 2, set up my fox pro and jackattack decoy, 2 minutes I had a cub watching it, crack...thump at 100 yards, 1 down. An hour passed and I saw another cub but it got spooked by my decoy when it came over the hill, so legged it, 10 mins later it couldnt resist the "young rabbit distress call" on the foxpro and got an invitation with a 50g vmax. Cub number 2. The third was at last knockings, and I do mean last knockings at 9:35, I was struggling to see it through my schmidt and bender (why you should have good optics) but a quick move off the scope and a re look confirmed it was another cub. squeezed the trigger and a crack to hear another satisfying thump and a bloomin good evening foxing, popped round my mates for a brew who was well chuffed. 5 foxes in 1 day. 6 in 2 days including his cub. We will be back for the vixen at the weekend and using the "fox cub distress" call to bring her out. All shot standing off sticks with my Tikka m595 in .22-250 with a Schmidt and Bender 4-16x50 long range PES T12 moderator and Norma 50g Vmax bullets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 They look pretty well developed. That's a job well done mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 very well developed, its worth taking either NV or a lamp with you if you are sitting on a litter as then you can usually have the lot in one go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 They are very good sizes, inface I nearly thought Cub 1 was mum, but either way it is a fox and needed to be shot. I have got an NV monocular but its only a gen1 and only good for spotting. I had a lot of kit with me and it woiuld of been to much taking a lamp and battery pack too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 well done as said there a early bunch i had four the other night not as well on as them but also a fair size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy 700 Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Strewth they are big , nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandmartin Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Nice work on the gingers. Goood writeup too. Hope you nail the vixen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well done James!Keep up the good work mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtailhawk1 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJim Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Good shooting mate like yer gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well done mate Seen a cub and vixen shot on my land not by me though which I'm a bit peed about but cub was half that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedge Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Those aren't cubs - they're teenagers just about to leave home! Nice shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Like shooting fish in a barrel, I like to leave them till they get a bit older & wiser Edited May 20, 2012 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Like shooting fish in a barrel, I like to leave them till they get a bit older & wiser And slaughter all your gamebirds, lambs, songbirds ect :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Like shooting fish in a barrel, I like to leave them till they get a bit older & wiser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 And slaughter all your gamebirds, lambs, songbirds ect :wacko: Its just my preference I like more of a challenge :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Its just my preference I like more of a challenge :good: ridiculous though it sounds like you could leave them altogether as they can't be doing any damage sounds like shooting for the sake of shooting. If you have a shoot where you like to help the ground nesting birds and hares and gamebirds then now is when they have to be controlled, takes a lot of meat to rear a littler of cubs and to let them grow up and clear your land of wildlife is a very strange attitude, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 ridiculous though it sounds like you could leave them altogether as they can't be doing any damage sounds like shooting for the sake of shooting. If you have a shoot where you like to help the ground nesting birds and hares and gamebirds then now is when they have to be controlled, takes a lot of meat to rear a littler of cubs and to let them grow up and clear your land of wildlife is a very strange attitude, My thoughts exactly, the bloke obviously does not know fox CONTROL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) My thoughts exactly, the bloke obviously does not know fox CONTROL! Read my reply Pal I am NOT criticising what he does by shooting fox cubs (AS I WROTE I LIKE MORE OF A CHALLENGE ) Edited May 21, 2012 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 We shot seven cubs last weekend;biggest litter I've ever dealt with.It was slaughter,but necessary;landowners mother was losing hens,and our birds are arriving next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby -doo Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 itl will be doubtfull if u get the vixen, she will have moved on !! esp if u were anywhere near the den ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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