markws80 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Went out last night after this fox, i been after it for a long time , it will not whistle up and i have tryed lots , it is very lamp shy I know my land very well we drove round the headge and spotted him right down the far end of the field about 600 yards , stop the jeep tryed to whistle him up he just sat there its a very long field and very wet so i did not want to drive round it to much, so plan B (if there was 1 ha ha ) i got out of jeep put my roll mat down, my m8 drove the jeep back round the headge, the plan was to make charlie think we have gone(i know we are mad ) and we both waited Right plan B got the NV out and watch him,he started to move about getting closer and closer i put the light on very dim he stop at about 300 yard this was going to be my best go so i sent one bang 1 dead charlie :good: was so happy I walked down to find him and pace it out 315 furthest id shot one to date My set up is a Winchester .22-250 70 (Sporter) Bushnell 8x16x50 and a jim baker mod Rem 50 gr V-MAX home load Mark Edited November 7, 2012 by markws80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 nice one mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Nice one mate. Someintes a fox can be that intelligent you have to really think and act to "out fox" it (No pun intended). You did well on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckboy1 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Well done, i was out on saturday with Pykie of here and shot 6 of the blighters one in particular that he has had difficulty with always in the same place and wont come to a call (pykie only shoots a shottie) saw the fox's eye in the light and it would not look back managed to pick himout with the scope walking towards the wood, shouted at him and he stopped and looked for a brief second which was all i needed sent a 55 grain Vmax and dropped him on the spot, well chuffed and the furthest id shot one to date paced it out to 280 paces!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Well done, i was out on saturday with Pykie of here and shot 6 of the blighters one in particular that he has had difficulty with always in the same place and wont come to a call (pykie only shoots a shottie) saw the fox's eye in the light and it would not look back managed to pick himout with the scope walking towards the wood, shouted at him and he stopped and looked for a brief second which was all i needed sent a 55 grain Vmax and dropped him on the spot, well chuffed and the furthest id shot one to date paced it out to 280 paces!!! It was an impressive shot mate stone dead on the spot. I still cant believe that other one that came in at the same time that you shot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markws80 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Well done, i was out on saturday with Pykie of here and shot 6 of the blighters one in particular that he has had difficulty with always in the same place and wont come to a call (pykie only shoots a shottie) saw the fox's eye in the light and it would not look back managed to pick himout with the scope walking towards the wood, shouted at him and he stopped and looked for a brief second which was all i needed sent a 55 grain Vmax and dropped him on the spot, well chuffed and the furthest id shot one to date paced it out to 280 paces!!! That sounds like the same fox ha ha well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P~MX Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 good shootin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Excellent. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Good shooting.good guns them 22.250 just what they are made for them 300 yard shots,well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soother223 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 that's a really good shot! i know how much the adrenaline kicks in when you finally get your opportunity that you've been waiting for for so long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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