Highbird70 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi all, Took out 2 PW members ( OSCARDAD and St33t) last night on our permission, I knew that the light would have been good for foxing in the snow, we arrived at the farm and splitted in 2 teams, 1 team at the ponds and the other near the paddocks. Withing 30 minutes we called a fox in....I waited and waited....at 20-25 ..fox saw me...YES I missed twice...grrrrrrrrrrr, me and Oscardad walk to the spot to see if I wounded it...but clearly missed it on the left....we could see the tracing on the snow of 50g of N01 lead pellets, at this point I can feel the grin of Oscardad in the twilight...lol, as we turned to go back.....Something caught our eye...I can't belive it....theres a bigger fox at 20 yards just standing there looking at us...............2 Shots from my gun......now I'm suffereing...missed again...excitement got the better of me. Oscardad stop laughing..... Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) At least you shot at the second one mate - I just stood looking at it as I couldn't believe how bold it was! I did also have my own personal snow plough which I followed all of the way home which was nice. Edited January 21, 2013 by oscarsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkj7176 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 It must be the gun.... It couldn't have been you. Any one with the attention to detail of changing his user name pic to match his latest dog does not miss (kidding) (plus I've seen you on pigeons, it must have been a pretty lucky fox!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hate to point it out, but it's two lucky foxes that were missed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 How nice it is to read a faithful account of someone's sporting adventure which ended in failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 LOL....it would be very boring if everyone posted a kill per shot taken....and.....I have missed again tonight....this was my fifth night in the snow -1 that I waited for the pesky fox.....I'm not giving up....its personal now....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have a fox to get in the snow in the garden - I have checked it calls each night - took a chicken first, then a pigeon as bait last night - after I had gone to bed at 2.00pm. Its a very early get up for me on thursday and curtains for the fox - shot another bait pigeon off the bird table today. Should I use the .22 or the 12 - less than 30 yds that early in the morning and neighbours a 100yds away? I shall zero the .22 first and try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I really think that we need a more expert opinion from the rifle passionate about the 22...I only shoot wildboar with a 30.06 in the mountains with very safe back stops, if its between 20-25 yards, I would buy a box of buck shot, to use with shotgun,that will kill the fox with no suffering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hate to point it out, but it's two lucky foxes that were missed! Highbird old mate, have you not got any lead in your pencil cartridges? Only joking mate, it's good to see an honect thread where "misses" are admitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 LOL....it would be very boring if everyone posted a kill per shot taken....and.....I have missed again tonight....this was my fifth night in the snow -1 that I waited for the pesky fox.....I'm not giving up....its personal now....LOL Again!!!? At least the fox is stupid enough to keep coming back! Why don't you just take a collar and lead and adopt the thing as you are spending so much time together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ahahafaahah I wonder if would it be a good retriever??........LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 You could save yourself some money by catching the fox and training it rather than buying the Portuguese dancing dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Lmaooo....John...I will keep first dance for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espron Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I was out the other night and we spotted losts of runs but didn't spot a thing. Don't have a fancy fox call we use polystyrene on a phone to squeak, slightly primitive but we managed to call in an owle so think it thought my pals hat was a big fluffy bunny. That was my first experience out and really enjoyed it despite not spoting a fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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