simon6ppc Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) orite chaps,went out a week or so back on my shoot as our birds are coming in 3 weeks,i see this fox walking through some heather,she was about 400 yards off me but fortunately was heading straight towards me with the wind in my face,so i got down and waited,it seemed to take for ever as she was going right, left and all over the place,but finally when she got around 160 yards she stopped and dropped literally with my 243..the reason ime putting this on is when picking her up she had dropped these 5 chicks out her mouth,i think they are thrushes but i could be wrong as this was in the middle of an old grouse moor,see what you all think..any way good result one less to worry about as she was obviously feeding cubs,i shot 3 of them a few days later,but i sense one or two could be left,cheers Simon... Edited July 18, 2015 by simon6ppc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Looks like thrush chicks, Good of you to post these pictures Simon, It just goes to show how keeping the Fox numbers down in areas increases the song bird population, in particular the ground nesting species. One of my perms commented the other day about the amount of Skylarks Lapwings and Snipe that have been around recently. Nice shooting by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Well done, nice shot. I would say the chicks are young Meadow pipit's by the look of the londg legs. Shame but that's nature i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 A valuable post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Good work Simon, why I show no mercy! Shot one with a hen pheasant and a full grown rabbit in its mouth. Keep up the good work, if only to adjust the balance a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Nice job well done I had a lecture off a guy neighbouring my permission Wednesday night when he seen me carrying two Fox's back to the truck and how it's cruel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Nice work Simon. Dougy, "One of my perms commented the other day about the amount of Skylarks Lapwings and Snipe that have been around recently." I cleared 36 foxes and double figure magpies from a small permission I have and this year the farmer and myself have counted 31 English partridge, 15 brown hares, several skylarks and lapwing plus over a dozen pheasant and uninformed people call me cruel ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Looks like thrush chicks, Good of you to post these pictures Simon, It just goes to show how keeping the Fox numbers down in areas increases the song bird population, in particular the ground nesting species. One of my perms commented the other day about the amount of Skylarks Lapwings and Snipe that have been around recently. Nice shooting by the way Ah skylarks when i was a meer lad living in sunny sussex yes all the school hols you could see and hear many of these fine birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Great post Simon , just goes to show the devastation foxes cause ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Would that be a second litter of cubs, do you think? We shot 11 cubs one night but it could be getting on for a couple of months ago now. Hope any around us haven't had another litter, cover is dense. Good work anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Cheers guys..ime not sure if it was a second litter or not but they had moved in only days before as the same thing seems to happen every year..also ive just been looking at pictures of young birds and i recon they are thrushes or meadow pipets...lol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Some time ago I posted on here about a fox I shot one night on a 'sit out'. Fox was hunting for mice in wheat stubble. Pouncing about all over the place. Shot it and it fell straight down. Left it as I was hoping for more. Nearly two hours later I went to pick it and as I did - one very live field mouse dropped from behind its teeth. My dog lunged at it and picked it but I hollered drop it and she did. One lucky little critter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 ye funny things are us shooters Some time ago I posted on here about a fox I shot one night on a 'sit out'. Fox was hunting for mice in wheat stubble. Pouncing about all over the place. Shot it and it fell straight down. Left it as I was hoping for more. Nearly two hours later I went to pick it and as I did - one very live field mouse dropped from behind its teeth. My dog lunged at it and picked it but I hollered drop it and she did. One lucky little critter. ye funny things are us shooters Grandalf,ive seen pigeons that can,t fly at the side of the road and felt sorry for them as they won,t be alive much longer,yet the Sunday before shot over 200 on barley stubble's,but its the way we do things i suppose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Nicely done as usual mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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