grasshopper Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Went to try for the fox i didn,t get on sat as it was on the brow of a hill..only 30yds away too! We took 2 vixens in the lamb field on sat,2nd came straight in to see what had happened to the 1st and got the same....thought that problem was sorted. Last night we waited,and saw nothing so moved to check a few other fields,all clear..good On our way to wait for sat,s fox we had a quick look through the NV to double check original field,only to see a ewe chasing a fox off...good on her. Waited and then called but no show,so back to 1st plan.We had a feeling foxy would be in this field and sure enough spotted him from the gate..he was about 160 yds up the field sitting looking at us beside a stone wall. Got the x straight on him,set the trigger ,safety off but not too steady resting on the gate post,took a second to steady myself thinking as he was sitting it,d be ok but up he stood ahh he,s turned side on just about to sqeeze when he jumped onto the wall a quick sqeak from my mate stopped him side on on top of the wall and as it s a wall that runs up a bank i had a good backstop.Heard the crack of the rifle then that lovely deep thud of a clean hit and watched through the scope as he tumbled back off the wall stone dead. Thats 10 with the archer in the last 6/7 weeks and they,re still hasseling the lambs...will have to keep hasseling them then GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Good shooting GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 well done good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 excellent work mate love that NV setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well done GH. Good account of what happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi Th What caliber have you got the Archer on mate - i want put 1 on my .243 but am unsure of recoil ( dont need or want a black eye ) Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well done for refraining on taking that brow of the hill shot ..............having seen NV has a passing fad i'm drawing to the same conclusions that with the present technology it's the way forward ........how long before the price drop well done fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmullis286 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well done for refraining on taking that brow of the hill shot ..............having seen NV has a passing fad i'm drawing to the same conclusions that with the present technology it's the way forward ........how long before the price drop well done fella you can get a good set of gen 1 scopes with magnification double and use a seperate high power infra light to give u gen 2 night vision, they can be bought for about £250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well done mate great account of how you got him as well as john mentioned fair play for refraining from firing at the fox on the brow of the hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesf Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Good shot. What scope have you got your archer on and what calibre rifle? - looks 222, 223ish ATB Lesf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well done and a good report LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted May 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi ThWhat caliber have you got the Archer on mate - i want put 1 on my .243 but am unsure of recoil ( dont need or want a black eye ) Cheers Paul CZ 22 250 no probs with black eyes,its got long eye relief..rubber eye piece Lesf scope is just a Hawke Pro Stalk 3x9x50 but you do need parralax for better clarity ,i only have it on 5x mag..more than enough as Archer is x2 Cheers GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 well done m8 gd shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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