Benthejockey Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Girlfriend inconsiderately took her 4x4 out tonight and left me twiddling my thumbs. I knew I wanted to go and tryout the new fox smashers I'd made and until now used for dissecting crows, so walking it was. Myself, one of mothers foster beasts and his mate set off about 8 for a wander. Saw a few hares but it was so still and clear I wasn't hopeful of anything too much. I knew there was foxes about, I'd been and checked a few places earlier in the week and there was fox padding. Down by the river where we can't get in the truck because it's so wet I had a bit of a call, there's a monster place with holes washed out by the river that you could drop a car into and not get it out, it's quite often full of badgers but last year a vixen reared a litter of Cubs in there. Anyway squeaking away doing an Oscar winning performance of a dying rabbit and I spy some eyes two fields over so sneak over to the hedge for a look all excited only for it to turn out to be billy badger doing a little jig in the lamp. Stand up, shine around and bang there's a fox back where we'd just been. Sneak back quickly because I'm pretty sure it's the lamp shy vixen that's been around for a few years. Lay down, on with the lamp and bang! Good night Vienna. Little bit high as she was 65/70yds away but an invisible entry hole and an exit wound the size of your fist. That'll do I think. Quick wander round to where 3 years ago I dug the biggest fox I've ever seen which is coincidentally behind the lambing fields. Again not hopeful because the farm yard is lit up like Xmas and there's tractors revving about and farm dogs yapping. Quick flick of the torch and there's Charles mooching around a pile of cleansing. He wasn't happy at being seen and I barely had time to give the lads the lamp and shoot him. Slightly back with my shot and it came out through his flank, bowled him over and he was obviously stuffed but not 100% dead. He crawled 10 yards and lay down dead. Wandered back through the farm to see the very pleased farmer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Nice n neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Well done Bud nice write up. atb Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Good result mate👍 I'd love to get into fox shooting, sounds very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Nice going, well done. Must admit, because I usually go out solo, it's scanning with the lamp and then going onto the NV scope for me. But I always found it very hard lamping foxes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Well done mate. You need to sort out the vehicle situation and ban the Mrs from using the 4x4 when you have proper need of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 To be fair it wouldn't have got down the one track to the river ground. A farmerly dispute lead to one farmer power harrowing the track to level it and the other decided to go and dig the ditch out the next day to spite him! This Friday I'll go to another farm who's just started lambing 1500 sheep so there might be a few around the yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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