bornfree Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Had the strangest thing happen last night. Sat up the tower waiting for a fox and there was an absolute white out for about 20 minutes enough to totally cover the ground, about an hour after it stopped I heard the geese run so I picked up my NV spotter and found the fox about 60 yards away it was trotting left to right and looking away at the geese. As soon as I spotted it and without it looking up at me it took off and ran off the field like it had been shot at, never turning back at all. In the past I've had foxes react to IR but they have always looked at the source this one didn't, and I only had the IR on its lowest setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Your too noisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I had one fox react to IR in a similar way a couple of years ago. It was about 200 yards away and when I turned on the NV and IR if ran off like a scalded cat. Maybe my deodorant wasnt effective enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 7 hours ago, WelshMike said: I had one fox react to IR in a similar way a couple of years ago. It was about 200 yards away and when I turned on the NV and IR if ran off like a scalded cat. Maybe my deodorant wasnt effective enough Perfume :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 21 hours ago, Dougy said: Your too noisy. If it happened next week you could be right but this week with 8000 geese still on the field I don't think so ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) I've never witnessed it myself but that doesn't surprise me in the least. You'll not be needing IR in the snow unless you specifically want to see eyeshine. Forgive me if I blow my own trumpet by saying that's one of the benefits of having the illuminator in a separate circuit - as they are on my NV rigs. Another covert feature is that both switches are almost impossible to hear when activated at arms length. Edited December 15, 2017 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Must have given it a good fright as it didn't come back for two more nights. It came last night so I will give it another go tonight hopefully with no snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Thermal doesn’t need IR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Just now, Fisheruk said: Thermal doesn’t need IR It needs quite a few £s though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Just now, bornfree said: It needs quite a few £s though True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 16:47, bumpy22 said: Perfume :-) may well have been the cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 On 17/12/2017 at 20:05, bornfree said: Must have given it a good fright as it didn't come back for two more nights. It came last night so I will give it another go tonight hopefully with no snow. Well that was a wasted night. Got set up at 11pm and at 1.05am I got a callout from work. ( A heating problem on another farm 38 miles away) got back at 4.15am and guess what the fox had been and gone. I will try again tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 16 hours ago, bornfree said: Well that was a wasted night. Got set up at 11pm and at 1.05am I got a callout from work. ( A heating problem on another farm 38 miles away) got back at 4.15am and guess what the fox had been and gone. I will try again tonight. Typical.......good luck for tonight mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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