16BoreFan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Picked up a brand new Armsan Cre8 28 gauge semi auto and was itching to try it out. Snuck up after work to a few squirrel feeders I have in place but nothing was moving. Plan B was to make my way to the pheasant pens via some gorse and gamecrop above one of the main drives. As I silently approached, a huge Red Stag got up from the cover about thirty yards away and after we stared at each other for a minute or two, the magnificent beast made his way into the trees. As I watched him disappear, I was suddenly aware of more movement and slowly brought up my gun to a gingery shape trotting though the long yellow grass. At only six feet from where I stood, a large Fox cub stopped and a single shot behind the shoulder dropped him where he stood. He would have caused some damage to the poults and was a good one to take out. Just shows how close they come if you keep still! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 A great way to christen a new gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 nice one well done,and you will love the gun. i have one in 12 gauge, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cm76 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Great shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Brilliant! Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob525 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Good result! What cartridge was you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16BoreFan Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Rob525 said: Good result! What cartridge was you using? Bornaghi 24gm 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob525 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Thanks, never taken a fox with a shotgun so its interesting to see what people use in the feild not on paper if you know what i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16BoreFan Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 26 minutes ago, Rob525 said: Thanks, never taken a fox with a shotgun so its interesting to see what people use in the feild not on paper if you know what i mean If solely after Fox, I would recommend a 12 bore and a heavy load, something between 3 shot or BB. However, it’s surprisingly how many I have had with normal bird shot, but always made sure it was close range if I took the opportunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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