sweepy Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Last night despite the rain I decided to go lamping as I knew there was a fox about as I have tried to get her all week but never a safe shot could be had.(I already got 1 fox of this field during the week when I was following the combine)First of I went round the field shone the lamp and there she was and disappeared in a flash,thought right i'll have to approach this from a different angle so when bunny bashing for a while(cracking result 17 bunnies for 17 shots was well happy). So here's what i did the field is a big sloping hill dropping down to a big bank so perfect back drop,drove in to the field as fast as i could to get some forward motion then killed all lights and the engine,Ithen shone the lamp around with a red filter on and there she was,gave her a good squeak a she towards me so fast thouight she was gonna run into the landy,by this time i had the cross hairs right on her now just about to pull the trigger and NO i had forgot to reload in the excitement so quick cocked the bolt and off she run but her mistake was to stop about 90 yards away turn around and look back I hit right in the chest and she drop like a stone.(how we all like to hear that reassuring thud)Now for my next mistake I put my rifle away think ing my nights work was done,drove up the field and guess what there sat another one,so guess what I'll be doing tonight Hope you like the pics and have included some of a previous outing when i got 2 in 5 mins sweepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Thanks for sharing Sweepy, cubs together right now - always expect others to be around, I've learnt that from lots of painful experience. Cheers AndyCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Nice work on the foxes, what rifle were you using and what calibre is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepy Posted July 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Nice work on the foxes, what rifle were you using and what calibre is it? I was using an Ansultz .22lr with eley sub sonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rabgoat Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 good shootin sweepy :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Sweepy Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 mr sweepy getting carry away in the excitement of it all . then not being ready o i have been there so many times :( xxxxx suzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Well done, good luck tonight :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 mr sweepy getting carry away in the excitement of it all . then not being ready o i have been there so many times :( xxxxx suzy Whoops Never mind Mrs S im sure he,ll keep it loaded from now on D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 just about to pull the trigger and NO i had forgot to reload in the excitement done that once or twice myself sweepy very annoying :( Pity i cant see the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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