Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hi all this photo is a little dark but meet RAZOR out highly trained fox killing tawny owl that flies free and follows us round to assist in the demise of vulpine interlopers. Tenacious and with a 6foot wingspan he easily dispatches all but the biggest of foxes thanks to his 8 inch talons. His training is in need of a little finesse as we have to beat him off with a stick to make him let go of his prey as his ninja training comes to the fore when his blood is up Oh Alright i seem to have an uncanny ability to call owls in whilst in pursuit of foxes and managed to get close enough to get a vague snap of one of them. This fox after being dealt with by razor was finished of with the .223 (sorry just getting into character again) HA HA. Dead eye duck and i along with faithful YTS trainee were lamping one of our boundary fields when a pair of eyes appeared in the lamplight. I couldn't see anything but the eyes in the binoc's so no shot was fired, alas as it exited stage left at high speed we plainly saw it was a fox and tracked it with the lamp as it disappeared into the trees. Cue much gnashing of teeth and curses but better to be safe than sorry Anyway a series of vixen yelps brought this fox back to the tree line where i could see it plainly in the binoc's. as another series of vixen yelps went out the fox stood up and D.E.D whacked him over from 150yds+ out. A fine shot indeed. Sorry for the red eye in pics not managed to load photo imaging programme yet since computer rebuild. Anyway here is dead eye duck in all his aged glory, in classic triumphant hunter pose. rgds GSAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbaikal Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 another one bites the dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 nice shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 well done lads , always see two or three owls on one of my permision . they love the rabbit squeak ps , an evil looking don there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Get rid of that red eye, it makes the shooter look posessed Well done on the fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBLATCH Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 nice shooting guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well done boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well done fellas,thats 1 big looking fox ya got there We got a lot of Tawny,s also.. GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well done fellas, nice shot and good story too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hi all this photo is a little dark but meet RAZOR out highly trained fox killing tawny owl that flies free and follows us round to assist in the demise of vulpine interlopers. Tenacious and with a 6foot wingspan he easily dispatches all but the biggest of foxes thanks to his 8 inch talons. His training is in need of a little finesse as we have to beat him off with a stick to make him let go of his prey as his ninja training comes to the fore when his blood is up Oh Alright i seem to have an uncanny ability to call owls in whilst in pursuit of foxes and managed to get close enough to get a vague snap of one of them. This fox after being dealt with by razor was finished of with the .223 (sorry just getting into character again) HA HA. Dead eye duck and i along with faithful YTS trainee were lamping one of our boundary fields when a pair of eyes appeared in the lamplight. I couldn't see anything but the eyes in the binoc's so no shot was fired, alas as it exited stage left at high speed we plainly saw it was a fox and tracked it with the lamp as it disappeared into the trees. Cue much gnashing of teeth and curses but better to be safe than sorry Anyway a series of vixen yelps brought this fox back to the tree line where i could see it plainly in the binoc's. as another series of vixen yelps went out the fox stood up and D.E.D whacked him over from 150yds+ out. A fine shot indeed. Sorry for the red eye in pics not managed to load photo imaging programme yet since computer rebuild. Anyway here is dead eye duck in all his aged glory, in classic triumphant hunter pose. rgds GSAW D E D you look to have aged since Sundays shoot was it that bad :lol: Nice shooting must have been all the practice you had Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john faul Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 well done nice shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Gonna had it almost right in his post - all the owls in the vicinity flock to where he is calling from to try and discover where all the racket is coming from After a severe cuffing last week YTS is beginning to get the hang of lamping - last week all he did was to fiddle with the dimmer and **** around with the filter so that when a fox did appear Gonna couldn't see a damn thing (he can't see anyhow, that's why he tends to stick to calling - the best thing that he is good at calling for is for his dinner!). No wonder I'm starting to look olde, with these two to try and train. A long shot by my standards - we try and get them into 100 yards or so unless we have no option. Not that I'm bothered about taking the longer shots, we just try and make it easy by getting them as close as we can IF THE CALLER DOES HIS JOB PROPERLY. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 good do gents. . looks like rambo 5 is in the making don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conor Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I have just found out how easy it is to get close enough to a fox with a lamp. I went out to the field behind my house just a playing field by the way, and within five seconds of searching with a 5 million candle power lamp I found a fox its eyes lite up and we stood there for about 5 minutes looking at eachover within 25 feet. I squeeked it and started walking slowly towards me then stopped again. I looked around to see if there was any others and found a cat crawling towards me as well. I shown the lamp back on the fox and my dog noticed the eyes and chased it ( I let him by the way as I know he wouldnt of caught it), anyway he came back and I started walking away back home I turned the lamp on again and it was following us, so my dog chased it again and came back as usual, to my amazement the fox was now following us and stopped within 15 feet of me and my dog. I decided to just go home and come back tomorrow. Do foxes normally approuch again even thou it got chased by my dog? I have never gone lamping for foxes and would like to so if this sounds stupid sorry dustyfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 As usual, the answer is "It all depends". Large cubs will commonly approach very close, showing no signs of fear at all. Foxes that have never been lamped before will often come steaming in, and you have to shout at them to make them stop. But, foxes that know what it is all about are entirely different, and that's where the skill in calling and lamping comes in. Wary foxes will invariably try to work their way downwind of you, and once you have been scented, away they go. If you are using a rifle you will find that on any farm there is a 'best' place to lamp and shoot from - from a safety aspect, and also from a field of view. Foxes have regular runs, and also feeding spots. That's all part of the fun and excitement, and there can be no substitute for experience. The fox that we shot the other night showed no interest whatsoever in us trying to squeak him in, and in fact he was on his way out of range when the vixen yelps stopped him sufficiently for the magic 3 seconds to take a careful, aimed shot. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkamark Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well put dead eyed duck Lovely looking rifle there as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polester Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 better than the herd of sheep my mate called in squeaking a fox feaal free to remind him cauce we do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 As usual, the answer is "It all depends". Large cubs will commonly approach very close, showing no signs of fear at all. Foxes that have never been lamped before will often come steaming in, and you have to shout at them to make them stop. But, foxes that know what it is all about are entirely different, and that's where the skill in calling and lamping comes in. Wary foxes will invariably try to work their way downwind of you, and once you have been scented, away they go. If you are using a rifle you will find that on any farm there is a 'best' place to lamp and shoot from - from a safety aspect, and also from a field of view. Foxes have regular runs, and also feeding spots. That's all part of the fun and excitement, and there can be no substitute for experience. The fox that we shot the other night showed no interest whatsoever in us trying to squeak him in, and in fact he was on his way out of range when the vixen yelps stopped him sufficiently for the magic 3 seconds to take a careful, aimed shot. Don Yeah but i thought my dog would of scarred it of for a while but everytime my dog came back the fox followed, it was quite small so I think it was a cub. its a fox with no fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted November 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Gonna had it almost right in his post - all the owls in the vicinity flock to where he is calling from to try and discover where all the racket is coming from :good: After a severe cuffing last week YTS is beginning to get the hang of lamping - last week all he did was to fiddle with the dimmer and **** around with the filter so that when a fox did appear Gonna couldn't see a damn thing (he can't see anyhow, that's why he tends to stick to calling - the best thing that he is good at calling for is for his dinner!). No wonder I'm starting to look olde, with these two to try and train. A long shot by my standards - we try and get them into 100 yards or so unless we have no option. Not that I'm bothered about taking the longer shots, we just try and make it easy by getting them as close as we can IF THE CALLER DOES HIS JOB PROPERLY. Don The phrase Lies, damn lies and 'owt don says springs to mind. Good Grief all D.E.D usually has to do is stand around whilst i do all the calling and verbally berate YTS trainee for another infraction upon how we want the lamping doing. If owl calling was in the olympics i would guarantee a gold medal however you neglect to mention that the foxes usually follow em in too and i dread to think how many foxes you have shot over the years that i have called and lamped for you at least a couple of hundred. Now i am not one to complain but You can count on one hand the foxes you have called in for me to shoot such is your stranglehold on the fox shooting a chap doesn't get a look in. So not quite sure how you justify claiming to train me. Only good at calling for his dinner indeed, anyone who has seen my lithe, lean athletic build can see i do not overdo the dinner calling either and is just another attempt at character assasination, good job i am completely insensitive or i could have been hurt by your barbed remarks. The real reason we try to keep it to 100yds is that with your advancing years and creaky joints (heavens when you get on into the prone position it sounds like a violinist is tuning his violin) we know you cant walk as far as you used to and we have a strict shoot policy that if you shoot it, YOU FETCH IT! i have no doubt we will be getting you a realtree zimmer frame sometime soon. Always a pleasure to hear from you inbetween sporting adventures and am looking forward to your response. Keep taking the evening primrose and if that fails will get you some of the ponies horse linament. Affectionately yours GSAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 good shooting lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE HMR Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Looks more like an owl to me mate haha Nice shot though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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