M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hi Folks, I was invited through to Edinburgh yesterday afternoon to have a shot on one of my mates rough shoots. There are plenty of Foxes about and it wasn't long before this Vixen fell to a 200 yard shot, thanks to my mates whistling. We then shot half a dozen Bunnies but were attacked by swarms of Midgies so went for fish and chips for our tea. We headed out again later and my mate whistled and shot a 20 yard fox with his rimfire and shot a few more Rabbits. As it was getting dusk I headed over to a nearby valley and spotted a buck in a plantation on the other side. I took him out with a kneeling shot from 250 yards, what a great buck he is too!!! Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 You are one lucky guy! You seem to have alot of good ground with the know-how to get results. Well done to you. I take it you dont spend alot of time work then !! Cheers, gb See you all at Scone!! But I have the Highland Show to come first !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Cheers Game boy, I guess I'm pretty lucky to work shifts (don't tell the mrs I said that!), I do two 12 hour dayshifts followed by two 12 hour nightshifts then get 4 days off. It's great for getting out shooting when the 4 days fall midweek. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Good Man Mark . Keep it up, I love looking at those pics, it makes me go shooting the nxt day . Im off out tommorow morn, for some more foxes hopefully, at the farm where chickhens go missing. Although he has not lost anymore hens, he has seen more foxes and wants rid of them just in case they want a change of menu . Will post results, cant wait till I get Digital camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Frank, The Camera I use isn't anything fancy, a 3.2 mega pixel Fuji Film A607, their about £100. You can probably pick one up of that quality for even less now. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddeer 40 Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Great bucks there, very good quality, are they feeding on pheasant feeders? A few years ago i was shooting bucks in Enochdu, near Pitlochrie, but what i got there can't beat this. Keep on shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Reddeer, There are a few feeders along that valley but he lets them run dry during the summer. My mate says he always sees a few bucks there in August when he starts to feed his flight pond at the bottom end of the valley. I think I'll be back there again! Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 A little more info on the deer, my mate made sausages out of it today, there really good. When he was skinning it he found the bullet. After flying 250 yards it hit the deer behind it's right sholder blade, passed through the ribs, through the heart/lungs and out through the ribs again. He found the bullet, as flat as a penny, lodged against the skin under it's left armpit. Just shows you the power of this round. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidsalmon Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 What round and rifle did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 SS, Its a CZ550 22-250 with Nikko Sterling 6-24x44 scope using Federal Ultra Shok 55grain bullets. Everything I've shot with it so far have been dead on the spot, I have great confidence with this setup. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozo Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 take it ur a fireman mark?? nice shooting. Ozo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Ozo, Nice guess but wrong. I work as an equipment technician for a microchip test plant. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Thanks Mark for telling me about Camera. Unfortunately the wife wants a super dupa digital camera that does everything, including feching the paper . She wants it for the whole family. If I had my way, I would go and get one as cheap as yours right away. But misses, thinks different . I was out this morming, did not see any foxes, shot a crow at 202yds, not much of it left . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Red Fox Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 frank check out amazon for your camera, you'll find the fuji finepix e550 there for £159 you will be very pleased with this camera I got one few weeks ago ........6.3 mega pix and the quality is second to none. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Thanks Adam, You have tempted me into it, I will go there now. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Good news guys, I took the skull along to get it provisionally scored today and it got 142 points, well into gold medal. It was a whopping 28cm long too! Even when it's fully dried it should still score gold, I'm well chuffed. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozo Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 lol, have a few friends that are firemen and thats how their shifts work aswell. Ozo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Good news guys, I took the skull along to get it provisionally scored today and it got 142 points, well into gold medal. It was a whopping 28cm long too! Even when it's fully dried it should still score gold, I'm well chuffed Hate to sound thick but what the hell do you mean Mark ? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Mike, You can get trophy heads measured and scored by a judge, they give it points for different things like volume, weight, length, span, colour, pearling and coronet quality etc. If it scores more than 130 points it's in the gold medal class. It can take up to 3 months for the antler and bone to dry out properly so the weight will drop and it will score less points but should still score over 130. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 (edited) Mike,You can get trophy heads measured and scored by a judge, they give it points for different things like volume, weight, length, span, colour, pearling and coronet quality etc. If it scores more than 130 points it's in the gold medal class. It can take up to 3 months for the antler and bone to dry out properly so the weight will drop and it will score less points but should still score over 130. Mark. thanks for explaining that to me Mark. I love your Photos by the way, think there great keep them coming. Edited June 27, 2005 by hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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