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Had the caller on last night at a place I go on, vixen in heat call but didn’t get anything to take the bait. However on the walk back to the farm, this massive dog fox and vixen were almost side by side, I shot the dog and turned round and the vixen just carried on mooching about, not 50 yards away! She got the same treatment. How on earth she didn’t spook when I shot the dog I don’t know. Weighed the dog this morning, 17.5lbs. A good night after all
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Did mine recently, just as DC has said, easy enough. If I can do it….
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Onto my must recent permission on Saturday and I’d not long left the farm yard when I spotted a fox just leaving a field. I cut across this field to try to head off Charlie boy. A few fences later and a quick scan with the spotter and I sees the fox coming down a track towards me…with the wind in my favour! A quick squeak and he stopped long enough for a shot. A big dog fox in fine fettle. I heard a few fox barks as well but I’m not convinced it was an actual fox. There have been poachers in the area and it did sound like a caller to me. Anyone one heard any foxes calling yet? Number six this in three visits
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Good job these weren’t around in the seventies when I started work…they wouldn’t have lasted an hour
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A decent spotter with long battery life is the Range TI50 LRF. My mate uses one and while my Axion has faded after a few hours, his is going strong and only down to 80% battery life still left. It’s got a decent view and the LRF is a godsend and works spot on
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Just now, FOXHUNTER said:
On a roll mate
More like I’m flying solo…sometimes take a mate who never stops fidgeting and talking
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Not bad here this weekend, no moon last night so perfect. I’m out again in a minute then ratting tomorrow afternoon.
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Popped onto a farm I haven’t been on for a while, expecting to find a litter running around. Didn’t find a litter but stopped this big vixen at 60 yards and nearly had another that came in nicely until it winded me. Lucky fox, I was just about to pull the trigger. I’ll have it next time .22 Hornet with a Wraith on top, a 35gr Vmax hitting the engine room
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I got bought tickets to see him at buxton a few years ago. It was ok but he’s a big anti so if I got bought tickets again, I’d return them
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29 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:
Ah that's what a fox looks like. Extinct round these parts.
Don’t know where you are in the country FH but you’re more than welcome to come out with me for a fox or two. I’m north west area
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Waited for this chap for nigh on an hour last night. He wouldn’t come to any call, so I waited for him to come to me. He was in no hurry, disappearing for a few minutes in cover then reappearing. I was stood near a chicken pen, watching rats scurrying all over the place with a tawny owl also watching. Dropped the fox at about 85 yards with the Hornet/wraith and a v max pill
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I find it boring to watch, same with the womens cricket and rugby. It just doesn’t do it for me
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UU
in General Talk
Be interesting when there’s a fire on UU land. There won’t be many keepers and countrymen helping them to fight it, and they’ll have all the right gear All good will lost in one go
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Great player and seemed a real gentleman off the pitch RIP
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UU
in General Talk
I follow the Pennine, have done for 25 years or more.
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UU
in General Talk
9 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:The chief executive is a big shooting man as well
He’s gone and a woke, anti has taken over and moved her team in. The antis have got at them
fishing will be next
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Aussies have form in this kind of thing. Didn’t one of them bowl under arm on the last ball in a match once bowling a pea roller?
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Dog fox
in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
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Third week on the bounce at this farm on a Friday. Previously, I’d shot one on the first visit, then two last week and last night I’d just got onto the field when I spotted this fella mooching around. The Hornet flattened him and I was on the way home after two minutes!