Yesterdays digging

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Out yesterday on the estate local to me.Tried a few likely places before coming across a freshly scraped place that has been dormant for a couple of years.Would of missed it if it wasnt for the sharp eyes of mysef as we drove by.Single holer under a yew tree and a solitary net placed on. We take turns with the dogs trying places and lately it seems that my mates bitch gets all the lucky spots.She could be heard but not close to the entrance thankfully as yew roots are notoriously hard to get through,being tangled and very tough to chop .Found her away near the track at 2 metres.Let her settle a bit as she was moving steady to get up to her fox .

The earth a bit further back along this bank, that we'd just tried ,is under the rock so we thought we'd struggle here a bit but it wasnt to be .Sand all the way with loose rock in places .As we dug ,the battle moved on a bit away from us, but in a way it helped as we had plenty of room to move by the time we took off a bit more .Formed some steps so we could take it in turns to hand out the shovel as the dig got deeper.The pair went at 90 degrees ,left,to us for a finish and we broke through on the bitch after 2 1/2 hours to find charlie was around a corner .Chipping away at the roof then clearing ,it became apparent that it was getting unsafe to under mine so another plan was brought in .We had the 12 bore so my mate ,who's gun it is, stood at the top and waited whilst i boxed the dog after checking her over .Charlie obliged and game over ,a good sized dog fox when we expected a vixen!The dig overlooked the lake and big house and no finer scene exists in my book .As we backfilled ,a group of fallow sauntered by ,heaven .The fox was a veteran ,no top canines and probably the one seen many times when they beat this area of the shoot but that all came to an end when he met the black peril called Bonny!

Edited March 8, 2010 by foxdropper

[Guest ROUGH COATED]

Excellant

[hogs head 19]

well done lads grate stuff and a good read dog doon well

[dillan 19]

Good post FD, tidy bitch

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Seen this FD? http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/444992/Mystery_deer_shooting_on_Wiltshire_estate.html

[wee.gunga 4]

WELL DONE GOOD PICS ASWELL THATS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE .GOOD LUCK

[just jack 998]

mint

fairplay

[charliehunter100 22]

Seen this FD? http://www.shootingu...ire_estate.html

nice little bitch and good pics of a good day out but whoever is shooting them deer is a fool i hate shooing at the best of times but stuff like that leaves me speechless what is the point in that.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Well done FD, a tidy looking bitch there

[CO CHISE 329]

good post and good pics to boot aswell, proper job well done, bout time some thing worth reading got put on, atb

[antsa 40]

nice post foxdropper

[terrier s 123]

nice one fd .whats the fork type thing in the left hand side of the picture for? it for showing young uns a stop end.sorry if im wrong.

cheers, s

[Tassa 64]

Good post foxdropper, nice looking wee bitch that, fair play.

[brog 670]

..... good stuff a.t.b brog ..........

[mickb 1]

brilliant that lads keep at them and good luck