Is foxing slowing down on this forum?

[dave1372 83]

Just wondering how everyone is getting on with foxing at the moment as there haven't been any posts for a a while....thought with the farmers lambing there would be more foxes getting shot . The only places on this forum with a lot of posts at the moment is the 'dog sections' .....but then again that is a good thing as most of them need to practice their spelling anyway. Can't really say we have had much decent weather here last week to go out. Went out last night upon the hills and laid up 150 yards downwind of a den but after two hours and nothing but near frostbite to show for it, we gave up and headed home.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Hi mate, its slowed down a hell of a lot for us. Not seeing any foxes at all but then again Ive stopped lamping now and concentrating on stalking. Might get a phone call if lambs are being killed but nothing yet !!

[Treacle Trackpad 6]

Same here, not much about but on call. Start of the buck season too

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Not been out hardly since i got outta hospital, plus the times i did go out they were very very lamp shy.... some local lads have truely scared the crap outta them...

 

only go now, if i get the call damage is being done... i let them cub normally now, and start up end of september again... making sure there never over hunted,

 

controling the balance, is something i try to achieve.... but when needs must they gotta go.

 

 

Snap.

[Deker 3,478]

It's been a quiet start to the year fox wise for me, a combination of a lot of things I suspect.

 

It happens, I suspect it will be busier later or next year!

[danw 1,748]

In the last 2 weeks we have been out twice shot 4 the first and 3 last night not keen though you just no sooner or later I will shoot a milky vixen and then have to spend the next day out with the terriers

[Tikka T3 0]

hi dave

 

what tube does the trident you are using have .i know its gen 2 but which tube ? .

 

whats the clear recognition range on reynard ?

just some info in reply to your post .

 

i went out yesterday evening just before dark and saw a dog fox but the ,,,,,,,, wouldnt stop for a shot but stayed a little longer and managed the vixen .then out with the lamp and i nailed a dog and vixen and my lamp man missed the third .theres a few about but weve thinned them out a bit .time to leave alone now i think and take a few bunnies with the hmr .

 

regards tikka t3

[Jkm 1]

I went out two nights ago and had three,two vixens and a dog all in about of an hour of shooting all head shots about 150yards seen quite alot on my land last couple of weeks

[dave1372 83]

I went out two nights ago and had three,two vixens and a dog all in about of an hour of shooting all head shots about 150yards seen quite alot on my land last couple of weeks

 

Now that is what I call good going ! Any pics?

[Jkm 1]

yeah got pics but not that clear took in a rush to get over to my other bit of land saw another two foxes but they where not having any of it wouldn't stop, but when they did about 200yards away was not a safe shot was not happy ended up with five bunnies

[Treacle Trackpad 6]

As luck would have it, when I was out earlier I was told of a load of foxes at the far reaches of one of my permissions so...

[dicehorn 38]

 

only go now, if i get the call damage is being done... i let them cub normally now, and start up end of september again... making sure there never over hunted,

 

controling the balance, is something i try to achieve.... but when needs must they gotta go.

Snap.

 

Pretty much my take on it also. From my experience shooting fox, which covers more years than I care to remember, in areas where there is plenty of wild food about - rabbits, rats, voles etc, foxes tend to leave lambs alone, the only exception comes with old foxes that are too slow/going deaf to catch wild food - bit like lions that become man-eaters.

 

I did shoot a couple of foxes last month when farmer found a couple of back legs of lambs. The first was last years barren vixen, the other was an old dog fox with ragged ears and not too many teeth in his head - no lambing probs after that.

 

IMHO lamb protection in certain areas (not Scotland or Wales or any high counties)is just an excuse to go shoot them especially when you run the risk of tiddlers left behind underground. It actually reminds me of a well known foxing man whose made many videos that most have seen - after shooting a fox on the basis it had been killing lambs, he opened up a fox and still maintained this was the culptit despite it being quite obvious to the viewer that the stomach contained just a few lamb's tails complete with ring still attached - hey ho

 

 

I know shooters tend to treat them as vermin which they are clearly not - our domestic animals only play a very small fraction of food for the fox. If you want a better understanding of the fox, can I recommend a book called Running with the Fox by David Macdonald - perhaps the people that cant see a problem with shooting fox at this time of the year may learn something from this book.

[taffey 1,315]

its a very intersting read very imformative

[whippeter69 88]

I have mostly concentrated on lamping rabbits with the .410 this year. Haven't really had the chance to get the 12 out after the fox's. But next year hopefully if i get my FAC i will be doing a lot of fox shooting.

[jamie g 17]

dont forget a lot of viixens will be to ground now and wont show till the cubs have fur on them. if you see any foxes about it will more then likely be the dog fox lokking for foood.

 

to take back to the den for the vixen. once the cubs have fur on them and able to control there body heat. the vixen will leave them and hunt for herself