A ramble out last night

[JohnGalway 1,043]

My first port of call last night was to a farm where the odd hen gets knocked off now and then. I'd only been there once in the past few months so it was time for a visit. After setting up in my usual look out spot, no sooner than I had turned the call on I see a pair of fox eyes belting in towards me.

 

Settling down with the rifle and having clipped the lamp to the scope I found the fox in the scope. After shouting nine or ten times at this fox it decided to stop at just over the one hundred yard mark. The Federal Premium 40 grain entered through the chest and made quite an exit through the top of the back, due tot he foxes stance.

 

 

Nothing else turned up on the next two stands on the same farm so I loaded up the car and headed for stop number two. Same set up for this stand, an initial scan around the immediate area for eyes then a quick squeal with the call. And again another pair of fox eyes are charging in towards me along a lake. This fox stops something around ninety yards from me, decides something is wrong trots ten yards away and looks back the way it came. Crosshairs are already on the back of his neck and a quick squeeze of the trigger finishes the job.

 

Now I discover why he was looking back as another pair of eyes are moving in towards me along the lake. This one is more cautious though, and takes it's time walking in, walking and looking. I mostly keep the light off it, save for a small edge of the lamp halo just to keep tabs on this fox. After a bit it sits up on a rock and decides this is a safe spot to take stock of the situation. One hundred sixty one yards out this fox isn't the easiest to see as my lamp is rapidly dying, I had not charged it since my last run out. I know he's facing me, I know he's sitting and I know how far away he is. Careful aim for the chest area and over he goes.

 

 

Still having mod glare issues which I must experiment properly with to remedy. My sight picture was cloudier than usual for all three shots.

 

Saw another three or four foxes last night but my battery was jiggered and I didn't particularly want a late night out.

[mwncidur 0]

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Edited September 7, 2010 by mwncidur

[mwncidur 0]

Good stuff i enjoy reading your reports John. Thanks.

[hw100sniper 2]

Another nice write up John and some cracking shooting

[toads 5]

My first port of call last night was to a farm where the odd hen gets knocked off now and then. I'd only been there once in the past few months so it was time for a visit. After setting up in my usual look out spot, no sooner than I had turned the call on I see a pair of fox eyes belting in towards me.

 

Settling down with the rifle and having clipped the lamp to the scope I found the fox in the scope. After shouting nine or ten times at this fox it decided to stop at just over the one hundred yard mark. The Federal Premium 40 grain entered through the chest and made quite an exit through the top of the back, due tot he foxes stance.

 

 

Nothing else turned up on the next two stands on the same farm so I loaded up the car and headed for stop number two. Same set up for this stand, an initial scan around the immediate area for eyes then a quick squeal with the call. And again another pair of fox eyes are charging in towards me along a lake. This fox stops something around ninety yards from me, decides something is wrong trots ten yards away and looks back the way it came. Crosshairs are already on the back of his neck and a quick squeeze of the trigger finishes the job.

 

Now I discover why he was looking back as another pair of eyes are moving in towards me along the lake. This one is more cautious though, and takes it's time walking in, walking and looking. I mostly keep the light off it, save for a small edge of the lamp halo just to keep tabs on this fox. After a bit it sits up on a rock and decides this is a safe spot to take stock of the situation. One hundred sixty one yards out this fox isn't the easiest to see as my lamp is rapidly dying, I had not charged it since my last run out. I know he's facing me, I know he's sitting and I know how far away he is. Careful aim for the chest area and over he goes.

 

 

Still having mod glare issues which I must experiment properly with to remedy. My sight picture was cloudier than usual for all three shots.

 

Saw another three or four foxes last night but my battery was jiggered and I didn't particularly want a late night out.

[dave1372 83]

Great write up John. Happy hunting

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

good as ever.i used to have glare off my mod but i just put tape on the bottom of my lamp to stop it hitting the mod

[danebrewer10 6]

nice job, can't see the pics, but I had the same prob with the mod reflecting the light from the lamp, I use a lightforce 170 now and that, when I set the bottom of the beam to kiss the target, thaat keeps the beam off the mod and keeps the sight picture clean.