dave1372 83 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Headed out with my mate Jamie tonight to get him a few bunnies for his ferrets and to see what foxes were milling around. First of all in keeping with danebrewer10's :db: hunters etiquette we blessed the ammunition we were going to use, some 55gr Holy-Max which arrived in the post from the Vatican yesterday blessed by the pope himself (so I was told), so we knew we could rest easy knowing we were being respectful to our quarry. We headed out just after 9pm to the first farm and bagged a few bunnies but saw no sign of Charlie despite there being a ewe carcass left on the hill. After half an hour sitting praying and keeping an eye on the carcass we decided to head off to the the chicken farm where I knew there were a few foxes milling about there last week and we only bagged the one so the others needed to be dealt with as they had been disrespectful to numerous chickens:diablo: . We drove half way along the track which is between two of the chicken sheds and along the edge of the field, which is where I was expecting to see the foxes. No sooner than I got the rifle out and had a look with the NV than I spotted a fox about a 160 yards away just sitting looking in our direction trying to suss us out. After about a minute it decided to turn side on and this is when I prayed to god for a well placed respectful kill, to which he granted my wish : I then scanned the field to and immediately spotted another fox about a 130 yards away which was heading away across the field and presenting itself as a nice target in the process and it soon felt the wrath of a 55gr Holy-Max bullet ! At this point we were just about to jump the fence and go and retrieve both foxes when I flicked the lamp round and spotted yet another set of eyes right on the boundary of the field, so we turned off the lamp and put the NV back on and as Jamie called it started to show interest and started coming in at a reasonable pace. It was heading towards where I shot the second fox so I waited until it was virtually upon the second fox and sent the third fox to heaven....or do they go to hell? Not a bad night, two dog foxes and one vixen all respectfully despatched. :D If these picture do offend anyone then . Quote Link to post
cassshantia 16 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 well done a good night all round Quote Link to post
kenny14 656 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Good stuff!! And a good write up Quote Link to post
Barky 24 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 nice one mate keep the pics coming lol atb barky Quote Link to post
hw100sniper 2 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Not a bad night you had then Dave keep it up Like the way the bottom 2 foxes seem to be having a wee cuddle very artistic Quote Link to post
RossM 8,149 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 aawwwwwww look.......the bottom two are cuddling!!! lol, good shooting mate Quote Link to post
dave1372 83 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Not a bad night you had then Dave keep it up Like the way the bottom 2 foxes seem to be having a wee cuddle very artistic I thought I would try to make more effort with some photos lol . Are you headed over this way at the weekend then? Quote Link to post
murphymax 9 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice shooting Dave, one time i will see you whack a fox with the night vision, you must get nervous when i am with you !!!...LOL... Now get your arse down to the far away farm and deal with those other Feckers , you know the ones, will leave it at that Jimmy Quote Link to post
dave1372 83 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice shooting Dave, one time i will see you whack a fox with the night vision, you must get nervous when i am with you !!!...LOL... Nah, I just can't get used to shooting out of a window , I prefer to shoot of the the roof or the bonnet lol ! Now I have seen you do a running shot :notworthy: but I have yet to see you do your long range shots yet old man I will be heading down to the other farm tomorrow night to sit out for a couple of hours and see if ole charlie appears, I will let you know how it goes Quote Link to post
murphymax 9 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice shooting Dave, one time i will see you whack a fox with the night vision, you must get nervous when i am with you !!!...LOL... Nah, I just can't get used to shooting out of a window , I prefer to shoot of the the roof or the bonnet lol ! Now I have seen you do a running shot :notworthy: but I have yet to see you do your long range shots yet old man I will be heading down to the other farm tomorrow night to sit out for a couple of hours and see if ole charlie appears, I will let you know how it goes 135 yards shot at standing Fox.... 160 yards shot at a running left to right shot... How far out is a long range shot !!! my best is 365 yards...but that was a great deal of luck Quote Link to post
dave1372 83 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice shooting Dave, one time i will see you whack a fox with the night vision, you must get nervous when i am with you !!!...LOL... Nah, I just can't get used to shooting out of a window , I prefer to shoot of the the roof or the bonnet lol ! Now I have seen you do a running shot :notworthy: but I have yet to see you do your long range shots yet old man I will be heading down to the other farm tomorrow night to sit out for a couple of hours and see if ole charlie appears, I will let you know how it goes 135 yards shot at standing Fox.... 160 yards shot at a running left to right shot... How far out is a long range shot !!! my best is 365 yards...but that was a great deal of luck I would say at least 200 yards ! ..... can a man of your age even walk that far un-aided Quote Link to post
murphymax 9 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice shooting Dave, one time i will see you whack a fox with the night vision, you must get nervous when i am with you !!!...LOL... Nah, I just can't get used to shooting out of a window , I prefer to shoot of the the roof or the bonnet lol ! Now I have seen you do a running shot :notworthy: but I have yet to see you do your long range shots yet old man I will be heading down to the other farm tomorrow night to sit out for a couple of hours and see if ole charlie appears, I will let you know how it goes 135 yards shot at standing Fox.... 160 yards shot at a running left to right shot... How far out is a long range shot !!! my best is 365 yards...but that was a great deal of luck I would say at least 200 yards ! ..... can a man of your age even walk that far un-aided No problem mate can shoot a Fox at 200 yards with one eye closed and in response to walking 200 yards...easy i am used to it and further at times, when i go and pick up the foxes i have shot Quote Link to post
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