strange fox must beblind

[The Duncan 802]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

[sako 23]

I may go down in history as I've missed at 15yrds with a rifle!

[the_stig 6,614]

dont think so away out in sticks

no --- they only release them in town centres ..

[kenny14 656]

I may go down in history as I've missed at 15yrds with a rifle!

Tut Tut Sako, haven't you realised that it's bad practice to take long range shots at Foxes? .

Get closer next time!!

 

Seriously though, I bet most have missed close ones before - I know I have .

 

This has reminded me of a Fox I shot with the .22 many years ago. A local smallholder had lost several Geese, and I was asked to see if I could get the culprit.

I was sat with my back against a fence post, and after only a couple of minutes calling, a set of eyes appeared in the distance, and proceeded to come in at a gallop, and only slowed down when it was almost on top of me. I ended up just reaching out and almost touching its head with the muzzle before squeezing the trigger. This was one January, and it was an adult Vixen, and it was one of the strangest looking Foxes I've ever seen, with a really undershot jaw, it looked just like the cartoon dog, Muttley.

[tegater 789]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

There's a lot of meat and bone to get through at 25yds with 6 shot, for a clean kill, even with full choke.

[the_stig 6,614]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

There's a lot of meat and bone to get through at 25yds with 6 shot, for a clean kill, even with full choke.

behave yourself ..

[Lab 10,979]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

There's a lot of meat and bone to get through at 25yds with 6 shot, for a clean kill, even with full choke.

aw ffs!!!!

[nod 285]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

There's a lot of meat and bone to get through at 25yds with 6 shot, for a clean kill, even with full choke.

aw ffs!!!!

there is more meat on a pheasant than there is on a fox to get through, 6's will piss a fox at 25yards

[The Duncan 802]

As I said, my gut told me to grab the heaviest load I had to hand; I'm sure you more experienced shotgunners will come to a more considered opinion than I concerning appropriate loads through a full-choked 12 bore, to cull a fox.

 

Cheers,

Duncan.

[tegater 789]

Duncan. It was a good gut feeling!

 

Respect, and may we be allowed to kill fox with a shotgun for years to come.

[the_stig 6,614]

Duncan. It was a good gut feeling!

 

Respect, and may we be allowed to kill fox with a shotgun for years to come.

if you can hit all that meat n bone ..

[gonedigging 9]

When I first got into shotguns I was out with a friend culling crows near beef barns with a Bettinsoli 12ga with full chokes using no6 shot (32g) when I spotted charlie stalking one of the pheasants.

I slipped back to the car to get my 36g of no4 shot to 'do' him and of course he had gone. Phil Rowley (shooting buddy) said that at 25 yards with full choke I'd have blown charlies head off with the carts I already had in - oops live and learn!

What did surprise me was watching the gaudily coloured cock pheasant giving the wily fox the slip ! amazing really

Duncan

There's a lot of meat and bone to get through at 25yds with 6 shot, for a clean kill, even with full choke.

hes shooting fox nt elephant u dick lol