fox control terrier work or shooting

[mudd dog 128]

True lummmphammer

[THE DEALER! 77]

there would be no comparison, shooting would win hands down .

[Moorsman 17]

Sad but true shooting wins all day and night

[Lab 10,979]

Shooting is the obvious winner. It can be done day and night with rifle or shotgun. Foxes are quite the creature of habit so once you know where they are heading then its just a matter of waiting. I would have said a really good form of controlling numbers was terrier work before i came on this site and realised half of you let them go.....and yes i understand fully your reasons for doing that before any bitching starts..

Snaring is a very effective method also...

[Night Hunter 109]

I use my foxpro to call them in to the rifle day and night ,this accounts for a few of the lamp shy ones too .....only because you dont have to excersise and feed a rifle every day as you do a dog ,but as has been said before there are more than one effective way to control foxes and we should be using all the tools in the box, ocasionally I get some lads with terriers to work the dens to a shotgun and I have also used hounds or terriers to work cover to standing shotguns.

[the_stig 6,614]

i`d say shooting done in the right way and not by lads that just come for a blast everey couple of weeks ..

[hellyer189 93]

what about for sport though, where is the sport in shooting? i have to say watching a dog run a fox wins for me. i have never dug as much as i want to no one i know does it. (sorry if this is irelivent but thats my opinon )

[the_stig 6,614]

what about for sport though, where is the sport in shooting? i have to say watching a dog run a fox wins for me. i have never dug as much as i want to no one i know does it. (sorry if this is irelivent but thats my opinon )

for sport digging .. thats why some of em get to run for another day ..i dont mind a nights lamping rabbit with lurchers -- i`ve never seen a lurcher take a fox ..

[the_stig 6,614]

what about for sport though, where is the sport in shooting? i have to say watching a dog run a fox wins for me. i have never dug as much as i want to no one i know does it. (sorry if this is irelivent but thats my opinon )

its not irelivent thats what these threads are about -- peoples views

[stevemac 434]

running dogs and terrier for me and the mate have accounted for 90 foxes this season just gone, have land owners ringing us up all the time push the cover and catch em or put them to earth and dig them or bolt them.

[fat man 4,741]

what about for sport though, where is the sport in shooting? i have to say watching a dog run a fox wins for me. i have never dug as much as i want to no one i know does it. (sorry if this is irelivent but thats my opinon )

for sport digging .. thats why some of em get to run for another day ..i dont mind a nights lamping rabbit with lurchers -- i`ve never seen a lurcher take a fox ..

Nice to see a good lurcher on fox,especially after a terrier has bolted it,but i could not give a fcuk if they get away from the lurcher,at least ive seen a bit of sport,not like shooting them,its all over in a flash.But in cases where they are causeing harm they have to be culled.

[gonedigging 9]

dnt stand up for the rifle plz lads. them boys coulcnt give 2 fucks for us lot. good gun pack nd terriers for me everytime good fun

[keep digging 35]

Ive seen fox shot on the lamp an allthough it was necesesary it didnt hold the same excitement as seeing a lurcher taking a fox! seeing a lurcher youve brought on an put time into take a fox makes it all worth while its great sport. Im not knocking lads that shoot as they say each to their own' but i think that watching a terrier bolting a fox onto a good pack of hounds and hearing them in full cry beats it all for me

[digger. 615]

dogs win this one for me.if its hounds taking them out of cover then shooting ok but has to be dogs involved better sport.

[digger. 615]

dogs win this one for me.if its hounds taking them out of cover then shooting ok but has to be dogs involved better sport.