Hunting Fox In Daylight

[shropshire dan 467]

Anyone had any success hunting fox in the daylight?

 

Thanks in advance

Atb

Dan

[toby63 1,236]

ive shot many in daylight its not hard if you know your land well

[shropshire dan 467]

Thanks for the quick reply.

 

Just had a call off a Farmer and he's asked me to clear the foxes before he turns the lambs out.

He prefers shooting them in the day if possible. I'm planning to bait them over a week and then shoot them. Or set a hide up and start calling them in, I'm using a HMR as havnt yet got a CF so going to keep ranges to 100yards max

Thanks

Atb

Dan

[swede40 92]

Baiting the edges of cover with a shootable backdrop in the early morning first light has produced a few in the past for me but i was useing a centre fire at longer than 100 yds ranges i dont see why not with a hmr if you have suitable cover my mate uses a portable highseat to decent effect on foxes with a hmr in the daytime

[Ideation 8,216]

Terriers.

 

Or Gun Pack

 

Or Snares.

 

All three will be more successful.

 

Or all of the above and shooting on top!

[swede40 92]

Terriers.

 

Or Gun Pack

 

Or Snares.

 

All three will be more successful.

 

Or all of the above and shooting on top!

he might not have accessto any of the above and the farmer might not want it done that way but i agree it would be more effective with a fox drive

[shropshire dan 467]

I can't use snares because of the sheep. And he dosnt want dogs their. I have a cocker I was hoping to use their for the crows but he is against dogs. Not sure what a gun pack is?

 

He has sheep on the fields now just not lambs and their mothers. Thanks for all the help chaps

[swede40 92]

A gun pack is usually a small pirate pack of hounds or hound crosses that hunt sections of cover for a line of guns placed around the cover being hunted they are very effective if done right

[toby63 1,236]

I can't use snares because of the sheep. And he dosnt want dogs their. I have a cocker I was hoping to use their for the crows but he is against dogs. Not sure what a gun pack is?

 

He has sheep on the fields now just not lambs and their mothers. Thanks for all the help chaps

with all this wet weather we have had you will beable to check for prints ie in gate entrances or were they maybe jumping ditches etc

[shropshire dan 467]

Oh right didn't realise. Will defo have to be the gun then

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers Toby. Going for a recce tomorrow will keep my eye out for tracks, runs etc. The owner has seen foxes like clockwork at 10am so gonna get their at 8am setup and hopefully they will wander into the firing line

[neil cooney 10,416]

IMO at this time of year to shoot foxes in daylight all depends on how educated your foxes are.

Foxes at this time of year will be out and about but to get down wind and call them in successfully will depend on how much attempts over the Winter have been made on them by unsuccessful lads.

[Ideation 8,216]

Make a midden?

[shropshire dan 467]

What's a midden?

 

They havnt been shot at on his 180 acre plot for 3 years. Previously the chap had great success on them. That's not to say they havnt been shot at on other land.

[Ideation 8,216]

A stink pit. You basically create an area where you dump all of the dead stuff, and at this time of year afterbirth, dead lambs etc. Any vermin you shoot etc. Normally you would create only a certain number of routes to it and set snares on them. But you could make it somewhere that is hidden away, so the fox feels safe, rather than in the open, but with maybe a high seat put up for you to ambush them? Then try early mornings and evenings.

 

Obviously baiting them requires a removal of easy alternatives, so if he lambs outside and there is afterbirth lying all over the fields.. . . .that might make it a bit tougher.