Pre-ban foxing

[Simoman 110]

This is a question for those who took foxing with lurchers seriously before the ban.

 

What was your prefered method? Did you mainly lamp from a vehicle, walk the land or salt an area? Obviously working from a vehicle would enable you to cover more ground and seems to be more popular but did you feel more comfortable walking the fields or salting an area and waiting? What would you class as the main pros and cons?

 

Look forward to your replies fellas.......

[lucky 578]

i've done a bit fare of squeeking in the past, and had some good results, but if the foxes are'nt in that certain area, or have been lamped/squeeked before then your in for a quiet night .

pre ban i always preffered lamping from the motor simply because i could get on more gear, and catch foxes that were otherwise un-catchable, if a certain area is quiet then you simply move on to another one, and i would usually cover around 200 mile in the night and see plenty of everything.

it's like a lot of things though, you have to put the miles and hours in and have the right dogs to get the results, having said that you can be finnished and done in a couple of hours on a good night.

[allgame 0]

i believe especialy if your just hunting one sort of area or hunting a well hunted area then its inportant to hunt all different types at all different times of the day simply so foxes dont get used to your routine change the gates u come into first and last and say your in a car and your spotlighting when u c a fox change the speed u head towards the fox each time just do it all ramdomly because from what iv lerent if u miss a fox once you'll never catch it the same way again

[Bosun11 537]

i've done a bit fare of squeeking in the past, and had some good results, but if the foxes are'nt in that certain area, or have been lamped/squeeked before then your in for a quiet night .

pre ban i always preffered lamping from the motor simply because i could get on more gear, and catch foxes that were otherwise un-catchable, if a certain area is quiet then you simply move on to another one, and i would usually cover around 200 mile in the night and see plenty of everything.

it's like a lot of things though, you have to put the miles and hours in and have the right dogs to get the results, having said that you can be finnished and done in a couple of hours on a good night.

 

Yep, gotta agree lucky, a long haul usually ended up with good results. Though, its always worth marking the areas you hit on the map and keeping notes on numbers and weather conditions.

Walking my 'local' lamping spots usually lands me a few throughout the season but they ain't my main quarry in these specks and are just an added bonus and would never go out walking local just for foxes (they just arn't there in enough numbers).

On salting, I have often split and dropped the first bunny caught on the first big field I walk and yes, after an hour or two returned to see a fox in the field (once with it in his mouth!) but the field usually has a fox on it most times anyway an they really know the score, so.....? Though I'm sure it attracts them.

Reminds me of Plummers Merle book and his 'midden pile'!!!

I once, years ago, went to a talk given by Pat the Warrener (enjoyed it too), he spoke about the scent stuff he makes up from rendering down fox carcases and the results he got when using it, I bought some an gave it a go. Leaving a blob or two around a field and then a bigger blob just where you would like a fox to be....... Can't say I ever got anythin from it and a mate 'borrowed' it to try on his land, using the rest up, with the same results! My thinking is that although the scent or whatever (dragging rabbit guts around a field in a pair of tights was another) could be useful, tramping round a field to put it down retracts foxes from it. Even if the wind is right, how often have you seen a fox appear on a field you have just walked fly into your call, then slam the breaks on when it hits your line. For me its through the gate, along the hedge and sit tight in the shadows.

 

Cheers

Edited October 15, 2007 by Bosun11