Foxes In Bales

[Tozer 385]

Dumb question, I have been asked to shoot some foxes locally, they are in the bales, would I be breaking the law letting the terrier flush them out and shooting them? I.e. classed of being to ground?My own choice I am going to try and put this off to September, I don't like leaving cubs.

 

I kind of know what people are going to say, but I did wonder.

[Guest foxpack]

the law is a strange 1 to follow ,,apparently you can use a soft type terrier to flush from earths or hiding places ,,i.e bales,,and shoot them,flushing from cover you are only allowed to use 2 foxing bushing dog.which is ok for us ,cause we have 1 foxing beagle x and 5 rabbiting 1,s.

[tb25 4,627]

Find the earth ..try the terrier..leave the gun till the end of the dig lol

[taz2010 1,297]

yes mate but you will only need 1 terrier if he has worked bales before charlie will be out,do find they take a bit longer to bolt in bales imo

[Tozer 385]

I have done this before as a teenager 15 years ago, but I haven't tried since the ban, I haven't really shot or worked dogs for 10 years.

[Bosun11 537]

I'd also be mindful of putting terriers in those huge blocks of bales, seen some real sickening falls from keen, excited dogs.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Seen some sickened faces too when the buggers wont bolt in a large stack and the dogs in the middle

[taz2010 1,297]

seen lads nearly killed in bales happened to me 2 years ago lad released to dogs like an idiot after being told 1 dog was enough,dogs started scrapping when they caught up with charlie.I climb down and had to tunnel in end up falling down upside down took 2 lads to get me out never again and as you will expect that lad as never been with us since

[Tozer 385]

Yeah all these things can go wrong, I would only ever send one down. The ones I am thinking off I hope are just a straight tunnel in the crease of a round bale, but you never know where there are gaps. One of my dogs won't go in far, the other one gets in and through them like a ferret, but I wouldn't fancy her chances facing a fox, she is only small.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Tozer

[taz2010 1,297]

bolted many from bales and a few lads on here were with me one of the best places to find charlie but takes a good dog to work them properly,had an old bitch that was pts last year due to age and the c now that bitch could move them out of bales many times she would bolt three or 4 out of them good bitch,and im sure BOSUN we done them when you were down mate

[Tozer 385]

I'll have a think on this. I have ab ebtire winter to think. Cheers for the input

[Tozer 385]

the law is a strange 1 to follow ,,apparently you can use a soft type terrier to flush from earths or hiding places ,,i.e bales,,and shoot them,flushing from cover you are only allowed to use 2 foxing bushing dog.which is ok for us ,cause we have 1 foxing beagle x and 5 rabbiting 1,s.

I just read this properly. I reguarly take 3 dogs rabbiting. You bump into the odd fox. Does this include lurchers or just flushing dogs? (

[Guest foxpack]

can,t use lurcher s for foxes ,,unless in scotland if the fox has been injured you can slip a lurcher to dispatch ,,we have lads standing out with rabbiting lurchers .and a lads with guns for fox .

[Moggy2011 331]

bolted many from bales and a few lads on here were with me one of the best places to find charlie but takes a good dog to work them properly,had an old bitch that was pts last year due to age and the c now that bitch could move them out of bales many times she would bolt three or 4 out of them good bitch,and im sure BOSUN we done them when you were down mate

I've been there Afew times taz so as r flash ha ha u need to be quiet other wise they won't bolt an a good dog like that old bitch Ov yours

[Tozer 385]

can,t use lurcher s for foxes ,,unless in scotland if the fox has been injured you can slip a lurcher to dispatch ,,we have lads standing out with rabbiting lurchers .and a lads with guns for fox .

 

 

I kind of meant do they count within the flushing team, but if you are after foxes then it all becomes a bit irrelevant, I have read the hunting act, it pickles my brain a bit (not that it takes much), I can see what they did, trying to legislate something that isn't black and white without leaving everyone open to prosecution from accidents etc.