blackmaggie 3,376 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 That's the biggest I have had Neil and if I'm honest I would of preferred he lived his days out doing what he was doing he was a big old lad living of what the students left so not doing any harm it was a total accident on my part I passed him to a taxidermist who stuffed him with a teal in his mouth but like you I don't believe a 40 lb exists he had a good as a feed as any but didn't reach half the weight I will believe it when I see it with my own eyes 3 Quote Link to post
leslie harold gedge 1,390 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 a 40lb is a joke I shot 1 .I think it was last year it was nearly 22lb and it was nearly as big as the roe we shot earlier in the day used it to get the fox in . maybe if I had shoved a case of carts down its throat I might have got it to 40lb 7 1 Quote Link to post
blackmaggie 3,376 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Make sure there goose carts les get the weight up a bit 1 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 7 hours ago, leslie harold gedge said: a 40lb is a joke I shot 1 .I think it was last year it was nearly 22lb and it was nearly as big as the roe we shot earlier in the day used it to get the fox in . maybe if I had shoved a case of carts down its throat I might have got it to 40lb A brilliant photo for comparison Leslie. Let's face it, you could put that pic on some of the shooting forums claiming you shot a 42 pounder and some would believe you. 5 Quote Link to post
forest of dean redneck 11,565 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Decent pic that Leslie . 1 Quote Link to post
keepdiggin 9,559 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Would a fox take an adult roe? Quote Link to post
Carty77 17 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Some real big ens on here. I got a 18lb one and taught that was a whopper!! 3 Quote Link to post
leslie harold gedge 1,390 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 13 hours ago, VOON said: good fox but never seen 40lb Quote Link to post
leslie harold gedge 1,390 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 13 hours ago, keepdiggin said: Would a fox take an adult roe? no mate unless it came across it 1/2 dead Quote Link to post
EDDIE B 3,162 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 35 pounder Quote Link to post
smasher 1,055 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 One from couple seasons back,was a fair old lump . 8 Quote Link to post
dogmandont 9,805 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, EDDIE B said: 35 pounder If that Fox is 35 pounds I’m bill oddie. 1 Quote Link to post
Dig-deep-draw-charlie 2,713 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 21 minutes ago, smasher said: One from couple seasons back,was a fair old lump . That’s a brute! Quote Link to post
Lutra Lutra 611 Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 While on the subject of foxes and of being somewhat gargantuan in size, and it is often with great glee that foxes conjour such happiness and delight,esecially to the people who hunt them either by gun or better still by a good single Terrier which has been dug to to. Many years ago people and especially the (Terrier men), such news often brought great surprise amongst such hunting folk in general. However, through practical experience it was the somewhat smaller foxes that proved to be much more worthy of an a opponent. "How many times has a good sized Dog-fox seeked refuge behind a small scrawny, diminutive vixen; a vixen that lacks size, but makes up in guts. Many years ago a large dog Fox was ran to ground with a Collie x Lurcher, and every terrier sent to evict such a fox was met with severe punishment. Eventually the Fox was accounted for and weighed the grand old weight of just a tad over 21and a half pounds. A good sized fox produced in the vicinity of Newark in Nottinghamshire. In many of the sandy locations within the dukeries in Nottinghamshire there has often many a good sized fox accounted for. Also on so many occasions, especially regarding small Foxes many Terriers can find themselves severely knocked about. Also many, many years ago now (Bert Gripton) had a very large sized Foxes mask on his cottage wall. And he often remarked upon the large size due to the the fox being fed upon an imbalance of hormones fed to capons. Another wonderful spectacle, especially within the vicinity of Nottinghamshire, is of the different colours within the fox population and many jet black Foxes have often been recorded. "Catching Foxes is such a wonderful experience. 2 1 Quote Link to post
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