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Friday night thought i,d have a pre pheasant delivery fox mooch .Pardnv 007 on a Hawke Vantage 3-12x50 on top of a cz452 in,22.l/r but with CCI segs in for mr charles .

Also my spanish pal wanted some bunnies for the b,b,q <his fault the weather,s gone pooh>so the segs  do both ,set off about 10.30pm in squalid dirty patchy fog but i thought helps me to hide and the thermal spotter keeps mr charles in view .4 frustrating hours later old charley boy is a no show so back to the car i stomp.

Suddenly a suicidal rabbit just pops up from his hole and stares at this big lump in the fog ,well at 10yds even this blind old blinker couldnt miss ,the Pard,s clear unfuzzy picture is sweet and no 1 is bagged after gutting . A nice size buck <meal for 2 > carry on plodding .

Across the meadow towards the gate a small blobb is being chased by a horny blobb so i put the rifle up and the doe is no 2 for the bbq .Gutted and bagged back to the car i trots.

Wish id got this sooner its far superior to Photon and sony camera or hawkes own monocular for image quality and range atb and good hunting 

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32 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Do you lads ever see any birds roosted in your thermals, like crows and magpies?

You will detect them ..... but it is illegal to shoot winged vermin at night. Just saying.

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36 minutes ago, Meece said:

You will detect them ..... but it is illegal to shoot winged vermin at night. Just saying.

I scaring them illegal? Like dressing up as a scarecrow and shouting " BOO" ok?

Or putting a banger under them?

 

I use to frequent somewhere that in the tall hedges magpies would roost and on moon lit nights it was worth a visit with a 410. Only to scare them mind.

Still had to cover my face!

They soon learnt to disperse but every early spring they would prefer this hedge.

The little rascals.

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