The fleet fox

[Sausagedog 7,381]

#4 is my favourite for Charlie

[Dervburner 2,549]

2 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

#4 is my favourite for Charlie

50 grams of #1s is ok too

[Sausagedog 7,381]

3 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

50 grams of #1s is ok too

Yeah got some but I do no better with them to be honest and finding my fillings in the grass is a real pain!

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Full of renewed hope and optimism I arrived at the small holding to finish a job that has been dragging on longer than is should have . I had my plan of where I was going to hide , this time with a shotgun. 
        By the time I got there the owner had already closed the birds in . The wind had picked up and was in my favour.... things were looking good .

   I waited until about 10.30 and I could no longer see to shoot . I switched over to thermal and rifle set up and soon spotted a fox quartering a paddock like a spaniel I tried to stop it with a whistle and then a squeak but it just hit the hedge and disappeared.

      I gave it a bit longer and decided to call it a night . I will be back in a day or so . Have faith people, I will shoot this fox , I as they say only need to be lucky once , slinky 2 has to be lucky all the time .

[Sausagedog 7,381]

You don't know how happy I am that you got a slinky to frustrate you Took me near three years!

Now I have another lamp shy turn up. Worse than slinky 1! Slinky 1 would at least give me the finger! This one nothing!

When I find out who is educating them I will be having words!

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Yeah when a "neighbor " is edumakating your quarry it gets very frustrating. 

[Alsone 789]

I used to use 42gr No: 3 or 1's (can't seem to see 1's in heavy non magnum anymore) eg Gamebore Mammoth. Avoid the trap of going for too large a shot over numbers of shot.  At range the large singles carry more energy but the overall shocking effect can be insufficient to kill. Better to carry slightly less energy per shot and have a lot more hits and thus overall shock.1's or 3' tend to be the sweet spot with BB's the largest I'd ever personally go.

Also if you're going out after fox, I'd choke the gun up 3/4 or full. That way you have maximum range. Obviously, if you're shooting other game, the choking needs to be appropriate for that as shooting charly will just be opportunist. At close range choked up the shot will be like a slug. No spread, but then again if you're missing good positioning or even the whole target at eg 10 yds you clearly need to shoot shome clays!

Gamebore do a magnum cartridge with 63gr No;1 if you want to really go extreme. Unecessary though.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

3 hours ago, Alsone said:

I used to use 42gr No: 3 or 1's (can't seem to see 1's in heavy non magnum anymore) eg Gamebore Mammoth. Avoid the trap of going for too large a shot over numbers of shot.  At range the large singles carry more energy but the overall shocking effect can be insufficient to kill. Better to carry slightly less energy per shot and have a lot more hits and thus overall shock.1's or 3' tend to be the sweet spot with BB's the largest I'd ever personally go.

Also if you're going out after fox, I'd choke the gun up 3/4 or full. That way you have maximum range. Obviously, if you're shooting other game, the choking needs to be appropriate for that as shooting charly will just be opportunist. At close range choked up the shot will be like a slug. No spread, but then again if you're missing good positioning or even the whole target at eg 10 yds you clearly need to shoot shome clays!

Gamebore do a magnum cartridge with 63gr No;1 if you want to really go extreme. Unecessary though.

Thanks for your words of wisdom, your sage advice is valued by us all .

[shovel leaner 7,650]

22 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

Thanks for your words of wisdom, your sage advice is valued by us all . where once there was darkness, there is now light .

 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

I've seen a few foxes missed at under10 yds on game shoots where the gun gets too excited.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Well at least I saw one of mine this morning. 04:10am. It saw me at the end of a chicken unit and dashed up the track to the far fields.

I followed it's prints for a mile but lost it.

I didn't push to hard because a field of grass is coming off soon and a cub was seen in it yesterday!

Close but no cigar!

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Looks like he left his pencil behind .

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Just a reminder what they look like John lol.

 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

Looks like he left his pencil behind .

Granddaughter calls them mini lipsticks!

[shovel leaner 7,650]

21 hours ago, foxdropper said:

Just a reminder what they look like John lol.

 

Thanks for that mate , I’d forgotten