Grandsons first fox!

[ianm 2,594]

I had a call tonight from the chap that owns the caravan park and he said there is definitely a fox about. I decided to go to see if I could get a shot at it and my grandson wanted to come so I said ok. It was at the back of the chaps house and we set up as I normally do. The Jimny reversed back to the building and the caller set out at 40yds to our left. I started with rat distress and within three minutes a fox had run into about 70yds. Now last week I was checking zero on the 243 and I let him have half a dozen shots at the hardox fox target. It was set out at two hundred yards and he hit the kill zone flap three times and then put a further three shots in the head with no bother. Anyway I said do you want to shoot this fox and he said yes. Unfortunately by the time we had swapped positions it was making off and exited the field into the next one. I tried a couple of different calls to try and bring it back but it wouldn’t come. The next thing I saw was two foxes together and although interested in the call they wouldn’t commit to coming into the field we were in. A further 20 minutes saw a cat and mouse game with them. They where hanging around but were obscured by patches of hedge that had grown tall. Eventually one of them moved into a small clearing but laid down. My grandson said “I have a perfect shot at the head shall I take it “? I said no wait till it stands up. A few minutes later it did just that and I told him if he could see it clearly he could shoot. I watched through the thermal and saw the fox collapse without a twitch after the shot. It had been a difficult shot really shooting over a hedge and between gaps, a shot I know several adults wouldn’t of been confident with  but he managed to pull it off and kill his first fox. It was a nice early dog cub at 195yds. I think he did really well.

Edited September 3, 2022 by ianm

[KimE 487]

Congratulations to you both

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Very well done young man!!   Damn good shot placement. And well done gramps, if only more people would encourage kids that age. 

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Well done young man , good shooting . And a good write up . We expect nothing less now . I’ve got two grandsons, the eldest is 12 , He is football mad , i had managed to take them both around the shoot while I have been looking after them , and I got the 22lr out for them to shoot some targets . But their mothers have given me strict instructions not to get them to “kill stuff”. I think their first fox is a long way off . But I am working on it . They loved the rifle and Ive got an air rifle and pistol which they shoot in the back garden .  Boys love guns .  

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Well done and brilliant shooting. Try getting the rifle off him now

[David.evans 5,323]

Great write up mate and top dollar to the young lad , it’s a good job he’s not of drinking age , or you would be in your overdraft

atb 

[Stavross 15,969]

That’s great stuff, 195 for your first fox is very impressive, the cool, calmness and confidence of youth

[ianm 2,594]

1 hour ago, Stavross said:

That’s great stuff, 195 for your first fox is very impressive, the cool, calmness and confidence of youth

He listens to every word I tell him and is very level headed. 

[Stavross 15,969]

1 hour ago, ianm said:

He listens to every word I tell him and is very level headed. 

It’s quality when you get a lad like that, you know your onto a winner when they listen and when they get to take a shot and you watch them and they are calm and nothing is rushed it make me happy and I think that what we do isn’t finished just yet