Shooting foxes help needed

[luckyjohn 0]

I have some land to shoot a mates farm he has a fox problem. I have been there now 8 times and not seen one. I need some expert advise on what i'm doing wrong or is it a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. i have a FOXGO FX3 MODEL i use the chicken call but not sure on how often to use it or the lamp. I arrive about 2 hours before dark and leave an hour after but nothing any help please..should i bait up using rabbits there is like left over birds in the field pheasents i think ...john

[Malt 379]

I have some land to shoot a mates farm he has a fox problem. I have been there now 8 times and not seen one. I need some expert advise on what i'm doing wrong or is it a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. i have a FOXGO FX3 MODEL i use the chicken call but not sure on how often to use it or the lamp. I arrive about 2 hours before dark and leave an hour after but nothing any help please..should i bait up using rabbits there is like left over birds in the field pheasents i think ...john

Please don't take this the wrong way, but take someone along with you. Someone knows the score, then you'll learn.

[luckyjohn 0]

I have some land to shoot a mates farm he has a fox problem. I have been there now 8 times and not seen one. I need some expert advise on what i'm doing wrong or is it a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. i have a FOXGO FX3 MODEL i use the chicken call but not sure on how often to use it or the lamp. I arrive about 2 hours before dark and leave an hour after but nothing any help please..should i bait up using rabbits there is like left over birds in the field pheasents i think ...john

Please don't take this the wrong way, but take someone along with you. Someone knows the score, then you'll learn.

yes good advise but i dont know anyone else that shoots so i have to go by myself...cheers

[sounder 9]

HI MATE as has maltenby said take someone with you,i take it you shooting them. so go later after 12 for a few hours

fox need time to move around.don't do to much calling if they are there you see them,if there no sign of them or you can't get shots you might call in terrier men to have a look,let me know how you get on

cheers sounder

[undisputed 1,664]

You might want to either go out a bit later or stay longer, foxes will travel many miles in the course of a night and tend to use more or less the same paths. Baiting can work I use a fox call I bought from Arthur Carter and it's never let me down. Some other things you might want to consider, doe's anyone else lamp your ground? do you keep downwind. I would basically try a number of different calls and see how it goe's from there.

[Malt 379]

Basics first! What are you shooting with? Rimfire, Centrefire, 12g, etc.

[luckyjohn 0]

Basics first! What are you shooting with? Rimfire, Centrefire, 12g, etc.

1.7 hmr and noone else shoots the farm

[COMPO 54]

what is the fox eating?

 

last fox i shot was eating my farmer friends hens....i sat waiting in the adjacent wood (nearest cover) and shot foxy as she went towards the hen run!

 

i have used a stink pit before, loads of rotten bits of meat, left over's and rabbit guts and other crap! at least then you know where they will be, and if you top up the pit at the same time everynight....you may find the foxes there shortly after!

 

You can then pick a place thats a safe shot and within range of whatever weapon you are using and from the relevant hide you will be using!

[Guest ragumup]

You often don't see a lot of foxes when lamping this time of year as the dog and vixen will normally be the only two foxes defending that territory except for the young cubs and with the crops/cover being up they are hard to see, when they get combined you ll see more plus the cubs will be older and dispersing from allover by then September onwards then you ll have more luck

[sounder 9]

you should change your name to unluckyjohn

cheers sounder

[luckyjohn 0]

you should change your name to unluckyjohn

cheers sounder

i have a shogun should i shoot from that or hide in the trees or in the hedge

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Firstly, keep the chicken call off, it's not natural, secondly take a look around the farm in daylight to see if you can find any paths prints etc,

What is the farmer having problems with lambs, hens,

early morning or after 12 till 2 am i find best, As suggested use a stink pit for a while and stay clear after a week or so till the fox builds up it's confidence in comming to the same area. DON'T light up the whole sky when lamping keep the light low and slow rotation combing over the land.

Stay downwind if at all possible on sight of a fox.

100 yards shot or there abouts with hmr. not an ideal fox gun but needs must.

keep the caller on squeling rabbit or hare for 1 min or so no longer stop for 30 secs or so before doing same again 1min then stop, as if it was a real animal injured it would be quite for little periods to catch its breath again. hope this helps.

[SportingShooter 0]

One of the basics of foxing is to try to keep as inconspicuous as possible so the fox doesnt know what you are.

Sometimes it works from a vehicle others it works when walking the ground.

Im afraid trial and error has a lot to do with fox shooting. If you know what he is hunting, hens, pheasants etc then you can lie up where his quarry is and just wait for him..

Baiting works in some cases, you will need to know when he is there though, this can be time consuming.

 

SS

[gnipper 6,487]

Where abouts are you John, perhaps someone could come and show you?

[luckyjohn 0]

Where abouts are you John, perhaps someone could come and show you?

i'm in warwickshire (snapshot) he's having his chicken killed and pheasents