Fox Work

[Jaggsy 25]

..everyone works differently and i'm just interested to see how other people would go about things...lets say you've been given a fox job in town and a dog, vixen and cubs are living in the small back garden of a house under some decking.. having pre baited for several nights and got them used to coming right out onto the lawn in what order would you dispatch them..

 

Martin

[katecampbell01 0]

..everyone works differently and i'm just interested to see how other people would go about things...lets say you've been given a fox job in town and a dog, vixen and cubs are living in the small back garden of a house under some decking.. having pre baited for several nights and got them used to coming right out onto the lawn in what order would you dispatch them..

 

Martin

If i was sat there with a rifle i would tend to shoot Dog, Vixen then cubs, but then again would i need a big rifle in a small garden! Mabye if i had a peeshooter!

[Jaggsy 25]

Hi and thankyou....considered the options available and i think the Sako using Winchester subs fired from an upstairs window at roughly 45 (angle) into the lawn should be fine.

[whippeter94 0]

um i would place my self close to the set and would wait for them ith a 410 semi auto

[The one 8,579]

What was the programme on the telly the bloke shot them with a silenced 22 rimmy he would bait them then sit in sombodies bedroom, toilet etc and take them out ,where shooting wasn't possible he used to cage trap them

[Jaggsy 25]

Thanks lads...Sam i ruled caging out because of cost to the client, time, and the fact that i'd probably get a call at 4am to rerieve a yapping distressed animal (have to be a bit careful with shifting foxes witgh terriers i'm sure you know why ) 'The One' i know the programme you mean although i didn't see it, obviously safety is paramount and if there is any chance of richochet than caging is pretty much the only option...'Kate' incidentally why would you pick the dog first?.... many thanks for your views

 

Martin

[scar 0]

the channel 4 programme was called meet the foxes i'm sure thats the one buggers had killed the chickens and were dispatched by a guy leaning out the bathroom window

[Yokel Matt 918]

I'd say cage trap them to be on the safe side.. urban environment and all that. Doesn't take a lot to pull the shot slightly an hit them in the jaw and have the bugger jump over the neighbours fence.. have to compensate slightly for the downward angle of the shot as well.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I always used my .410 for garden work. Safety issue is paramount and there's not a lot that can go wrong with an aimed discharge from a shotgun. Good idea to notify the local Police well ahead of intended activities

 

I too would take the male first. Because, in my own reasoning, he's that much more likely to desert the cubs than the vixen is. And, once those two are out of the way, the cubs are pretty much at ye disposal. But I'd still as soon cage those as sit about waiting for shot after shot. Niether way's going to be instant wrap up, is it? And, if I wasn't happy to attend as required, 24 / 7, I'd be in another job.

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

I always used my .410 for garden work. Safety issue is paramount and there's not a lot that can go wrong with an aimed discharge from a shotgun. Good idea to notify the local Police well ahead of intended activities

 

I too would take the male first. Because, in my own reasoning, he's that much more likely to desert the cubs than the vixen is. And, once those two are out of the way, the cubs are pretty much at ye disposal. But I'd still as soon cage those as sit about waiting for shot after shot. Niether way's going to be instant wrap up, is it? And, if I wasn't happy to attend as required, 24 / 7, I'd be in another job.

 

AS you say Matey Peeps,...Safety,.. and a 'watch yer fecking back' kinda policy is always paramount in the taking of urban foxes.

Foxes in towns can be profitable,.but they can also be more trouble than they are worth....

Er,.Ditchy,...did I ever tell you the story of how I captured the foxes in a Nudist colony,..it was emotional....And yes,.I've got a few well-thumbed pictures to prove it,...I keep them in my special folder , called,..My Special Folder....

All the best,.CHALKWARREN....

Edited June 3, 2008 by CHALKWARREN

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I keep them in my special folder , called,..My Special Folder....

 

 

[gnipper 6,755]

The dog isn't going to be there as much as the vixen and cubs are, just think how many opportunities you would miss waiting for the dog who could have fecked off or been hit by a car weeks before. Do the vixen then the cubs won't be moved and then do the cubs. If the dog is a pest too sit and wait for him or trap him.

[Jaggsy 25]

Ok many thanks for the replies

[Jaggsy 25]

Vixen and two cubs ...no sign of the Dog