Foxing tonight

[Mr_Logic 5]

Out with Deker initially on one of my permissions tonight, thinking of muntjac if we could find them, and foxes and rabbits.

 

Although Deker spotted a muntie to start with, couldn't find it to shoot sadly.

 

So we wandered off after anything we could find. After a short walk we were going across a field, Deker spots something moving on the far hedge, still daylight at this point.

 

I had a quick look through the scope, it was a fox. Fair old way out, too far for Deker's HMR, so while it was definitely his turn, my 223 was needed. Bang, smack, down he goes. Ranged to 200 yards (207 I think it said, but the rangefinder needed to range the gate to the left, so call it 200 flat)

 

One very posed picture later:

 

We wandered back to the car the long way, running out of light. Deker needed to dash off by this point, so I strapped on the lamp and shone it around. No sooner had Deker pulled away than I spotted another fox. He was on a hedgeline, moving across about 150 yards away. I followed him in the scope and he stopped to look around. Bad plan Charlie! Bang, CRACK! went down instantly.

 

Got there and found out why there was such a crack, got the shot slightly low so I took out the bottom half of the brain, and the jaws. 223 40gr sure does expand PDQ! Did the job brilliantly. Always the way, had Deker had a couple more minutes to spare, that one could have been got with the HMR, presented nicely for the head shot.

 

 

Had a bit more of a mooch around, one possible bunny rabbit but I couldn't find the body as it was shot (at?) in foliage.

 

Decided it was time to call it a day then, Chinese beckoned

[martin 332]

Hi Mr. 'L' which lamp do you use mate,and,do you get any reflection off the moderator.I use a T8 mind,what is the mod in the pic that you were using.............Martin.

[SportingShooter 0]

Another successful night Mr L and Deker.

 

Either tool would do well for the job, range and the man behind is the thing.

 

Just come back myself, another fox with Sounder.

 

Keep at em

 

SS

[Deker 3,478]

Layout, conposition, artistic impression...flip... that first picture is good...who on earth laid that out for you

[Mr_Logic 5]

Hi Mr. 'L' which lamp do you use mate,and,do you get any reflection off the moderator.I use a T8 mind,what is the mod in the pic that you were using.............Martin.

I use a Lightforce 170, and I do get some reflection. I have found that some scopes suffer more than others on the same setup - I had an MTC on my Remington for a bit, that was unusably awful at night, stuck my Hawke on it and it was perfect - I could see clear as anything. The neoprene helps a bit, but basically I need a new scope. Trip to USA soon

 

The moderator is Country Pursuits' own. I am happy with the weight and the size, but the moderation is crap. It's bearable, that's about all that can be said. He wants £200 for the moderator, I paid considerably less. Had I paid £200 I would have been back next day, but since I didn't, I am not too worried, might end up on the HMR though. The neoprene cover on top of it is for a DM80, much longer. The Country Pursuits mod is much smaller as it's not a reflex type.