shooting foxes with shotguns

[ferret boy charlie 0]

hi all i have got some fox shooting permission i have shot a couple a couple before with a shotty but we will be lamping them just wondering what loads will be best . cheers

[hiho 5]

BBs

[dooson14t 1]

hi all i have got some fox shooting permission i have shot a couple a couple before with a shotty but we will be lamping them just wondering what loads will be best . cheers

my local gun shop told me number 3 mate

[Paul.L 0]

BBs up to 40 yds

[Deker 3,478]

Anything between 3 & BB should do, but you need to be close just the same!!

 

First choice would almost always be a rifle though!!!

[ferret boy charlie 0]

Anything between 3 & BB should do, but you need to be close just the same!!

 

First choice would almost always be a rifle though!!!

i would if i had one mate but the farmer wants them dead before lambing

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

BBs but try and keep the range close !

[SportingShooter 0]

:yep: I'd go along with above.

 

Don't over choke your gun or the pattern will blow, 3/4 Max.

 

Call them as close as you can

[weejohn 3]

i started my fox shooting using a 3 shot mossberg 500 using eley 3" magnum cartridges. i also only ever went lamping with the red filter on the lamp.

[ferret boy charlie 0]

i started my fox shooting using a 3 shot mossberg 500 using eley 3" magnum cartridges. i also only ever went lamping with the red filter on the lamp.

i had a red filterd lamp... until some scumbag nicked it

[comanche 3,036]

BB's almost certainly the best compromise between energy and pattern . Anything bigger will be wasted Heavy loads have fewer pellets so although the pellets'll in theory kill at silly ranges the chances of the fox being totally, missed or , worse,maimed is greatly increased. If the foxes are fairly naive and 've not had their flight distances increased by long-range lampers you should be able to squeal em in to less than 40yds . Or try a hide or high seat over some bait (if its not too cold!) Sometimes it is those "out for a walk and poke about with the gun " situations that throw up the best and most unexpected chances when a fox crosses your path or is seen working down a hedge . Good luck.

[bobby b 0]

I use eley alphamax sg's 36g theres about 8 8.4mm balls in the cartridge or 3" 50g bb's.

Edited February 1, 2009 by bobby b

[SportingShooter 0]

Out of interest how many foxes have you shot with the SG's?

[ferret boy charlie 0]

Out of interest how many foxes have you shot with the SG's?

two

[Deker 3,478]

Out of interest how many foxes have you shot with the SG's?

two

 

 

Whilst SG is a devastating cartridge the only use I can think of for it is blowing hinges off doors at point blank range!!!

 

Point it at anything live more than about 15-20 feet away and the odds are you will probably miss!

 

I have never been in a position where I thought SG was the cartridge of choice, and to be honest I don't know why I bother to carry around 3 in the belt, but each bit of land is different and each shot is different so who knows!!! Others may find more uses for it than me!!