Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Went to have a look on the chicken farm i do the foxing on. Pulled up at the farmhouse and spoke to man in charge.There is a caravan near the organic sheds and the chap there had just seen a fox run past his house with a chicken still squawking in its jaws so he was glad i had arrived .I had the .222 tonight as its been good to me recently .We set off on a wide circuit of the whole place which we dont always do as its fairly big .Down by the wood we saw a pair of eyes but only briefly ,there is a very shy fox here ,has been for ages and that was probably him . Over the brow of the next field my mate saw a flash of eyes in the edge of the permission and a good 300 yards away id say .I squeaked and the response was instant .Keeping the beam low we got it in to 70yds and i shot it ,a big vixen and barren by the feel and look of her .A good start but walking up the hill along the boundary edge ,the bipod decided to fall off the rifle dumping the barrel on the ground .An inspection came up wth no real reason for it to of happened so i took the thing off all together .Onwards.Walked up to the sheds and saw another pair of eyes but it ran at the sound of the squeak ,not away but in a semi-circle around us ,stopping about 100 yds away where it thought it was safe i suppose .Wrong .Got down on the lamp bag and was surprised how steady that was .Shot this one through the chest to reveal a mangey dog fox .The mange is back then or this was a transient fox ?.Took the two back to the caravan where we had had an audience it seemed as they had seen the shot .The owner was there and he pointed out that they now own another bit of ground tacked onto theirs and we should have a look .The second field held a fox that was niether lampshy nor impressed by the squeak and just sat there at maybe 170-180 yds out .I knew that a move towards it would result in a runner so i lead down as before using the lamp bag .At the report ,charlie ran a little way then keeled over having been hit fair and square in the engine room.Three foxes on here hasnt been done for quite a while so we were feeling rather pleased with ourselves ,except for the bipod incident. Quote Link to post
Guest GoneToGround1 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 good shooting fd Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Just to add that i spoke to the farmer this morning and hes seen another carrying a chicken first light so its back there again soon . Quote Link to post
outdoors kid 1 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 good shooting FD, Quote Link to post
Guest GoneToGround1 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Just to add that i spoke to the farmer this morning and hes seen another carrying a chicken first light so its back there again soon . go and do a bit of earth checking mate keep the terriers busy for the last few weeks, (thats if you have any) Quote Link to post
Daieye68 1 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good shooting Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good to get a result in front of the owner mate and a little bit extra to take care of , sounded like a great night !! Quote Link to post
Mr_Logic 5 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good one FD, hope you get the last one soon - cheeky fox! Quote Link to post
NID 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looks like a good night F/D,best of luck with the other one,NID. Quote Link to post
martin 332 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Well done mate,but,I thought you would of had that lampshy dog by now.............lol Martin. Quote Link to post
David 9 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 top shooting mate im sure the other chicken thief wont last much longer Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Good shooting FD, I'm sure it wont be long until the other one goes the same way What are you shooting through the .222 at the moment? Quote Link to post
Guest Mass_G3nocide Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Nice to see you dropping fox's foxdropper . Quote Link to post
tommym 0 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 good shooting fd, what ammo did you use in the 222 Quote Link to post
sauer 2 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 good shooting FD glad to hear your sorting out farmers problems youll have that permission for a while.....its good when they see your helping out how long you been after that lamp shy bugger? my brotherand i had one like that just didnt like the lamp or the squeak just use dto vanish.... brother got him eventually with a fair bit o success in early mornings at dawn..... apparently a good tactic for the old lamp shy buggers is to get em first light. just gotta be able to haul my lazy ass out o cozy warm bed first......once im out i love it ....jist getting out o bed the hard part Quote Link to post
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