bad or good night?

endasmail

thought id share my evenings activities with ye , was out tonight after charlie,he has been taking lambs off a local farmer ,calling for about twenty mins ,spotted the red eyes ,took position on a post in the field ,kept calling ,wouldnt come any closer ,im guessing it being a bit bright out spooked him a bit i took a shot at him about 180 yards and missed ,he bolted ,feckin pissed off i trodded on ,started calling again ,another twenty mins later found myself surrounded by red eyes ,i counted 5 sets of eyes ,didnt no where to point the gun ,the feckers wounldn come with in safe range so i ended up leaving them alone and ill be back to them another night when weather conditions improve.

jwshooter

endasmail wrote: »

thought id share my evenings activities with ye , was out tonight after charlie,he has been taking lambs off a local farmer ,calling for about twenty mins ,spotted the red eyes ,took position on a post in the field ,kept calling ,wouldnt come any closer ,im guessing it being a bit bright out spooked him a bit i took a shot at him about 180 yards and missed ,he bolted ,feckin pissed off i trodded on ,started calling again ,another twenty mins later found myself surrounded by red eyes ,i counted 5 sets of eyes ,didnt no where to point the gun ,the feckers wounldn come with in safe range so i ended up leaving them alone and ill be back to them another night when weather conditions improve.

bad lad .were you in a field full of sheep by any chance

endasmail

jwshooter wrote: »

bad lad .were you in a field full of sheep by any chance

i was,yes,big red sheep with red eyes and long red tails growing out of their arse!

EPointer=Birdss

jwshooter wrote: »

bad lad .were you in a field full of sheep by any chance

Foxes in sheeps clothing perhaps!:D

meathstevie

Good call. Don't take a shot you think might be risky and if you think you'll miss you're only going to educate a fox.

J.R.

meathstevie wrote: »

Good call. Don't take a shot you think might be risky and if you think you'll miss you're only going to educate a fox.

Red eyes do not neccessarily mean it's a fox as I'm sure you're well aware....they can often be white / yellowish ..etc.
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I've been lamping foxes for years and always wait until I can clearly see it's a fox ....as I'm sure you do......prior to firing. Sometimes it can be obvious it's a fox at 200 metres as the outline can be seen in the outer edge of the beam...other times it's not as clear.

Got a real eye opener last week......while lamping we picked up the eyes at about 300 metres and called him in....he came in no problem.....could slighty see the red fur to side of lamp beam with the eyes shining brightly as he approached at about 150 metres ......waited, as we always do, until he was in closer range but something wasn't right as he was coming in a straight line with no hesitation....put gun down and waited to see exactly what was going on.....as he neared ....about 120 metres...we could then clearly see it was a RED SETTER!!!! .....probably lost.....came right in...within 20 metres... then turned and ran off!

An excellent lesson in reinforcing the fact that one cannot fire until 100% sure, without an element of doubt, that it is definitely a FOX.....do not take a long distance shot, if in an doubt whatsoever.



Which is the fox?

endasmail

thats a deadly post ,i went with either c or d ,i wouldn take a shot unless 100 per cent sure

Trojan911

endasmail wrote: »

thought id share my evenings activities with ye , was out tonight after charlie,he has been taking lambs off a local farmer ,calling for about twenty mins ,spotted the red eyes ,took position on a post in the field ,kept calling ,wouldnt come any closer ,im guessing it being a bit bright out spooked him a bit i took a shot at him about 180 yards and missed ,he bolted ,feckin pissed off i trodded on ,started calling again ,another twenty mins later found myself surrounded by red eyes ,i counted 5 sets of eyes ,didnt no where to point the gun ,the feckers wounldn come with in safe range so i ended up leaving them alone and ill be back to them another night when weather conditions improve.

I've had nights like that. Kinda frustrating alright, knowing they are there out of reach & not coming in. But it's part of the hunt. One night you get one, other nights you don't. We've let a few off because they were to far out or we wer not happy with taking the long shot.

As for the A, B, C, or D question. I hope never to see a fella cycling furiously across the fields & over ditches at night time. He might fall off his bike...

Callow Man

The distance between the eye's is another give away but I agree you should always wait untill you can make out the figure of a fox before taking your shot. That cat does look very menacing though!!!!