a day spent foxing

jap gt

well my neighbour rang me this morning to say 3 of his silkie hens had been killed last night, bad enough, but made worse by the fact they had been sitting on our pheasant eggs, so i knew of a few fields that had been cut recently so i said i would take a look around there

after about 30 mins of searching i found a dog fox walking around the bottom of one field that leads to forestry, i found a nice spot and started calling, sure enough he came running to the top of a hill and stopped, he was just turning to head back down when i fired a hornady just under his ear down he went, paced it out and 130 paces




i continued on for an hour and spotted this lad digging in a field, tried calling and he was having none of it, so i got as close as possible and gave him another hornady behind front leg and down he went, paced it again at 200 paces, not a bad day shooting all shot with a 22 mag, saw too more on the way back, so im heading out again before the weekend

Tackleberrywho

You can't bate the Meadow to bring out foxes!;)

Good days hunting

deeksofdoom

Cut silage is definitely the way to go during the summer and come September there'll be more fun to had in the freshly harvested fields with the local foxes.

Tackleberrywho

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Cut silage is definitely the way to go during the summer and come September there'll be more fun to had in the freshly harvested fields with the local foxes.

Especially when yuo have a good summer and the cutting is staggered.

if its all done at once too much terroritery to cover.

The foxes love the frogs and the silage and tillage fields are full of them

jap gt

yea glad to of got the two, must find more eggs to hatch now and hens to hatch them

clivej

Good shooting and two less to worry about.

What time of he day did you get those two, the shadows look long so late evening - I'd say bout 9.30pm??

jap gt

clivej wrote: »

Good shooting and two less to worry about.

What time of he day did you get those two, the shadows look long so late evening - I'd say bout 9.30pm??

no 7.30 ish and around 8.45, theres a lot of trees to the back of the picture, your not far off though

No6

They are out at all hours of the day and night lately, I've lost a chicken and two ducks over the last week or so during the day while they have been out freeranging about. After loosing the second duck yesterday I decided to keep them all in their pens today which was all very well and fine until at around 4.30 my son and my niece came charging into my office and told me a wolf was attacking my chickens, now my son is 17 and a complete piss taker especially of me so with a large pinch of salt I rushed around the house to my chicken pens picking up a stick on the way and what did I find but a young fox attacking the chicken pen and me with a bloody stick in my hand!!! We went out tonight lamping and spotted the same fox about 200 yards away in a neighbours field, looking like he was heading my way but he ran, we couldn't shoot as there was a house behind him, typical!! I think I'll sit out in the garden tomorrow around 4.30!!! if he dosnt try again tonight!!

jap gt

yea noticed a lot more out during the day lately, must be the fine weather

Dusty87

We were driving on the bypass and i was looking into one of the fields on Sunday. A pheasant one end and a fox the other. We pulled in for a sec. The fox walked for a bit and then lay down in the sun. What was funny was, there was a magpie hopping along behind the fox. Always staying 6-7 yards behind him. Fox didnt seem bothered by it.
Ps Pheasant entered the ditch before fox came near him;)

No6

Went out last night before dark and then just after with the lamp for a while, saw a few including I think my little friend, but we couldn't get a shot off at him as he legged it when we put the lamp on him. Chased him away from my house though, strolling around all day with with the shotgun and no sign, I know he is just waiting till I go out later!!!:mad:

Tackleberrywho

No6 wrote: »

Went out last night before dark and then just after with the lamp for a while, saw a few including I think my little friend, but we couldn't get a shot off at him as he legged it when we put the lamp on him. Chased him away from my house though, strolling around all day with with the shotgun and no sign, I know he is just waiting till I go out later!!!:mad:

I bet you he was watching you from cover!

Once they go lamp shy you may upgrade to a centrefire and get himk at distance IMHO

They are just to cute, Sly as a Fox

No6

No I think he was terrrier shy as I had the terrier with me, but I didn't tonight.

I was however all on my own and had no one to hold my lamp so when I put it on the scope mountsI discovered that they should be behind the center turret to allow for adjustment of the beam in any vaguely close to the target direction so I found a nice solid post and resting my left arm on it with holding the lamp and the switch with the rifle resting on my arm and bang!! Of course as I was looking through the scope I couldnt tell if I hit him untill I went and looked and lo and behold there he was flat out in the middle of the recently cut field. He was 500m approx from my house and around the same size as the one I saw attacking my chicken pen yesterday!!

jap gt

god job, what cal did you use, great feeling to drop the bastards when they have been killing your animals

No6

jap gt wrote: »

god job, what cal did you use, great feeling to drop the bastards when they have been killing your animals

I've got a .22mag, it can be a bit light for foxes but it still kills them!!.:D He was at about 100m. and I am very happy, I don't want to wake up to a load of dead birds in the near future or keep having them dissappear when they are out of the pens.

jap gt

i use a 22 mag myself, find it light alright but does the job, as they say you cant get deader than dead

dazed+confused

Everybody is talking about foxes at the minute, I have a hen sitting on a clutch of ducklings at the minute and I'm terrified of an attack. The pen is a well sealed and paved around the edge, hopefully it'll keep them out.

jap gt

if its well sealed you should be safe enough, the fox that killed my neighbours hens dug in under the side of the shed, just keep an eye out for signs of foxes in your area

dazed+confused

I've haven't urinated in a toilet all week, I save it all up and dispense it on the trees around the pen. Its supposed to be a pretty good deterrent.

jap gt

where are you from, you should be grand once they are secure at night , i heard about the piss alright

dazed+confused

Drogheda, my hens and ducks are at the end of my garden with plenty of houses nearby which rules out the use of any of my .17 on the cats and foxes unfortunately.

No6

My two dogs a springer pup and a terrier were sitting around outside, there were kids running about when the young fox attacked my chicken pen. Luckly he was seen out the window and the kids called me, a "wolf" was attacking my chickens so not really believeing them I didnt get a gun and he ran off!! My ducks are sitting too!!!