late night lamping

garv123

myself and my cousin we're in town last night.
got fairly boring and none of the 2 of us were drinking so we decided to make the night abit more exciting.
quick spin to his house and ditched the car for the van and the jeans for the camo.
twas about 1 o clock at this stage.
headed over to the first place and i lamped a dike along the ditch between two fields. it was like someone turned on a set of fairy lights. at least 4 sets of eyes all together. i held the lamp as he got into position and picked out his target. thump. 1 fox down @ 120 yards with the .243. headshot. we could clearly see his head explode under the lamp and it was abit of a graphic sight.
my phone was long dead at this stage sorry for no pics.

the rest of the foxes seemed to vanish into the ditch before we took the shot and their was no sign of them, but when the bang of the shot went off we realised we disturbed their hunt. duck took off everywhere round them when the shot was taken made a hell of a racket.

one we went and lamped some more and spotted a few more eyes but they were very far away and weren't interested in the crappy caller we had.
finally we got a bit more luck and spotted another set of eyes at about 150 yards. when i had the lamp on him he was closing his eyes making him hard to see. i held the lamp off him and he sat their happily staring at the lamp with no intentions of moving. thump 2 down without taking a step. another headshot.
the .243 was really making graphic sights to look at..


on we went and spotted another eye at about 300 yards. we sat their looking at it. 90% sure it was a fox but it wouldn't come to the caller. (like all foxes lately) we stayed their looking at it for 15 minutes. we couldn't get any closer for a shot, as we would have had to go down hill and fire up hill at the other side which was obviously a no no. in the end we left it off for an other night because we all know 90% sure aint good enough.
off down a bit more and we spotted another set of eyes. these were a bit high off the ground to be charlie so we gave a shout and up hopped a dear and jumped into the wood. maybe just as well we didn't fire at the 90% sure fox now.

to the funniest part of the night now off at another field in another area we were heading to.. theres always been a fox in a field that cant be shot because its right under a neighbors house. i lamped the field passing and 10 feet away from me inside the ditch there he was asleep. he woke up when the lamp hit him and looked as if he was yawning.up he got and scampered up towards the house laughing at us knowing he was safe.
before we called it a night we were driving down one of the farmers paths between fields and i sat up on the window lamping a bit spotted a few bunnies and the lad i was with said do u want to fire at one of them under the p7 with the .22mag. as he said that his voice must have disturbed charlie as there was a rustling sound about 3 feet away from me. i swung around and turned the lamp on and gave a shout. out he jumped from the van and fired off the shoulder at him on the run at 50 yards. dropped on the spot. another clean kill for the .243.

all in all we'd a good night out. saw a lot of foxes out. none seemed too lamp shy. some more shots weren't taken either because their were houses around and shooting at that hour you'd have to have some bit of respect for the neighboring housing with the thump off the .243. finished up at about quarter to 4.

i've been complaining before about not seen many foxes out when we used to be out around 8-11 ish but it seems if you want better results head out later in the early hours of the morning.


another good sight to see was a field near home that had about 15 hare in it. saw about 25 of them over all during the night. good too see the numbers are rising.

kay 9

Any pics?

deerhunter1

Well done

garv123

kay 9 wrote: »

Any pics?

nope my phone died earlier on in the night was last minute idea so i didnt get a chance to charge it

deerhunter1

garv123 wrote: »

nope my phone died earlier on in the night was last minute idea so i didnt get a chance to charge it

Awe for gods sake:rolleyes:

garv123

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Awe for gods sake:rolleyes:

if it wasnt raining id go walkies to get a pic of one of them now thats not too far away

Tackleberrywho

I used to do a lot of late nite lamping.

I used to leave the house at midnight and return home around 5 or 6am.


It was very antisocial though

I've been working shift work for years and I have travelled the country very late at night going to or returning from work.


between 4am and 7am you will see a different side of Irish wildlife

deerhunter1

garv123 wrote: »

if it wasnt raining id go walkies to get a pic of one of them now thats not too far away

you a sunshine shooter:D

garv123

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I used to do a lot of late nite lamping.

I used to leave the house at midnight and return home around 5 or 6am.


It was very antisocial though

I've been working shift work for years and I have travelled the country very late at night going to or returning from work.


between 4am and 7am you will see a different side of Irish wildlife

the amount of rabbits was crazy. they seemed scarce enough early on in the nights but last night there was about 10 in every field.
i said before one morning recently before a deer stalk we had the lamp with us on the way to a lads house to meet up with him and the fields were alive with wildlife. its crazy.

deerhunter1

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I used to do a lot of late nite lamping.

I used to leave the house at midnight and return home around 5 or 6am.


It was very antisocial though

I've been working shift work for years and I have travelled the country very late at night going to or returning from work.


between 4am and 7am you will see a different side of Irish wildlife

Thats true

garv123

deerhunter1 wrote: »

you a sunshine shooter:D

id go shooting now, i wouldnt go walking for 10 mins and 10 back to take a picture in the rain

deerhunter1

garv123 wrote: »

id go shooting now, i wouldnt go walking for 10 mins and 10 back to take a picture in the rain

what you waiting for? a medal get on with it:P

garv123

deerhunter1 wrote: »

what you waiting for? a medal get on with it:P

college work sounds way more fun wudnt you agree?:rolleyes::(

Tackleberrywho

garv123 wrote: »

college work sounds way more fun wudnt you agree?:rolleyes::(

I have to have the first two chapters of my thesis done by Friday

Looking out at the rain here, lashing down and the wind howling.
Place is very wet.
Was out yesterday. Water level is very high.

Might go in to town in a bit (otherwise a complete waste of a sunday)

deerhunter1

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I have to have the first two chapters of my thesis done by Friday

Looking out at the rain here, lashing down and the wind howling.
Place is very wet.
Was out yesterday. Water level is very high.

Might go in to town in a bit (otherwise a complete waste of a sunday)

same here pissing rain

deerhunter1

garv123 wrote: »

college work sounds way more fun wudnt you agree?:rolleyes::(

ok your forgiven:)

johngalway

Well done, must get back at them soon myself.

sean raff

awsome stuff there,

poulo6.5

johngalway wrote: »

Well done, must get back at them soon myself.

Where have you bin John. We have not heard from you and your foxing for a while.

garv123

poulo6.5 wrote: »

Where have you bin John. We have not heard from you and your foxing for a while.

theres no foxes left in galway after him is why

johngalway

Hurt my knee last year hill walking, and my hip just before Christmas (no idea what I done there!). Had to pick between being able to do farm work, or going lamping. Quickly found out I couldn't manage both without aggravating both injuries.

poulo6.5

johngalway wrote: »

Hurt my knee last year hill walking, and my hip just before Christmas (no idea what I done there!). Had to pick between being able to do farm work, or going lamping. Quickly found out I couldn't manage both without aggravating both injuries.

So you are getting out of farming then:D

Get well soon. It's quiet on here without your stories.

Tackleberrywho

johngalway wrote: »

Hurt my knee last year hill walking, and my hip just before Christmas (no idea what I done there!). Had to pick between being able to do farm work, or going lamping. Quickly found out I couldn't manage both without aggravating both injuries.

It's called Old-man-itus


When the weather changed my knee kills me from an old motorbike injury.

You can get this drink in Tesco that is good for joint pain.
It's in the vitamins section.
Tube of tablets that dissolve in water.
I use them