Fox Control - Clonee, Dublin

kodak

Hi,

I have a Fox or two taking my hens. It was once a week but now it is once every 2nd day and it is getting closer to the House.

Anybody Interested coming out and hunting in Clonee, Meath/Dublin Boarder? (10 mins from M50)

It has a track into out field where it crosses a river so shouldn't take long!! and a trail of feathers back to the ditch.

PM me and only boards members with a history/many posts will be entertained!!

Thanks

Bray Airsoft

Ever considered buying a fox trap.May be better in the long run.

Tackleberrywho

kodak wrote: »

Hi,

I have a Fox or two taking my hens. It was once a week but now it is once every 2nd day and it is getting closer to the House.

Anybody Interested coming out and hunting in Clonee, Meath/Dublin Boarder? (10 mins from M50)

It has a track into out field where it crosses a river so shouldn't take long!! and a trail of feathers back to the ditch.

PM me and only boards members with a history/many posts will be entertained!!

Thanks

Is the location suited to a rifle or a shotgun

natdog

pm sent

bunny shooter

Bray Airsoft wrote: »

Ever considered buying a fox trap.May be better in the long run.

You haven't added your proposals for 'dealing' with any captured fox

I assume if the OP has posted here for help they would rather someone else 'deals' with the problem.

kodak

Hi,

No i don't want to get a trap.

Yes we are surrounded by a lot of land so shooting is no problem.

I have a few PMs so thanks and I will be in touch

poulo6.5

kodak wrote: »

Hi,

No i don't want to get a trap.

Yes we are surrounded by a lot of land so shooting is no problem.

I have a few PMs so thanks and I will be in touch

let us know how you get on

duffyer

PM sent

Spunk84

PM sent bud.

Arcto

With the amount of PM's sent people will be falling over each other in the field!!!

johngalway

Arcto wrote: »

With the amount of PM's sent people will be falling over each other in the field!!!

Time for some high vis hunter orange :pac:

.243

pm sent

Birdnuts

Arcto wrote: »

With the amount of PM's sent people will be falling over each other in the field!!!

Could be a stand off followed by a shoot out!!:eek::D;)

Spunk84

Hi Vis Check



Should be interesting :rolleyes:

ssl

Spunk84 wrote: »

Hi Vis Check



Should be interesting :rolleyes:

Result: Boards>Hunting=1, Fox=0:D

lb1981

That fox must be in ****e by now

Spunk84

Well did anyone get a pm back? Any foxes shot ?

lb1981

Spunk84 wrote: »

Well did anyone get a pm back? Any foxes shot ?

I Reckon there was no fox ,it was just some animal rights crew trying to lure some of the lads off here down to clonee for a hiding:D

Spunk84

kodak wrote: »

Anybody Interested coming out and hunting in Clonee, Meath/Dublin Boarder? (10 mins from M50)

hmmmm 10mins from the motorway:rolleyes: maybe a quick getaway LOL :eek:

thats why you always check their posting history! Spot an anti a mile away;)

he seems genuine enough so maybe he sorted himself.

Tackleberrywho

Spunk84 wrote: »

hmmmm 10mins from the motorway:rolleyes: maybe a quick getaway LOL :eek:

thats why you always check their posting history! Spot an anti a mile away;)

he seems genuine enough so maybe he sorted himself.

I reckon he was legit.

Problem is getting the fox to give you a safe shot.

Foxes tend to know where it i safe for them to be

Sly as a Fox

ssl

I'd hardly have being a fox trying to lure hunters in?? Scary Sh1t if it was

lb1981

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I reckon he was legit.

Problem is getting the fox to give you a safe shot.

Foxes tend to know where it i safe for them to be

Sly as a Fox

HA hA, I was only acting the maggot reckon the bloke was legit ,i offered my services but i think someone beat me to it.:(

natdog

offered my services aswell but didnt get any reply poor form if you ask me and I think I was first of the mark.
Maybe the fox bypassed the chickens and ate the owner instead.

kildare.17hmr

reckoned i was one of the first to reply too, also heard nothing back, said i was passing the following day, ah well good luck to whoever got it!

Minky 123

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

reckoned i was one of the first to reply too, also heard nothing back, said i was passing the following day, ah well good luck to whoever got it!

You coundnt really be shooting foxes with a.17hmr. A .223 would be the right job.;)

kildare.17hmr

Minky 123 wrote: »

You coundnt really be shooting foxes with a.17hmr. A .223 would be the right job.;)

Tell that to all the dead foxes round my way;)

Minky 123

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Tell that to all the dead foxes round my way;)

That would not agree with my hunting ethos. .17hmr is a small rabbit gun. .223 if you ever get one you wont look back.;) As I see in your previous posts youd get one if you could lad.:cool:

bunny shooter

Minky 123 wrote: »

That would not agree with my hunting ethos.

Who cares what you think................he ain't doing anything illegal and as he says he gets clean kills. Maybe he don't need to substitute power for accuracy

Minky 123

bunny shooter wrote: »

So................he ain't doing anything illegal and as he says he gets clean kills.

I agree with you.;)

kildare.17hmr

Minky 123 wrote: »

That would not agree with my hunting ethos. .17hmr is a small rabbit gun. .223 if you ever get one you wont look back.;) As I see in your previous posts youd get one if you could lad.:cool:

Have plenty of experience with different larger calibers and if you read my previous posts you will see i said i would have one but i enjoy the rabbit shooting too so the hmr suits me at the moment as an all rounder. im not disagreeing with you that the 223 is a better for the job and when i can afford one i will get one but as it stands i have great success with the hmr on foxes so its not against my hunting ethics. suggest you try it before you knock it

bazza888

the fox you showed me looked as if it the 17hmr had killed it dead enough!

jap gt

like the old saying goes 'YOU CANT GET DEADER THAN DEAD'

kildare is well capable of killing foxes, a 17hmr will kill a fox no bother once a fella doesnt go taking hero shots trying to hit them in the eye etc, i just sold my 22wmr and shot plenty foxes and almost always got clean kills

Tackleberrywho

jap gt wrote: »

like the old saying goes 'YOU CANT GET DEADER THAN DEAD'

kildare is well capable of killing foxes, a 17hmr will kill a fox no bother once a fella doesnt go taking hero shots trying to hit them in the eye etc, i just sold my 22wmr and shot plenty foxes and almost always got clean kills

I shot 9 foxes with a .22lr. All Rifles are dangerous to Vulpine's

The only benefit of centrefire is an extra couple of hundred yards and more knock down if a shot goes not according to plan

Dusty87

Minky 123 wrote: »

That would not agree with my hunting ethos. .17hmr is a small rabbit gun. .223 if you ever get one you wont look back.;) As I see in your previous posts youd get one if you could lad.:cool:

mmm. Iv actually met and seen kildare's results on foxes with the .17hmr. Would i do it if had one? Probably not, id have the .223 but dont base your own limitations on others;). Kildare knows his shooting.

Tackleberrywho

Dusty87 wrote: »

mmm. Iv actually met and seen kildare's results on foxes with the .17hmr. Would i do it if had one? Probably not, id have the .223 but dont base your own limitations on others;). Kildare knows his shooting.

I've 20 rounds of 55 grain Wolf ammo if you want it, won't chamber in mine.
There are cubs out on the silage fields I have been told by too guys who are silage contractors.

jap gt

my neighbour cut yesterday, saw too cubs playing ths morning when walking the dog, they are getting big now

rambo87

I recieved a PM back, so thank you. Make sure that you own the land around your house or else get express permission from the land owner, otherwise you will really piss off the local landowner/farmer by asking people to do fox control! You should contact the local gun club - Dunboyne or Clonee - because it's their turf.. if it was my gun club i wouldnt be very happy about the neighbours inviting down lads from other areas. The lads down in Clonee would be happy to help.

lb1981

rambo87 wrote: »

I recieved a PM back, so thank you. Make sure that you own the land around your house or else get express permission from the land owner, otherwise you will really piss off the local landowner/farmer by asking people to do fox control! You should contact the local gun club - Dunboyne or Clonee - because it's their turf.. if it was my gun club i wouldnt be very happy about the neighbours inviting down lads from other areas. The lads down in Clonee would be happy to help.

Depends if they will help him, i know in our club it is only 1 or 2 of us saps out of 35 that will go out and deal with requests from land owners.

homerhop

lb1981 wrote: »

Depends if they will help him, i know in our club it is only 1 or 2 of us saps out of 35 that will go out and deal with requests from land owners.

Sadly I think every club is the same.

kildare.17hmr

lb1981 wrote: »

Depends if they will help him, i know in our club it is only 1 or 2 of us saps out of 35 that will go out and deal with requests from land owners.

Id see that as your the only one havin the fun so!! seriously tho are the rest only members to shoot during the season yeah?

Spunk84

Out of 40 members or so I have only met 3 in the field, the 3 of them where coming up a ditch and we where coming down it. These where the only 3 gun club members ive every met in the last 3 years on the club land, very sad to see!

lb1981

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Id see that as your the only one havin the fun so!! seriously tho are the rest only members to shoot during the season yeah?

Yeah its real fun having to stand in the pissings of rain probably only getting a few shots.:D:D:D. Ah no your right in one way when you get a good day and the shots are flying you dont mind too much. See that's what bugs me the same couple of lads doing vermin,pigeon shooting ,work on the pen and pheasant rearing ,then when it comes to the meeting you get every ****ing clown turning up and causing murder,then going out and beating the land sick during the season.the sooner their hips go the better.

Spunk84

rambo87 wrote: »

I recieved a PM back, so thank you. Make sure that you own the land around your house or else get express permission from the land owner, otherwise you will really piss off the local landowner/farmer by asking people to do fox control! You should contact the local gun club - Dunboyne or Clonee - because it's their turf.. if it was my gun club i wouldnt be very happy about the neighbours inviting down lads from other areas. The lads down in Clonee would be happy to help.

Well did you shoot anything!!!!!!'

lb1981

Spunk84 wrote: »

Well did you shoot anything!!!!!!'

The Clonee and Dunboyne lads ran him out of town:D:D

rambo87

Was expecting a phone call... never got one. Wasnt me who dealt with this Fox, i recommended that the person try to contact the local gun club and if they couldnt i would get them a contact in the club through the MRGC. Thats the way it should be done. They are well able to deal with foxes themselves down there, a lot of them boys wouldnt be on boards or the like. The results speak for themselves - Meath topped the vermin count the last 2 years running!!

lb1981

rambo87 wrote: »

Was expecting a phone call... never got one. Wasnt me who dealt with this Fox, i recommended that the person try to contact the local gun club and if they couldnt i would get them a contact in the club through the MRGC. Thats the way it should be done. They are well able to deal with foxes themselves down there, a lot of them boys wouldnt be on boards or the like. The results speak for themselves - Meath topped the vermin count the last 2 years running!!

Ha Ha go on out of that the only reason you lot won was Drumcondrath, not every county has a place were they breed grey squirrels .:D

rambo87

Ive also heard that they had 400 at Christmas!!! 4euro for each one! (Might be less this year) Thats how you make the club money!

lb1981

rambo87 wrote: »

Ive also heard that they had 400 at Christmas!!! 4euro for each one! (Might be less this year) Thats how you make the club money!

It is handy money if you have them on your land.Think we only have 10 so far. Our land hasn't many on them.Pity they don't give you 4euro for a fox

homerhop

rambo87 wrote: »

Ive also heard that they had 400 at Christmas!!! 4euro for each one! (Might be less this year) Thats how you make the club money!

Where do ya get the details on this or who is sponsoring it?

Spunk84

rambo87 wrote: »

Was expecting a phone call... never got one. Wasnt me who dealt with this Fox, i recommended that the person try to contact the local gun club and if they couldnt i would get them a contact in the club through the MRGC. Thats the way it should be done. They are well able to deal with foxes themselves down there, a lot of them boys wouldnt be on boards or the like. The results speak for themselves - Meath topped the vermin count the last 2 years running!!

It's weird that no one actual counts the vermin:rolleyes:They take it on there word they shot 1000+ foxes every season;) there should be photo evidence or every tail which has to be given in, not a phone call from such and such to say yea 1000+ foxes:D

lb1981

Spunk84 wrote: »

It's weird that no one actual counts the vermin:rolleyes:They take it on there word they shot 1000+ foxes every season;) there should be photo evidence or every tail which has to be given in, not a phone call from such and such to say yea 1000+ foxes:D

We have a vermin count in september in Dublin, All clubs have reps and vermin officers there so no cheating can take place ,we leave our vermin with them after, they were taking photos last year ,the squirrel tails were of most interest.That was first time i seen any photos being taking though