minktrapper wrote: »

Do the sticks make much noise. Do they flex as they look light. The weight of holding a rifle for long periods can be a bit much on the arms.

How do you find the single resting point for the rifle.

Hi the sticks make little or no noise no flex in the sticks with rifle on top these sticks are 18 months old and work flawless the last set are still here with 2 bent legs after I fell head over heels out foxing last year I have them for spare parts

The single resting point is what I like you shoulder mount your rifle and you have 360 movement with the sticks more natural for my shooting position as foxes or rabbits move you can keep up with them easily out last night 11 rabbits in beet fields and 2 foxes all off the sticks with the 17 hmr

minktrapper wrote: »

You must be very good at calling foxs.

Hi minktrapper don’t know if I’m that good but I know every inch of my ground and I put in the leg work but the system I use works

minktrapper wrote: »

As you say you "put in the leg work ". How many nights a week would you go after foxs. Does it take long to deploy the Vanguard shooting sticks.

Hi over the winter I would put 3 to 4 nights in foxing different areas it takes about the same time as putting the legs of a bipod down if a quick shot is needed once I’m on a stand it’s ready for action with rifle setup on them

I have started to backpack the meat out leaving the carcass there and it works 49 foxes off one hill farm this season I cut the walking down by half I have made a number of bait pipes and put them out some foxes love them others don’t go near them no matter what bait is in them the calls worked very good this season but I don’t overly call a little can go a long way if I see a fox moving away I will walk after it and try and cut it off but the bait station works much better for hill foxes imo[/QUOTE]


How do I set up a bait pipe?

What size pipe and made from what. Do you cut holes in them. When you say free standing how are they kept upright.

We got 3 today out of cover . We're out every Sunday from November to the week before Patrick's day.
We've 44 got this season so far with the best being 11 two weeks ago

We are out 3-4 nights a week since Christmas. Cover about 7km a night varying our route. Getting thin on the ground now. No rabbit population around us for the last few years so the callers don’t bring them in.

Gotten a good few in past month.
Last night we spotted 4 but not one woukd come to the call. Spotted a big black cat too. Looked abnormally large for a common house cat.
Anyway despite heavy snow we walked on up the hills and spotted a ewe with two newborn lambs and to the right about 40 yards a dog fox. Wind changed and he caught scent of us and bolted up the hill very fast.
Called the farmer to keep and eye on the lambs because the weather just got too bad. First night in a long time we blanked. But tomoro is another night. Spotted 7 in one field in 15 mins last week and we shot 3 of them. All dogs. Must be a vixen around in Heat as we seen 4 in that field last night.

Any tips for controlling foxs this time of year. As in calling etc..

How do you set up your pipe bait ?

As in a 4" orange wavin pipe. Do you block the end of the pipe with something.

Have you tried this sort of bait station JR ? As in half burying a 4" pipe.

your standard drainage pipe lad, i cut a 45 degree at the bottom so i can put into the ground don't put it down to fare be a balls trying to get it out make sure you drill holes to let the scent out.

Similar to the old idea of a bucket hanging off the ground with holes in the bottom, and bit of meat/roadkill inside with lid on. Great for drawing fox's into an area. Works great, especially if you intend to snare them.

Small little scrub, or fairy ring, would be an ideal location to set one up.