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Fox Control - Clonee, Dublin

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  • #32
    jap gt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭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


  • #33
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭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


  • #34
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭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.


  • #35
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭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.


  • #36
    jap gt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭jap gt


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


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  • #37
    rambo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭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.


  • #38
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭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.


  • #39
    homerhop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭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.


  • #40
    kildare.17hmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭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?


  • #41
    Spunk84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭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 :D land, very sad to see!


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  • #42
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭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.


  • #43
    Spunk84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭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!!!!!!'


  • #44
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭lb1981


    Spunk84 wrote: »
    Well did you shoot anything!!!!!!'
    The Clonee and Dunboyne lads ran him out of town:D:D


  • #45
    rambo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭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!!


  • #46
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭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


  • #47
    rambo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭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!


  • #48
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭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


  • #49
    homerhop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭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?


  • #50
    Spunk84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭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


  • #51
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭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


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  • #52
    rambo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭rambo87


    homerhop wrote: »
    Where do ya get the details on this or who is sponsoring it?
    Right... because Meath won the vermin count the year before last we were entitled to the Maximum amount of prize money for squirrells in the special grey squirrell scheme run by the department of heritage Local gov. and enviorment. The prize money worked out at around 4 euro a squirrel and was paid out by the MRGC before the recieved the actual grant. New gov. = new rules... so might not be 4 euro this year.. maybe 2
    The vermin count is taken very seriously in Meath. EVERYTHING is counted out on the day of the count by the vermin officer. Only thing is one time they allowed you to say how many pigeons the club shot - most lads didnt even bother as its only worth 1 point per pigeon.. although if you were shooting thousands of them!!


  • #53
    lb1981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭lb1981


    rambo87 wrote: »
    Right... because Meath won the vermin count the year before last we were entitled to the Maximum amount of prize money for squirrells in the special grey squirrell scheme run by the department of heritage Local gov. and enviorment. The prize money worked out at around 4 euro a squirrel and was paid out by the MRGC before the recieved the actual grant. New gov. = new rules... so might not be 4 euro this year.. maybe 2
    The vermin count is taken very seriously in Meath. EVERYTHING is counted out on the day of the count by the vermin officer. Only thing is one time they allowed you to say how many pigeons the club shot - most lads didnt even bother as its only worth 1 point per pigeon.. although if you were shooting thousands of them!!
    Bring back the days when we used to get 3 shells for each pigeon.That did encourage lads to get out and do it.What we are hoping to bring in for this year as a club is give 3 shells for each pigeon and each piece of vermin and fine the lads that don't hand anything in,pays for the shells.You know yourself most land owners couldn't care less if your out shooting pheasants on the land as long as you take care of their vermin and carry out crop protection.


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