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    Friday evening saw myself and my son heading out for what was to be his first proper stalk. The weather and wind were perfect for where i had in mind ,a farm of 300 acres on the outskirts of a town.Id previously seen three bucks here with a handful of does and the chances of finding one were enhanced by the weather .We set off up the farm track away from the buildings having nodded to the farmer washing down the yard after milking .The time was 7.30 .The first field that held a buck and doe previously now held cattle so required no more than a glance before heading off to what is known as the
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    In my yard ,theoretical or not a useless bitch wouldnt be alive to breed from .Couldnt be arsed to read it all and sorry if its been said but that covers all defects i find .
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    Sad business but sometimes thing work for the best mate .Had the pups made it ,they may of gone down hill which is worse than still borns
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    Should keep the wannabees at bay mate ,good going .
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    Dont cut it mate .fine as it is
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    Cracker that mate.look forward to more, better, pics.
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    Stick fodder mate .
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    Nice ground you have there Matt.I think i may of been there once or twice with you before.Glad to to see you getting there early this year . Hopefully see you Sunday for a stalk up here .
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    I think you are all reading too much into the ALQ thing .It is just that ,whatever is legal with that quarry at that time ,no more no less .It does open up an area for boar to be shot with a .243 though which i intend to make the most of .
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    Good to see you have the rat problem fully under control mate and the roaches didnt show .Only kidding mate ,see you later .
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    its a hard life mate
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    Very useful vid mate ,thanks
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    For those of us whos passion is hunting and not paper punching then the 100 yd and an inch over is all you require .Note i said hunting and not long range sniping .I set mine to these standards and rarely go wrong but each to their own .
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    Ive personally never held with the suggested cull percentages given out by the deer bodies .I shoot mainly roe and the rate at which they infill is astonishing to the point that if its in season i will shoot it .Contrary to the widespread belief concerning genetics ,there is no drop in quality at all from this type of control that i can see.From what i can see ,there are pockets of deer around me ,namely fallow that are jealously guarded to the point where they are untouchable ,leading to increased road traffic accidents and nocturnal crop raiding .Its these places that need to get thier house
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    The vision of you struggling under all that firepower is daunting mate .Take the 308 that will do all before it then some.Any reds showing mate .?
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    So BBs for fox then .Glad we agree,lol. .Cheers tegater
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    What we are trying to put across is two different case scenarios .You write about the chance shot at a fox at close range which weve all took ,whilst im banging on about the near consuming job of fox control,intended fox control with only that in mind .Im glad you would set out with bbs when intentionally foxing because that is what im on about . Thought for a while you were getting at the fact that foxes were to be shot at on sight regardless of weapon and my post was directed at those who may be swayed by that . like you said theres those out there that will wound with a cf but theres als
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    Compete opposite to what your saying would be more accurate .Backtrack to where you advocate the use of sixes ,a 20 bore and even a .410 .Tut tut.
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    Brings back memories does the hornet .When i first started as a young keeper [out of it now] back in the late seventies ,the hornet along with a .222 was the estate rifle.That means we [four of us]young beat keepers had the use of them either night or day and whenever they were free.bearing in mind the year ,the deer laws wernt what they are now and both rifles were used on fallow as well as fox at night and i cant honestly see much difference in them and the calibres approved today .Back to the thread ,no i never saw a fox badly damaged by a hornet but we did use soft points mind.
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    You quote Deker as an example and rightly so .He is a full time pest controller ,I know him and have shot with him .I am very sure his morals are on a par with mine and given the choice i know bbs would be in his gun for foxing with a 12 bore .He will use other calibres when appropriate obviously but for choice.................... .Hopefully he will contribute here at some time .
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    I don't consider myself an expert about anything, and I mean anything, what I am not happy with though is being told there is only one way to do something. There are some very knowledgable members on here who are able to keep an open mind and understand the implications of the advice they give. Deker for me among others, can do that, and I use his name only as an example. As well as looking outside of the box, you also need to look in it as well.
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    What i refer to mate is targeting fox exclusively which is what the OP asks ,re-read the title.Not many shoots allow ground game at all that im aware of .Im afraid that if you are using the smaller shot on fox regularly then your telling lies and by the way ,foxdropper has nothing to do with shooting foxes ,in fact the opposite but if you dont hunt you wont know .You may class yourself as a bit of an expert on fox shooting and look down on anyone daring to say otherwise but trust me mate ive been there and done it and your take on the subject is the very reverse of the way i see it and that o
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    Yet again though, someone is dictating their views on everybody else. Are you really saying that a fox in a trap cannot be dispatched with a .410 loaded with 6 shot? Are you saying that a fox in a back garden cannot be dispatched from 20 yards with 32grams of 5's? Are you saying that an opportunity at a fox when sitting in a hide should be turned down because you are only loaded with 30 gram Grand Prix? All that is required is common sense and not red mist. Before so many people had easy access to CF rifles and mods, loads of foxes were shot with shot guns and rimfires and still do get shot
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    Such a lot of shit wrote on this forum and this thread is no different i see .THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM FOR FOX SHOULD BE BBs. Many many foxes are left to run every year with small shot in them and left to die out of sight presumed missed .We do hell of a lot of foxing both day and night .The trick with a fox that comes belting in is to wait until it turns broad side by changing the squeak to a loader pitch .Charlie is baffled and puts the breaks on.The vitals are then exposed for a kill unlike a head on where the front legs usually take the brunt of the shot as the chest is aimed for .Poor shootin
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    Hope you made that hole bigger mate for a six foot dig
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