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    Thanks for sharing your memories mate ,good read .
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    Most vixens will be in cub now mate but not showing .The rut is not fully over yet until end of January .
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    Indeed mate,indeed .Get yourself driving and well have a look for one if you like .
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    Always a testosterone fueled thread this type but the upshot is -Break your dogs to stock or pay the price .No amount of whinging will bring them back once they are shot .Very poor to own a dog that even looks at the feckers IMO. Heard of a donkey killed recently by lurchers and a shot dog but that is another story .
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    Good going there mate ,cant beat it .
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    Does anyone know of any downloads on the web for an i pod or mp3 player .
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    Have had a couple of cracking hunts on mink in the past ,the best being quite by surprise .Walking dogs late at night a few years back [all dogs present now dead] they ran down the bank of our local stream/river and waded out in the shallows ,keen on a scent .The lurcher ,being taller saw the mink run through the shallows further down and was on the case .The terriers x2 were both over the far bank by now and threading in and out the dead cowparsley . The mink took the dogs about 30 yards down stream and then dived into a stone wall that was built to slow the water down .The face of this wa
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    Early rise this morning to take the dogs out on some land i have that borders some National trust land . Theres always been a few deer here but lately theres been a few fallow but always just over the boundary The dogs were off on the ass of something when these boys got up from some cover and werent in any rush to depart .One of them has the makings of a good beast in the future and he's with 3 prickets of last year .Hopefully they will stay around until he comes of age but i know he will want a doe soon enough . Still, nice to see them about even if i didnt have the rifle .Would be nice
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    Due to the generosity of Deker and Mr logic ,i spent a great day and night up with the pair of them on their land last Monday .Met Deker at his house and after a coffee we went to a patch of his a few miles away .Typical ground for the area ,wooded with patches of bog ,scrubland -perfect .We were to stalk deer with a possible fox thrown in .Deker is very knowledgeable about the area and its wildlife and he was able to say where we'd find the deer .Spot on every time . A shot never presented itself but i really was content to see them in this surroundings and the deer i did see were in tip -
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    Nice pics mate ,although one or two could be sharper .Good head of roe there then .
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    Saturday afternoon saw me gingerly trying out my sore ankle and im glad to say it got better the more i walked on it . I was on a farm that i really like as theres a good head of deer and nice scenery with it .Wasnt long before i spotted two sat in a hedge and the stalk was on in the shape of a belly crawl.About 70 yds through the wet grass to a brow and i was within 100yds of them ,a doe and her young doe of the year .The doe was the target and as they were sat down it had to be a head shot .Well in theory but i missed cleanly and the doe got up sharpish followed by her young 'un.They stood
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    Had a look out Tuesday at a spot that borders a chicken farm i do and was surprised to see not one but 4 foxes here .The first one didnt want to know a squeak and i bipassed him ,hoping to come back around and stalk it .The next i saw was way out on a rape field .I got into what i thought was a good position under a wall and set the bipod for a sqeaking session.On the first go this fox came belting in .I had the green filter on the rifle lamp ,or rather a piece of green see through plastic ,the idea of my good mate Martin off the site but this has its draw backs as i was to find out .Eyes sta
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    From real experience -I grew up with one of these babies and i loved it .Looking back i probably stretched the limits a bit but when your young thats what limits are for arnt they .Very accurate out to 150 yds but the tail off is very noticeable from there on .Shot a lot of foxes and sometimes wonder why i swapped it in for a .222 but the price of ammo and availabilty is enough to reassure me .If you want a rifle PURELY for fox at sensible range then get one ,providing the ammo is available .
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    19 inches to beat then
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    It did cross my mind that they had had a shot at the deer with the shottie but having spoke to them they assured me deer were off limits We will see . Foxy mate -There will be one or two about i expect .Just book up that sika stag for me and get one tied to a tree . edited to say-- Oh and happy Christmas to all
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    First light Sunday i was up and out at a place i like to do often as the farmer is always moaning about something whether it be deer ,foxes or rats . I studied the wind for a bit and found it was ideal in that i would be into the wind when i approached the places that hold most often .Bumped a doe unexpectedly in a ditch as i was watching a buzzard nearby and not paying the right amount of attention forward .Never mind as theres plenty here as a rule .Up around the top of the ground i could see where a dog walker had beat me to it as there were fresh footprints and a steaming dog turd Follo
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    You boys definately make a good team .I look forward to seeing that new ground in the new year some time .Well done Dave ,some cracking shooting there mate .
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    Got to agree foxy mate .Never see the two mixing and in fact sheep are the ruination of a good roe patch .Thankfully its only seasonal around us and we will be back to normal when the hordes from Wales have stripped the fields bare and have to go back .
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    Re-direct him here ,in a roundabout way .Lets have some fun .
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    Drink it yourself then
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    Like a change mate ,now and then
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    Yes mate .Farmers already said help yourself to greens.
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    Ive recently undertaken a deer control job ,yes a job as im being paid per head shot .Its on a market garden that ive had for a while but the deer are really giving the chap a hard time ,especially when produce is at an all time low when selling it .Im to be paid £10 a head and im to leave the head as a payment card ?. The damage ranges from pulled carrots to holes ripped in polimesh ,the clear plastic used to germinate plants but the most shocking for me was seeing the way they strip spinach leaves nearly to the ground .Sprouts are pulled over and trodden and this all the work of roe .
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    Tuesday night saw me at a farm i rarely visit this time of year as its a mud bath and the foxes have fair played on the fact .Had a squeak behind the farm and 5 appeared ,one from a bale stack nearby .4 of them were unsafe shots with a village behind and a row of windows for a backstop but one of them kept coming ,so close infact that i shot it freehand whilst still moving .Had to drag charlie out the shit as i wasnt putting my rifle down in that for a pic .Weighed in 20 pound ,another decent size fox .Will try the bales over christmas with the terriers for the rest .
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