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  1. charlie caller
    I used to use 6o grain Sierra hp for foxes loaded up to about 3700 fps, but now my favoured round for the .243 is Sierra grain blitz for foxes and deer, it is a superb bullet, loaded to 3400fps it is very very flat, better in the wind than the lighter stuff, and boy does it pack a punch it drops foxes on the spot and is a very capable deer round too, although it is meant to be a varmint round I find it a little harder than some varmint type rounds and does not over expand on deer and penetrates well.
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    Should have used a centrefire Ye just dont seem to be able to get the steel bullets any more got some silver ones, but I am saving them for a full moon.
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    A hawk that is catching pheasants on a semi regular basis is not my idea of a problem mate but yes I know what you are saying, she obviously likes the taste of pheasant more than rabbit, and really you can hardly blame her, personally I would live with it and enjoy her catching whatever she wants, but perhaps just flying her from the fist at bunnies for a bit might ease the problem a bit
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    Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol
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    Weatherby vanguard/Howa 1500, brilliant Jap engineering, and super accurate, mine will print a ragged one hole group with home loads, and with Federal factory ammo shoot a half inch group all day, a good used one wont break the bank, and if you fancy changing the stock, a nice Boyds laminate stock from the states comes in at under a hundred quid, I have said it before and will say it again, they are the best value rifles in the country and as for scopes look no further than the superb Nikon prostaff range, with the bdc reticule, a match made in heaven
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    Yes I shot one last week with the shotgun, out looking for squirrels to shoot with steel shot for hawk food, he got 3 loads of 36 gram 3" magnum no3 steel, and I can tell you it did the job rather well, in answer to the phrase as you put it, at 60 yards there are better tools to kill a fox than a .22, should perhaps be re-phrased slightly, at 60 yards, nothing will kill a fox with such a degree of certainty than a centerfire, not a shotgun, not a .22rf but a centerfire, totally agree on the right tool for the job
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    I can assure you I have not fallen into any generalisation trap, I have never said a .22 rf is not the tool for the job in certain circumstances, it will undoubtedly kill foxes cleanly at short range, and citing the scenario's you do, yes of course a .22 rf would be an ideal choice, providing of course your certificate is conditioned for fox, but whilst you seem to centre your argument around the fact that you shoot them as a living, often in, I accept difficult circumstances, like suburban gardens etc,most people on here, I think it fair to suggest, do not operate as professional pest control
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    Everyone who stalks must have done that at one time or another, nice buck mate, well done.
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    Probably what the keeper in question was trying to get across is the low power of a .22 rf, I am sure if he was going to put a dog down with a .22 it would be about 3 inches away from the skull not 60 yards, he was no doubt alluding to the fact that at 60 yards there are far better tools to kill a fox/dog, nobody can argue with that, on the grounds of being able to transfer far more energy to the animal, yes a .22 WILL kill foxes at 60 yards with a correctly placed shot, a .7mm rem mag will kill a fox at 60 yards also, but with, I would venture to suggest, a slightly less than correctly placed
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    If you have the ability a .243 will kill deer at 600 yards or more, can the average shot do it? No, should he try it? No, keep the .22 for what its good at, rabbits, and yes CLOSE range foxes, anything else use a centerfire.
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    As Crow says, get her hunting asap, you dont want a screamer on your hands mate, if you have got a supply of dead bunnies, try feeding her on the real thing and nothing else for a day or three, obviously paying careful attention to her weight, if she is hungry she will feed on the carcass, then get her on the real thing
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    Keep your Bushnell MTC vipers are crap
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    Good attitude mate, have you checked out any local hawking clubs? That would be my first port of call mate, have you got land sorted to fly the bird on?
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    I would check what the land is passed for if anything, and if it is not passed then you will need to get it passed, so a word with the local firearms dept will let you know if the ground is passed, if not arrange to get it passed before you apply, a hornet is a cracking little fox round, but if I were you I would go .222 then if you happen upon a Muntjac you can put him in the freezer also get a .22 rimfire for the bunnies.
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    Lost Gos

    charlie caller replied to Dcarne's topic in Falconry

    Get a Harris pal nobody ever loses them you know.
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    Some forces (like mine for instance) will not allow .22 or any other rimfire on fox, some will, if you can head shoot them at 50-70 yards then a .22 will kill them cleanly, but as a gun to take out foxing specifically then it is not the right choice, if you want to shoot foxes regular then get a .22 hornet upwards, all the .22 cf are perfect for foxes.
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    Keep at it mate, if she is feeding from it she will go for it sooner or later.
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    Sounds like she is coming on mate, when she hits the carcass, let her have a feed and make a nice smooth trade off with some rabbit, dont rush, you are setting the seeds for all future trade offs, then get her on the real thing
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    On a .22 yes mate, wait for a wind free day or even better zero on an indoor range, then you will see those groups correctly centred.
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    Ye I know what your saying mate just being cautious, as the guy he has bought it from sounds like a di*k, and for all we know he could have sold him a hawk that had been returned to him and was already too low, it does sound like a reduction in weight and some carcass work would get things moving along for the lad, but some good local advice is paramount still I think.
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    Are you sure it is a female, as 2lb does sound a bit light, but she could be a small one, the breeder sounds a right plonker if he offered to mentor you and then never got back in touch, right you have been at it two weeks, you need to get the hawk out hunting as soon as you can mate, it is very difficult and not a good idea to give any kind of weight advice over the internet, so can you find someone local to you to inspect the hawk for you? How sharp is the hawks keel, as most Harris hawks when somewhere near a decent flying/hunting weight will drop onto a carcass, perhaps not smash it at fir
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    Well I have been shooting for over 30 years, and I can honestly say I have never sat in a hide waiting for pheasants, pigeons yes, foxes now and again, crows yes, duck/geese yes, but never pheasants, perhaps this is a branch of shooting that has been hidden to me? The op has not mentioned if he will be walking them up, or standing on a peg, I will accept that on a "formal" driven shoot a semi auto is perhaps not the ideal gun(in this country) and a sbs(my preference) or an o/u would be more acceptable, certainly to peppery old gentlemen of the old school, however standing on a peg waiting fo
  23. charlie caller
    Spot on mate
  24. charlie caller
    Why wont a semi kill them anymore? I have shot hundreds with mine, perhaps I ought to swap it in then before our shoot starts
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    Very true.
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