Only took my little compact camera so clarity not so good, but hope you find them interesting.
It was a walk along part of the pennine way in the dark peak, crossing Goodbent and Crowden grouse moors. There was plenty to see, bloody cold and the photos dont do it justice!
Yes that isn't the case feller I haven't had any that need following up because as I intimated its a case of knowing yours and your firearms limitations. There are times you will not have bb's in the chamber when a fox requires killing and yet a game cartridge will still so the job.
Not many could change loads when a fox suddenly appears from out of a barn, or around a wall without that fox being out of range within seconds and presenting a tail shot.
Just because you call yourself fox dropper doesn't mean that you are the be all and end all, and it should be the shooter that makes the judge
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
No only very short burns, don't see anything come out, and never seen grass or adders. Fire is the great reviver and it brings the moor to life and keeps it fresh. The pipets are back the curlews will be here in the next week or two....... And then shortly after, the midges !!
Kids on half term and the local keeper said they could come up and help with some burning.
Once up on the tops, it was obvious that the keepers from all the neighbouring moors, were all doing the same, plumes of smoke everywhere. Not only that but the whole of the horizon was covered in a thick layer of smoke from much further afield, and probably the moors of N yorkshire.
Really good for the kids to get involved, and they both loved it!
toby,your right,it aint hard to snare.. but what if you dont know the land,,new area, no fence or hedges for miles and no cover .... where would you start ??On the runs, to a midden, to a baiting point in the rushes with rides cut into them etc