2 brace,bit special .

[foxdropper 17,092]

Out this morning at just gone 8 am .Overslept really as first light was my intention but never mind .Went to a place that ive recently been given that tacks onto another spot i have .Shot 4 roe here a while back but recent signs tell me theres more on what is no more than 70 acres.Its a small holding ,you know the type ,sheep ,geese ,chickens and a donkey for good measure .The owners are fed up with the attentions of both deer and foxes on the small resources they have which is where i fit in .Chatted to the farmers wife for a while about what theyd seen and then moved off .Stalked beyond the buildings and up to a pond and immediately bumped a deer that was plainly a buck .I was on sticks as he cautiously looked back and jumped a fence and away .No doe was with him so onward .

The top fields are divided by an old canal that is very silted up to the point that its mearly a depression now .I could hear a crow raucously shouting ahead and out in the field the other side of the canal and as i approached i picked out the call of a raven ,something im no longer surprised by .Added to this noise was the unmistakeable shouting of foxes ,the kecking associated with a meeting of some sort but i had no idea of what was going on as i was unsighted still .Crept up the hedge and peered through the sparce hawthorn on the canal banks to see a pair of tied foxes with a corvid audience .They were at roughly 150 yards id say .I crept across the water very slowly as it was only inches deep and unfrozen under the bushes.

Crawled to the edge of the far side and poked the gun through a gap in the tall grass.I hadnt broken the skyline at all and the corvids were still there too .The foxes span around ,biting at each other, first back to back then side by side and very vocal.I watched through the scope until it became clear that maybe the double was on the cards here .I waited until the pair were back to back and facing me before loosing a round off ,dropping them both on the spot .I had hit the dog face on and the vixen through the chest .Exclusive club membership or what !

Paced it back at 157 so about right .From there to the other ground and a look around the rushy area that i know holds elusive munties .My lucky day it seems as i spotted a pair ,mouching along above the rushes ,picking at some bramble .Off sticks ,i shot the buck to which the doe just turned to see what he was up to and she joined her mate on the grass .

This pic shows the habitat i was in .

Down towards the river now and i glassed a pair of roe ,a doe and follower .The doe was on her back legs picking at bramble but the young un was head into the scrub .I figured if i head shot the doe ,the follower would back out and stand but ......

At roughly 70 yards ,i missed the doe and both were off into the scrub .Cant comlain though .

[firepower 68]

Nice shot and write up mate, top day out by the sound of it..........

 

p.s What a way to go for the foxes

Edited January 31, 2010 by firepower

[john robbo 30]

What a morning fox dropper,

I'll have to lie in.

Out this morning and we had 3 foxes scrapping client had 3 shots at them not 1 connected.

But shit happens.(his gun was "on" ) it was just nerves he's never had foxes running around him like that before.

Anyway well done.

Didn't get the first shot on film wasn't quick enough.

The 2 roe were just over my boundry.

[martin 332]

Well well well,I can't leave you alone for two minutes that you aren't trying to break some record or other.....lol That is what I would call a special morning mate.I hope to get you on a few more of the red ones on wednesday so come prepared,oh,and charge that battery up to save me carrying my huge thing round at my age!!

 

Martin

[wint 3]

Well done FD,sounds like you had another great day nice write up

Andy

[foxdropper 17,092]

Third time seeing a mating pair but never dreamed of bagging a brace one day .

[olivhar01 0]

Out this morning at just gone 8 am .Overslept really as first light was my intention but never mind .Went to a place that ive recently been given that tacks onto another spot i have .Shot 4 roe here a while back but recent signs tell me theres more on what is no more than 70 acres.Its a small holding ,you know the type ,sheep ,geese ,chickens and a donkey for good measure .The owners are fed up with the attentions of both deer and foxes on the small resources they have which is where i fit in .Chatted to the farmers wife for a while about what theyd seen and then moved off .Stalked beyond the buildings and up to a pond and immediately bumped a deer that was plainly a buck .I was on sticks as he cautiously looked back and jumped a fence and away .No doe was with him so onward .

The top fields are divided by an old canal that is very silted up to the point that its mearly a depression now .I could hear a crow raucously shouting ahead and out in the field the other side of the canal and as i approached i picked out the call of a raven ,something im no longer surprised by .Added to this noise was the unmistakeable shouting of foxes ,the kecking associated with a meeting of some sort but i had no idea of what was going on as i was unsighted still .Crept up the hedge and peered through the sparce hawthorn on the canal banks to see a pair of tied foxes with a corvid audience .They were at roughly 150 yards id say .I crept across the water very slowly as it was only inches deep and unfrozen under the bushes.

Crawled to the edge of the far side and poked the gun through a gap in the tall grass.I hadnt broken the skyline at all and the corvids were still there too .The foxes span around ,biting at each other, first back to back then side by side and very vocal.I watched through the scope until it became clear that maybe the double was on the cards here .I waited until the pair were back to back and facing me before loosing a round off ,dropping them both on the spot .I had hit the dog face on and the vixen through the chest .Exclusive club membership or what !

Paced it back at 157 so about right .From there to the other ground and a look around the rushy area that i know holds elusive munties .My lucky day it seems as i spotted a pair ,mouching along above the rushes ,picking at some bramble .Off sticks ,i shot the buck to which the doe just turned to see what he was up to and she joined her mate on the grass .

This pic shows the habitat i was in .

Down towards the river now and i glassed a pair of roe ,a doe and follower .The doe was on her back legs picking at bramble but the young un was head into the scrub .I figured if i head shot the doe ,the follower would back out and stand but ......

At roughly 70 yards ,i missed the doe and both were off into the scrub .Cant comlain though .

 

nice shooting mate never had the chance at a munty

Edited February 1, 2010 by olivhar01

[Yokel Matt 918]

So basically you had a perve for a few minutes before hand ‘while the shot presented itself’... Great Shooting – that bit of ground is a real gem with a bit of everything.

 

Catch up soon

[wboulter 3]

nice shooting

Edited February 2, 2010 by wboulter