Vixen digging out flooded rabbits

[tegater 789]

Just come back in from a quick look out for a fox that has taken a few pheasants and a couple of ducks. Its been chucking it down up here for most of the last few days, the rivers are flooded, the roads are flooded and the drains are lifting.

 

Something said we werent going to have much luck, but with a fox on the ground it had to be done. A drive along the bottem of the valley produced nothing in the howling wind and we could barely hear our own calls and squeeks, still the lamp cut through the rain ok and luckily for once there was no hill fog.

 

We came back along the top of the woods, when my buddy who's land it is, picks up a flash right underneath us and about 50 metres in front. Lamp off, rifle up on aim, and when the lamp came back on, I just made out a fox legging it into a clump of rushes with something in its mouth. There was no escape from the rushes, but out went the lamp, and a few seconds later it got turned back on.

 

There was the fox were we first saw it half in and half out of a rabbit hole. The angle was right still to get a good shot, ensuring the bullet entered its chest cavity, and bang, down it went.

 

When I got down the banking to pick it up, the rabbit holes around it, were absolutley pouring out water, like gargoils, which explained why we had also seen more rabbits than normal out. When I pulled the fox out, there were two baby rabbits literally were the foxes snout would have been! The fox was an old vixen, getting a lucky meal.

 

I can only assume that because the rabbit holes were flooded the young were all sitting near the mouth of the hole to get out of the way of it, with nowhere to go when charlie came a knocking.

 

Still, a few more pheasants will live to see another day, the rain is still lashing it down, and I get an earlier night than expected!

[BOLSTER 808]

Good mooch out then good luck.

[Giro 2,648]

Aye its been some weather over this way..

 

Going to put my wadders on and have a flicker in a bit

[reddawn 2,173]

Aye its been some weather over this way..

 

Going to put my wadders on and have a flicker in a bit

 

 

need a canoe here

[Giro 2,648]

I ran rabbit into a beck last night, which is normally a tricle at most it acutally swam across..

 

The other bank was higher and it could not get out so the dog pulled it out..

 

Some of the feilds are just to wet.. Maybe take me harpoon aswell as me conoe

[reddawn 2,173]

I ran rabbit into a beck last night, which is normally a tricle at most it acutally swam across..

 

The other bank was higher and it could not get out so the dog pulled it out..

 

Some of the feilds are just to wet.. Maybe take me harpoon aswell as me conoe

 

 

was that bad here even the woodies were sat huddled together in the dry bits of field, pup run a riot cos a few burys had been flooded oot ohh well its all confidence

[Giro 2,648]

Next month we will be moaning about frost lol

[reddawn 2,173]

i aint moaning mate, i makeing the most of it, like ye say, be snow an frost soon enuff

[The one 8,593]

Its worth going out just now as most folk wont

[tegater 789]

Its worth going out just now as most folk wont

That right, even the roads were quiet last night.

[PeakOil 352]

A grand time to be out while all the do gooders are sat at home in front of the goggle box and scared of a bit o water.

[seprim 32]

nice read tegater

thx

[tegater 789]

nice read tegater

thx

Thanks Seprim, it was slightly different to a usual night lamping. For a second I almost felt guilty shooting it, with its head and shoulders underground, but, that's vermin control.

[Greg223 4]

the frost is a good time to get out cause theres less chance of the cubs getting worms so they'll be easier called in (aslong as they aren't lampshy)