Jarvis 277 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 We got our birds Monday. The first evening I didn’t see any foxes around the pens. Wednesday morning I found a half eaten poult outside our biggest pen (around 2 1/2 acres) it looked by the remains a fox was the culprit! I had an idea of where the best place to park and wait would be. Night fell and I was stood on the back of the truck for three house and saw nothing... I decided to have a drive to the top of the pen and look down the other side and see if anything was stirring. I could see through the thermal that there was a lot of birds bunched in a corner and then scanning a bit further down I could see the unmistakable glow of a fox in the thermal. Before I had time to get on it it had jumped the ditch and was heading to the birds! Watching helplessly through the thermal I had to witness it chase and catch a poult before it then came from behind the trees, jump the ditch and back into the field where I was waiting! As soon as it got 30 yards into the field to make sure I wasn’t shooting towards the pen creating even more disturbance I gave it a squeak... the sod looked at me poult on mouth at 220yards, I moved the crosshairs onto its shoulder and thump down it went! That’s the last poult that hit will take! I then drove back down to were I previously was park up and bugger me there was a fox there. I couldn’t get a shot at it so I waited an hour but it never came back! That one will be tonight’s objective! 3 Quote Link to post
Rimfireboy! 1,463 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Good work again Jarvis. The other one’s days are numbered I’m sure. 1 Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Swines, how did it get in the pen? Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Good work Jarvis , nice one to get . Just keep at em . I always say they have to be lucky all the time , you only need to be lucky once . 1 Quote Link to post
Jarvis 277 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Underdog said: Swines, how did it get in the pen? It wasn’t in the pen, and the electric fencing has a real belt. It’s juat the fact the poults were so close to the wire and it only takes one to spook and they all get up! 1 Quote Link to post
Jarvis 277 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 39 minutes ago, shovel leaner said: Good work Jarvis , nice one to get . Just keep at em . I always say they have to be lucky all the time , you only need to be lucky once . Very true mate! Quote Link to post
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