Back up at the shoot

[shovel leaner 7,648]

The night out on the shoot looking for foxes drew a blank . We covered 1000s of acres of big fields interspersed with woods and gorse  banks , perfect fox habitat, but only saw one fox and that was running as fast as its legs would carry it away from us in the distance, some 500 yards away . I was disappointed but only really because I was keen to shoot one through his Pulsar thermion xp50 , and here how good his JetZ moderator compares to my wildcat . Maybe next time ? 
            I did a spot of sea trout fishing on one of the rivers on the estate that is a tributary of the tweed . There was an 8.5lb fish caught last week, but unfortunately for me the Ghillie said there needed to be a bit more water and not so much sun , but I did spot a dipper . Another blank . Maybe next time ? 
          I have however enjoyed my time in Northumberland and look forward to a return visit . 

[Stavross 13,713]

Shame you didn’t get a fox but at least the weather has been favourable over the weekend, I’m very envious of the dipper, I’ve never had any luck spotting them

[BenBhoy 4,706]

1 hour ago, Stavross said:

I’m very envious of the dipper, I’ve never had any luck spotting them

Betws Y Coed downstream from swallow falls, always a few hopping about 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Strangely enough we have then in the town near me .A recent thing too .Pics on Facebook of one dipping under a small waterfall .

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

Shame you never got a result SL. I arrived at my ground at 6pm and immediately glassed a fox on a gorse bank out in the sunshine I got talking to the shepherd and he said he often sees a pair there so this is where I headed. I put the caller on and straight away a pair appeared and started play fighting with each other,  shot a dog fox 180 yds so a good start. I then went in search of a buck and bumped an old lad who made the mistake of stopping at the wood and looking over his shoulder,  awkward shot but I managed to drop him with a base of neck shot at 150 yds off my quads I then went lamping and shot a brace but did manage to miss 1 off the quads , complacency I think. So a great trip 3 foxes and a buck

[foxdropper 17,092]

Had a night on the foxes ,well two nights really .Don’t like killing them this time of year but farmer been asking several times so out I went .First time alone ,second time with a member off here .First night I managed 3 ,all dogs on the chicken farm I do .Shot one in the act of eating a chicken that had been shut out .

 

 

Next two were called from afar out of woodland .
 

last night we were out at a place where the farmer ,a women on her own had had a goose go missing presumed had by a fox and rest of them were very scatty considering they used to chase the postman ,lol.

All called from what I call a dry stand ,nothing seen to target .Mate shot very well with his blazer in .223 

 

[foxdropper 17,092]

11 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Shame you never got a result SL. I arrived at my ground at 6pm and immediately glassed a fox on a gorse bank out in the sunshine I got talking to the shepherd and he said he often sees a pair there so this is where I headed. I put the caller on and straight away a pair appeared and started play fighting with each other,  shot a dog fox 180 yds so a good start. I then went in search of a buck and bumped an old lad who made the mistake of stopping at the wood and looking over his shoulder,  awkward shot but I managed to drop him with a base of neck shot at 150 yds off my quads I then went lamping and shot a brace but did manage to miss 1 off the quads , complacency I think. So a great trip 3 foxes and a buck

Is that where we went mate .Lovely spot that

[Stavross 13,713]

Looks like 2 cracking nights out there fellas

[Longshanx 832]

On 03/04/2021 at 17:47, Dervburner said:

Looks good, does he do a vegan version?

That's hunting Blasphemy that DB wash your mouth out

[Longshanx 832]

On 03/04/2021 at 15:15, Stavross said:

A big thank you to longshanx, just been to pick up my venison, all bagged and frozen, burger, mince, steaks and diced

Your welcome mate

[Longshanx 832]

On 03/04/2021 at 19:28, Stavross said:

With the amount of people that have asked if he’d do them some burgers he should open his own shop

I think the whole deer will be getting minced at this rate

[Longshanx 832]

On 13/04/2021 at 19:10, Stavross said:

So I had a walk around the sheep farm as the farmer said the pigeons were hammering a small field of oilseed rape ( I didn’t have the heart to tell him that if they are still on the rape your crop is sh*t ) anyway it doesn’t look good at all, set myself up under a tree and they did the usual, one bang and they all buggered off. I managed 3 for 9 shots ( I tell a lie, it was 8 shots,I shot a bolting rabbit as well ) which is good for me with a shotgun, plenty of deer slots and a bit of fox poop so I think I’ll have an early evening walk out over the weekend

Looks like they are under starters orders

[Stavross 13,713]

2 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

Looks like they are under starters orders

We could sit andy on one of their backs, bit of midget racing

[Stavross 13,713]

30 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

I think the whole deer will be getting minced at this rate

I’ve just minced a couple of rabbits with the.223 without the need of your mincer, just got to get past this gang of rebels to go home now

[Longshanx 832]

6 minutes ago, Stavross said:

We could sit andy on one of their backs, bit of midget racing

Would need to put one of those black ones in for diversity