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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 15 Feb 2020, 2:30 pm

Thanx blr i do try to hide the gore but sometimes its hard to hide after the 204 has hit em
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Re: The fox pages

Post by rbaron25 » 19 Feb 2020, 8:26 pm


Cheers mate....generally dont start this early as a rule....but had an urgent SOS off a cocky lambing late.....He has 100 acres himself and leases another 100 acres next to him.....
In 6 trips there i have taken 30 foxes off the 200 acres he has....Which has led to a couple of his neighbors asking me to shoot their places as well....
Cant beat word of mouth..... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Ha ha...I wish Stix.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 21 Feb 2020, 10:41 am

:D :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 21 Feb 2020, 10:43 am

:D :) :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by RoginaJack » 21 Feb 2020, 5:07 pm

Tilb004 wrote:Hi Bent arrow

Nice shooting .
Off topic , noticed you have a hawke scope .
how do you find it , im looking at getting one to put my pard 007on .
what model and magnification is it .

cheers tilbs


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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 29 Feb 2020, 10:24 pm

:D :D :D 3 more to this years tally
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 29 Feb 2020, 10:25 pm

:D :D :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 29 Feb 2020, 10:26 pm

:D :D :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by flutch » 29 Feb 2020, 11:53 pm

Had the annual fox shoot here in my local area and out of dozens of groups out on the same night about 500 foxes were shot, just between another three of us since November last year we have shot over that amount in a fraction of the area, and I'm happy to report that it never gets boring a all
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Re: The fox pages

Post by NTSOG » 01 Mar 2020, 8:21 am

G'day flutch,

What the best time of the day to hunt the blighters in your experience?

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Re: The fox pages

Post by RoginaJack » 01 Mar 2020, 9:19 am

Great job Flutch, that's a few natives that not gunna get eaten!
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 01 Mar 2020, 10:07 am

Should have heaps of photos nailing that many?
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:D :D a few more to the grave
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 12 Mar 2020, 1:02 am

:D :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 05 Apr 2020, 9:08 am

:D :D
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Post by AJB » 05 Apr 2020, 9:09 am

:D :D
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Post by AJB » 05 Apr 2020, 9:10 am

:D :D
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Re: The fox pages

Post by John » 13 Apr 2020, 5:27 pm

some really nice foxes there there a great sport to hunt I’ve never seem to many in day light hours late Arvos very early mornings are definitely the prime time if not spotlighting as some of you have mentioned it’s some hard to find some who can work a spotlight quick enough to get them in the light before they high tail it I find most people are way to slow sweeping the light scare them off will pick one up but can’t keep it in the light. There’s a art form to it knowing all the tricks like getting the light in front of them to stop them giving the light a little shake to get them to move to get a shot on them
I’ve been trying to teach my young boy his slowly getting it making it a lot more fun
A little off the conversation but dose any one use different coloured lenses on the lights for foxes still there where really common back in the day when skins where worth good money and we went out especially to hunt them for money
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Oldbloke » 13 Apr 2020, 5:55 pm

NTSOG wrote:G'day flutch,

What the best time of the day to hunt the blighters in your experience?

Jim


Morning seems best to me. Otherwise evening.

Pissing me off. Cant get out and Fallow must be rutting by now as well. Bloody virus.
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Re: The fox pages

Post by NTSOG » 13 Apr 2020, 6:30 pm

G'day Oldbloke,

I'm beginning to think it may be worth getting up early and having a crack. I've got 14 or so over recent months between 8:00 and 10:30 PM over baits on my place, but my trail cameras are getting many pictures of foxes at 4:00 to 5:00 AM or so when I'm still in bed.

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Post by marksman » 13 Apr 2020, 6:55 pm

you are right Oldbloke the fallow are rutting very hard right now
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Re: The fox pages

Post by AJB » 13 Apr 2020, 7:39 pm

I have shot foxes any time of day it doesnt matter its how you call them in its the trick to becoming a good fox shooter its the same deal at nite time make the right sound and they will come running
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Stix » 14 Apr 2020, 2:21 pm

Caught this guy chewing on something...he was enjoying it so much he took the risk of choosing to stay & chew over doing the skidaddle...
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This is what he was chewing...lambs head--tucking into the yummy fatty brain... :)

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Another one...

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This one was a little frustrated & had just about given up on this--he just couldnt penetrate it.

I was watching him on the carcass for a while as he was on the other side & i couldnt get a shot, & i could tell he was getting edgy so didnt wana risk starting the car to move for a better position.

He eventually gave up on it & started sniffing all around the carcass & eventually started to wander off ignoring my squeeks...he was nearly beyond an angle i could shoot out the window so let out a loud "quack" to pull him up... :lol:

The ewe would have died that afternoon-wasnt there long enough for a whole day, & the eye was pecked out so mustve been daylight for crows to do that.
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This one wasnt so lucky this time...!!

Check out the ear...!!...
Not me--thats way bigger than a 20 cal piercing... :lol:
And i dont head shoot them...
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Oldbloke » 14 Apr 2020, 3:52 pm

AJB wrote:I have shot foxes any time of day it doesnt matter its how you call them in its the trick to becoming a good fox shooter its the same deal at nite time make the right sound and they will come running


Soooo, whats the secret? Lol
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Re: The fox pages

Post by sungazer » 14 Apr 2020, 4:09 pm

Stix I see you leave the sun shade on the scope for night time shooting. Does it help keep out reflections?

Nice foxes are you going to tan the skins? I have just tanned a Roo skin using 4 parts Salt 2 parts Alum (pool foculant thanks to Oldbloke) and 1 part Oxacilic acid (Diggers Rust Removal) it has really worked well so far The skin has come out quite supple and seems to be tanned well. proof will be in time. I think it has come up better than using the Leders commercial product.
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Post by Oldbloke » 14 Apr 2020, 4:42 pm

sungazer wrote:Stix I see you leave the sun shade on the scope for night time shooting. Does it help keep out reflections?

Nice foxes are you going to tan the skins? I have just tanned a Roo skin using 4 parts Salt 2 parts Alum (pool foculant thanks to Oldbloke) and 1 part Oxacilic acid (Diggers Rust Removal) it has really worked well so far The skin has come out quite supple and seems to be tanned well. proof will be in time. I think it has come up better than using the Leders commercial product.



No water? That sounds like paste?
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Stix » 14 Apr 2020, 5:08 pm

sungazer wrote:Stix I see you leave the sun shade on the scope for night time shooting. Does it help keep out reflections?

Nice foxes are you going to tan the skins? I have just tanned a Roo skin using 4 parts Salt 2 parts Alum (pool foculant thanks to Oldbloke) and 1 part Oxacilic acid (Diggers Rust Removal) it has really worked well so far The skin has come out quite supple and seems to be tanned well. proof will be in time. I think it has come up better than using the Leders commercial product.


Unfortunately no...
I put it on because i get flare from the barrel with my new Olight, but it doesnt make a difference.
I leave it on for the dusk shooting to try stop the flare when the sun is low.
Bottom line though...the scope is crap...this one is the replacement of a faulty one that wouldnt track, & this one doesnt track.
They also flare like noones business, so are only good for daytime shooting, or spotlighting without a scope mounted torch.

Id like to do a couple of nice roos...i want to make a rifle bag out of them, with fur outer & inner... :) ...id make one out of foxes but fox skin is nowhere as thick as roo...(& ive got nowhere to take them on tags ATM :thumbsdown: ...although im on a few permits but hard to get out now... :( )

Yes im doing the furs...i think i bought home 8 or 10, plus 2 cats to do...
Ive just fleshed out a fox & big cat last night & put em in the mix...which is nearly same as yours--25 Alum & 40 Salt/ liter of water, enough to cover hide's in a bucket.
Im going outside to flesh out another 2 foxes, then pull a couple more out the freezer to salt them up...
What do you use as the permanent agent...?...does the oxalic acid work like the chrome does...?
Anyway...i use a chrome kit sungazer--works pretty well i think (apart from my lack of patience fleshing out the head--very hard to do).
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Blr243 » 14 Apr 2020, 5:16 pm

It’s sad that the only hunting excitement I get at the moment is when I see a new post in the hunting section of the forum.
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Re: The fox pages

Post by sungazer » 14 Apr 2020, 5:40 pm

I left out the water Oldbloke. To be a bit more exacting I used a scoop a bit bigger than a cup and probably about 15 L of water in a big round plastic washing up tub about 2 ft across in diameter. Being able to get the solution on the skin without too many folds or crease's is really important. I try to give it a stir and move it all around twice a day, often only once and leave it for about 3-4 days.
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Re: The fox pages

Post by Jon79 » 20 Apr 2020, 1:31 am

Got this fella tonight something a little different
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