brinny wrote:Stix wrote:I cant believe all is quiet on the fox pages this time of year...!
Been doing a bit....although a couple of weeks ago i had a really nasty fall out wandering about in the middle of the night on the next doors place.
She is lambing down and rang to say she was loosing lambs, could i sort the foxes out.....up on top of a steep hill looking down onto the gulley floor and spot a fox with the monoculor heading towards her sheep....too far away so thought i would sneak down the hill and get closer.....slowly making my way down the hill and didnt know there was a 5 ft straight drop in front of me.....when i stuck the foot out and there was nothing there...i knew i was in deep s**t....and down i went like a bag of spuds...landed on the gun and ended up ripping all the muscles in my right side and back....took me a couple of hours to get back to the ute and back home....to say i was sore next day and for the next two weeks is an understatment.......didnt even get a shot away....so fox 1....hunter 0......but got my revenge next time out.....
https://youtu.be/E76tsrvPQLs
Bent Arrow wrote:Stix wrote:I cant believe all is quiet on the fox pages this time of year...!
Im struggling to find them at the moment, I had a really hot run for a couple of weeks but I've lost my mojo. Think I must have smashed the young and dumb ones........
brinny wrote:Oldbloke wrote:"...slowly making my way down the hill and didnt know there was a 5 ft straight drop in front of me.....when i stuck the foot out and there was nothing there...i knew i was in deep s**t....and down i went like a bag of spuds...landed on the gun and ended up ripping all the muscles in my right side and back..."
Precisely why I no longer spotlight.
I wasnt spotlighting oldbloke.....wouldnt have been so bad if i was....probably would have seen the drop...i was out with the thermal gear.....got to be honest....i dont know what was worse...the injury...or the tongue lashing i got from the wife for doing that....she was not impressed.....
brinny wrote: there lies another problem.....finding the right partner that is as keen and as dedicated to the sport as you.....not many blokes i know want to do what i do....there are a lot that just want to go when it suits them....the other issue is taking someone to your hard earned properties...only to find they slip in under you and take there mates out there.....
Bent Arrow wrote:brinny wrote: there lies another problem.....finding the right partner that is as keen and as dedicated to the sport as you.....not many blokes i know want to do what i do....there are a lot that just want to go when it suits them....the other issue is taking someone to your hard earned properties...only to find they slip in under you and take there mates out there.....
I don't think there would be many people that have been hunting for a while that haven't been burnt. I've been burnt a couple of times now. Finding people to hunt with that you actually want to hunt with is bloody hard. The few people I've introduced to hunting just aren't that keen, or for a combination of reasons don't progress to finding places themselves. My boy is just starting to get real keen which will be great.
Stix wrote:Bent Arrow wrote:brinny wrote: there lies another problem.....finding the right partner that is as keen and as dedicated to the sport as you.....not many blokes i know want to do what i do....there are a lot that just want to go when it suits them....the other issue is taking someone to your hard earned properties...only to find they slip in under you and take there mates out there.....
I don't think there would be many people that have been hunting for a while that haven't been burnt. I've been burnt a couple of times now. Finding people to hunt with that you actually want to hunt with is bloody hard. The few people I've introduced to hunting just aren't that keen, or for a combination of reasons don't progress to finding places themselves. My boy is just starting to get real keen which will be great.
Hhmmm...i hear & feel you both...
Lucky you have your lad BA...im envious...i have my nephew, but my sister...aaargggh...fair dinkum...!
Last bloke-an avid target shooter-- i finally invited out made all the promises, seemed super responsible, yet so unlucky & hard done by to not have anywhere to hunt...said he'd love to come rabbit sniping & learn what he could about chasing foxes...& was very keen to come on some new properties ive now got hard earned access to in the hope of deer in the SE.
So i made all the arrangements & got trusted approval from landowners to bring him on my say so of how great this guy appeared to be...
Just 2 days out from going & he doesnt answer the fone, return calls or show up...made me look like a complete ass...!
These people are really bad news, they can do the dirty on you in so many ways...
brinny wrote:...My little bloke doesnt share my passion thats for sure....he is 10 and doesnt want a bar of it.....says he cant stand the thought of killing something....doesnt help that his mom and uncles and aunts, grndmother grandfather are all anti hunting either....they are always in his ear....the more they get in his ear about it the more i go out of my way to piss them off and bring my guns out to clean and start changing every conversation to hunting...... Im hoping to turn things around as he gets older....i bought him a Brno mdl 2 22 when he was born....sitting in the safe waiting for that day when i can say...here son....your first gun....
Stix wrote:brinny wrote:...My little bloke doesnt share my passion thats for sure....he is 10 and doesnt want a bar of it.....says he cant stand the thought of killing something....doesnt help that his mom and uncles and aunts, grndmother grandfather are all anti hunting either....they are always in his ear....the more they get in his ear about it the more i go out of my way to piss them off and bring my guns out to clean and start changing every conversation to hunting...... Im hoping to turn things around as he gets older....i bought him a Brno mdl 2 22 when he was born....sitting in the safe waiting for that day when i can say...here son....your first gun....
Brinny...mate...im the bearer of very good news for you...!
Not only do i like shooting & hunting...but...IM UP FOR ADOPTION...!!!...DAD...?
Stoney wrote:Daddybang wrote:I think this thread should be shut down!!!!
Only because I don't have foxes up my way and I get bloody jealous!!!!
Where in Queensland do you live Daddybang? 3 years ago I was traveling from Townsville to Charters Towers at night and I saw a fox cross the road.