The fox pages

[AJB]

No probs stix I'll try for some more cats and don't worry I'll b skinning the feral stinkers from now on you have me keen for a cat skin I am spewing I didn't skin it

[AJB]

Hand called this dog fox in he came bolting in he had a very nice coat so I skinned him

[Bruiser64]

I went out last night as it is lambing time. Saw a few but none we were able to have a ping at. Except for this bloke. He was just resting in the grass looking at a ewe and her lamb. Now he is having his final rest.

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[AJB]

Had the day off work so I went for a stroll up in the hills spotted this dog sitting in morning sun so I crept threw the long grass to about 150 yards hit him right in the mouth he dropped on the spot smashed a heap of his teeth out another good pelt for my collection

[Bruiser64]

:violin: Had the day off work so I went for a stroll up in the hills spotted this dog sitting in morning sun so I crept threw the long grass to about 150 yards hit him right in the mouth he dropped on the spot smashed a heap of his teeth out another good pelt for my collection

Very nice work. You seem to be going through a purple patch at the moment. Which is excellent to see. The farmer whose property I have been shooting on tells me he has knocked off about 15 foxes in the last month or so. If you keep at it you can make a dent in the numbers I reckon.

[AJB]

Thanx bruiser I can't get enough fox hunting I go out every chance I get they seem to b every were all year were I go even when neighbour's are baiting for them I reckon I kill more then the useless baits do no joke

[Bruiser64]

Thanx bruiser I can't get enough fox hunting I go out every chance I get they seem to b every were all year were I go even when neighbour's are baiting for them I reckon I kill more then the useless baits do no joke

Good on you. One of the things that I have noticed is you can’t shoot foxes sitting at home watching telly. You have to get out there. I really think that shooting them frequently will make a difference. The farmer I shot with this weekend pointed out that baiting is pretty pointless if there is a lot of other food around.

[Diddums]

Good night out last night, 2 fellas got away.
Was damn cold

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[AJB]

Good work diddums its a shame the other two got away it is very cold out at nite freezing weather

[AJB]

Another one bites the dust

[YoungBuck]

Heading to a property tonight to try shoot a few that have picked off some lambs in recent weeks. Will post up pics if I get the buggers.

[Oldbloke]

Jusr wish i could get out. Bugger

[bigfellascott]

I've got the farmer where I cut wood wanting me to come out and shoot the foxes on his place before his pigs drop their litter, he got hammered last year apparently - If I can find the energy I might spend a night or 2 out there.

[YoungBuck]

2 foxes last night. Forgot to get a pic....
Both headshots, the second had its head demolished so bad I couldn't scalp it...

[RoginaJack]

AJB, you certainly did that fox a favor.

[AJB]

Shot this dog the other night got two more but couldn't find them in the long grass

[AJB]

one more to the tally

[AJB]

Were are all the fox hunting pics seems like only a few of us posting pics this forum is getting pretty boring

[Oldbloke]

Probably just that people are busy. Im working again plus working on the house so no time to get out. But out in a few weeks with luck. People come and go on forums. Also a few went to another new forum a while back.

[Bent Arrow]

Were are all the fox hunting pics seems like only a few of us posting pics this forum is getting pretty boring

If you want to go to work for me, I'll happily hunt more often and post more pictures for you to look at.........

[Mark]

Heres a couple i shot recently

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[grumpyaardvark]

Were are all the fox hunting pics seems like only a few of us posting pics this forum is getting pretty boring

Would love to be able to post some. Still waiting on the PTA for my first rifle, and I'll need some range time, but the foxes are there when I'm ready.

We've had to put the guinea fowl in with the chooks at night as some were too stupid to fly up to roost. Might not have been foxes that took them, but they are definitely about...

[AJB]

2 more red coats down

[Daz243]

A careless girl from last night. Found within 5 minutes of going out for a look. Approx 90 metres, hit with a 85gr hollow point.

[NTSOG]

A hungry, careless fox.

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Both illuminators on

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Single illuminator on scope turned on - note tiny disc of light.

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G'day all,

I'm new to foxing and have only shot a couple including the dog in the coloured picture. I had spotted him with my trail camera making regular trips up an unmade Crown Road on my southern boundary. I fed him cheap tinned dog food for a couple of weeks to get him well into my paddock and where I could legally and safely - there is a house 300 yards to the SW - shoot him. He's been coming to the right spot for a few days now, but his routine was somewhat irregular and he could come at 7:30 or 11:30 so it was only last night I could take a shot at 73 yards at about 7:00 PM - actually I didn't expect him that early. Rifle used was an Anschuetz 1532 [double triggers] in .222 Rem. with a Photon XT 6.5x50L sight with a Pulsar X850 IR torch attached.

There's an interesting part of this story: one night at about 8:15 I went out to sit on another bait station [actually the head of a steer we just killed for the freezer] in another paddock, only to find this blighter had come early, but was not yet near where I needed him to be for a safe shot. Instead of taking the risk of disturbing him I set up at the gate to the paddock sitting on a low plastic seat and watched him through the night scope while practising sighting and dry firing with a snap cap in the rifle. As I watched him I saw the IR flash of the trail camera go off a number of times as he walked in front of the camera. In the end he walked off without offering me a safe shot and I quit for the night. When I looked at the pictures taken by the trail camera I realised it had recorded the IR illumination of the inbuilt light on the scope - it's the little circle of light - as well as the glaring light of the Pulsar IR torch. I was trying out sighting with the inbuilt illuminator as well as the add-on one.

I understand that some shooters believe foxes cannot see IR light and some believe they can. I'm in no position to judge, but my fox clearly did not give a damn about the IR light.

Jim

[bigpete]

This morning's effort with my hawken

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[Oldbloke]

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I hope to get out early next week.

[bigpete]

I'm practicing....heard there's a goat hunt coming up....

[Stix]

Here's one for BFScott...

Hangin in the tree

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[NTSOG]

G'day all,

I got this vixen at a bait station down a paddock behind the house at 7:46 PM on September 5; I have two bait sites running about 250 yards apart. She was fairly regular in her time-keeping and didn't notice me come out the gate about 85 yards away to set up on a large log I have set there as a seat - I'm better shooting off a rest from sitting and often wait there quietly for customers. A .222 Rem out of my Weihrauch 66 with an ATN X sight II 3-14 did the job. A couple of hours later another couple of customers turned up at each bait sight - I have two trail cameras running. There are quite a few around, but I'm getting a little old to be chasing around really late at night. I like my bed on cold winter nights.

Jim