griffshrek Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Red letter day foxing Helllo all I thought I would share with you last nights foxing outing that was a bit of a red letter day for me. To set the story , Im lucky enough to have access to reasonable amount of land for foxing and general shooting . This piece of land in question is on a slight hillside that drops into a wood and about 500-600acres of thigh high rush that you could loose a herd of rhinos in. I was using my Rem 7 rifle in .204 with 32gr Zmax bullets , both my spotting and rifle lights are NM800 with red LED & using a FoxPro caller I am normally quite a regular visitor to this location and have taken quite a few foxes of it since Christmas , only 12 days ago I shot a dog & vixen off another farm that is only 600m as the crow flies from where I was tonight. Due to shift work ,family ,weather , holidays etc I havent on this particular piece for a good 3 weeks , I only went there tonight because I had only that morning returned from a family holiday and climbed into bed at at 4am . I just fancied an evening sat in the warm sun hopefully looking at possibly bagging a fox cub as the evening set in and not staying out late. I was in position at the top of this hill at 9pm I had my FoxPro caller in a tree 5 feet up with a couple of freshly shot crows (shot with .204) suspended just off the floor after being dragged about the area quite a bit so there was plenty of smell and bits to entice. I was positioned about 110m from the caller & bait on top of this small hill , because of the rush/reed , the woods and some thick hedges the foxes just appear there is no advanced warning . It was still reasonably light and I ran the FP caller with a fox cub distress almost instantly I saw 3 fox cubs come running out of the rush towards where the caller was , I paused the caller and watched as the cubs were following now the crow scent. I put the caller on low and watched as two of the three cubs went below the caller where one of them sat down and just looked up into the tree at it mesmerised by it. With me laying next to the rifle on the bipod it was simple getting into position and lining up the first fox , cross hairs on his bib gentle squeeze on the trigger and there was an solid Thwack and it just folded on the spot . Fox number 2 just stood and watched on and few seconds later it went the same way , No 3 fox cub ran but a quick blast on the caller of cub distressed stopped it bang No 3 in the bag . With the caller still running cub No 4 popped out and came in I rushed the shot and missed Grrrrit didnt run far and stopped ..Bang No 4 down that was a frantic 15 seconds . I stopped the caller reloaded and got my breath , foxes were recovered and its back to my spot . I changed from bipod to my preferred tripod sticks , there was still a slight hint of light left but not enough to see foxes at over the 50 meter mark . I ran the caller for a few more minuets when out popped cub No 5 25m from me , a quick free standing shot and it was in the bag. I moved positing 50m to cover more areas I didnt run the caller for a good while just looking with the NM800 , fox No 6 spotted 200m off un-mute the caller and in it comes when its at 150m .bang its down this was a cub but far bigger than the first 5 No 6 recovered and as soon as I was in position No 7 appeared in almost the same spot and it was following the scent trail of No 6 and guess what same fate as No 6 . Over the next hour running the caller on & off I shot foxes No 8 ,9 & 10 (all bigger cubs) , I was starting to get worried as I only had two rounds left . I changed the call to a fox locating call and about 15 minuets later an adult vixen appeared she was not fazed by my light and it looked like she was smelling the crow bait .few seconds later she was down. Over the course of 3.5hrs I shot 11 foxes . 1 x adult vixen (good size) approx weight 13 lbs 6 x male cubs 4 x female cubs 12 shots fired and 11 foxes shot All foxes shot dropped to the shot. 4 cubs shot off bipod 6 off tripod sticks 1 free hand shot closest shot 25m furthest 160m It appeared the cubs were off two different litters as there was a distinct size difference between them . All these foxes were shot off an area of 3 acres in size , I took a few pics of the foxes and sent to the farmer and decided to call it a night . This night was defiantly a red letter foxing day for me . Hope you enjoyed this little read ..Neil Attached Thumbnails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako 75 .243 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Well done that man! ...great write up!..its fantastic when it all comes togeather! Last time I had ten in one night was 4yrs ago ..on stubbles under the lamp. keep at em! Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Very very good only time we hit numbers like that is in the stubble, best night last year being 22 and shot 49 foxes alone in August Well done Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Top job well done the 204 does do the business . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Very very good only time we hit numbers like that is in the stubble, best night last year being 22 and shot 49 foxes alone in August Well done Gaz Gaz now thats some going , I've set myself a little challenge to get 25 this month ill keep you updated.......neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Very very good only time we hit numbers like that is in the stubble, best night last year being 22 and shot 49 foxes alone in August Well done Gaz Gaz now thats some going , I've set myself a little challenge to get 25 this month ill keep you updated.......neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I also think the .204 is a great little calibre , it ticks all the boxes for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Excellent going - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visiter1 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 well done its great when you get out for awhile in the sun and you get a nights foxing like that , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Gaz now thats some going , I've set myself a little challenge to get 25 this month ill keep you updated.......neil Good luck with that it's the right time of year now Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done on the 11, it makes my 22 in a month look rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhunter Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Fantastic read, keep knocking them over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 what a great night,could do with one of those myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 blimey, did you use fox cub distress all night or other fox calls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Only call used were various cub distress and the odd vixen call intermittent, cheers for the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 im after a vixen call on my foxpro, did you take it from the fox pro website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cushty mush Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Now that's a night fox shooting Nice write up aswell Atb cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 im after a vixen call on my foxpro, did you take it from the fox pro website? Cub in distress is the one for me at the minute Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Well Gents, my update managed 26 foxes this month which is a PB for me . I have found the cub distress call not working as efficiently on foxes the last two weeks . Most of the last two weeks foxes were either from chicken distress call or mouse/rat squeak . I have had some fun using my jiggerling rodent enticer thingy and the FB on some freshly bailed fields, OMG when the foxes see the enticer its game on. I had to shout at two of them or they would of attacked it. Regards.....Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Nice going I've found just the same with calling had another 2 last night (young rabbit squeal) one was a good old vixen Keep at them Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.H Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 do you think the poult in destress would work well now as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Young rabbit Poult Field mouse Chicken distress (only on chicken farms really) Seem to be the ones I'm using at the minute and there doing good Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.H Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Young rabbit Poult Field mouse Chicken distress (only on chicken farms really) Seem to be the ones I'm using at the minute and there doing good Gaz cheers gaz.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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