between the eyes Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 As some of you know I recently bought a new add on night vision scope and I decided to add to this by buying an adjustable lazer illuminator, last night it has landed on my door step so I decided to take it out for a trial run. It was blowing a hoolie and where I was going there are 3 x 12,000 bird chicken sheds, one of these is in a lower field but I have never seen a fox in this field before and so if I was going to be able to keep out of the freezing wind and keep my scent away from old Charlie then it was going to have to be this field, and snuggled in right up to the shed wall. I took the farmers lad (Ryan) with me as he's dead keen and a real nice kid too, anyway, he's good for carrying stuff and cutting dead foxes heads off! So we did have a quick walk round but saw nothing, it was soon apparrent that this icy cold wind was not going to let up so we went to the bottom shed and set up. The wind in this field was a lot less than that in the top fields and so we decided that this was a good place to settle in for the night. The time now was about 7:45pm and we started the caller going, after 5 minutes or so I got contact with a pair of eyes, I asked Ryan to set the sticks up and whilst he did this I connected the add on to the scope. I picked the fox up again and he was making from right to left but just behind him were some houses and so no safe shot was on, although he was there for the taking, I waited my time and eventually he came further into a safe area, well, safe? not for him! He started to run up the hedge row and I called out "OY" to him and he stopped, BANG, THUD! One fox down, we went to get it but he was the wrong side of the 7 wire electric fence and I hate electric fences! so it was stopping where it lay. We settled back into the same place, half an hour passed and then on the top hedgerow about 250 yards away I could make out the shape of a fox, he was just mooching about, we started to call and he looked straight at me, he turned and continued on his path and then started to make his way towards us. I whispered to Ryan to get ready to turn the caller off and when he got in a comfortable range (about 110 yards) I told him to turn it off, foxy stopped and as I lined up the shot he turned broadside, I gently squeezed the trigger and send 150 grains of .308 Sierra Spitzer into him, he fell over and that was the end of another Chicken killer. We decided that as it was cold and windy that we would wait to see if any more came our way, 10 minutes later and our prayers were answered, I was just resting the rifle on the sticks and still with the NV attached, I had a quick look around and about 65 yards away was another fox! I just said to Ryan, "another fox there" placed my crosshairs and sent another Charlie to the great Fox den in the sky. Ryan went to retrieve this one too (Who needs a dog? ) and what a beast it was, not only was he a big, almost black fox but his muscle mass was huge, even when we cut his head off the muscles around his neck were reminiscent of Mike Tyson! This fella must have been the top dog in the area. When Ryan came back with it he told me that he had a Chicken in his mouth when he got to it, but the bird was already dead. So all in all a cracking night, the Mouse killed 3 foxes and we have a very happy farmer and a delighted son, safer Chickens and some great memories of a freezing cold February night. If your wondering what the 'Mouse' has got to do with anything well I'm known as Danger Mouse on other forums! And what do I think of the lazer? Well guess what, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoowhoop Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Good write up and an excellent result. Do you think you would have had as much of a result without the NV? What is your set up now? Did you find it difficult to adjust to using NV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between the eyes Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I doubt that it would have been the same result, I have had a dedicated NV Gen 2+ scope before and I have shot foxes just a few feet from me. The last fox in this little write up was totally oblivious to our presence and yet if I had hit him with the lightforce 140 I'm sure that he would have done a runner. Also when lamping how many foxes see the lamp when it's not pointing in their direction and make for cover? So yes I do believe that NV makes a difference. As to my set up now, it's a US D-121 Night vision add on system with a day scope attachment and the lazer that I used was a N100AP from NV Scopes. Then the day scope is a S&B 8X56. Hope that this helps. As to adjusting to NV, no, not a problem, it's just like green daylight. Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Great write up, Ryan sounds like a good lad. Not being a fox shooter I have to ask why you cut the heads off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between the eyes Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Great write up, Ryan sounds like a good lad. Not being a fox shooter I have to ask why you cut the heads off? The heads are cut off for a mate, he boils them up and cleans the skulls, then sells them! In exchange he prepares my deer skulls for me. Great arrangement for both of us. Oh and Davy, hvordan gor det? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 The heads are cut off for a mate, he boils them up and cleans the skulls, then sells them! In exchange he prepares my deer skulls for me. Great arrangement for both of us. Oh and Davy, hvordan gor det? Det gaar fint, var igaar ude at skyde for forste gang iaar, alletiders! Sounds like a good arrangement, Christel once told me about how they shot a walrus in Greenland and her father decided he wanted to keep the skull, so they lit a fire out the back and bunged the Walrus head in a huge pot with some water and started boiling it.... Apparently every single person within half a klick complained about the smell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between the eyes Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Det gaar fint, var igaar ude at skyde for forste gang iaar, alletiders! Sounds like a good arrangement, Christel once told me about how they shot a walrus in Greenland and her father decided he wanted to keep the skull, so they lit a fire out the back and bunged the Walrus head in a huge pot with some water and started boiling it.... Apparently every single person within half a klick complained about the smell Did you get anything? And as to boiling a Walrus, well, soup anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsteve Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hi mate could you tell me more about your nv. I have been told I need parallax for an nv add on. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between the eyes Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 No you don't, I use a S&B 8 x 56 and that doesn't have a paralax, the focus is on the NV set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxshot Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Tidy result for you sure sounds like night vis is another good way of taking those charlies out,our weather last night was defly quiet and misty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Did you get anything? And as to boiling a Walrus, well, soup anyone? Get anything? YES! An icy cold trickle of water down my neck after a bit, no matter how much I try I cannot shoot with a hood up. It was just paper punching with a 7,62x51 but at over 1km it was worth while given they were 200 yard targets which I seemed to mostly stay on for the duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejohn Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Sounds like a great nights shooting. Night vision has always been on my wish list but i have never been able to justify buying one , maybe one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekeeper Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 great read it felt like i was there with you ,great result with the nv iv had one for 18months now and its a whole new world in the dark , it gives results that you would never got with the lamp, so long may it continue please keep us posted on your future nights out atb thekeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Great report and great results. I am considering an NV set up. I built a new high seat on the weekend which is in a perfect place for using one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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