mattrem700 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Evening all !!! Just thought id write a short piece on my highseat event !! This happened yesterday evening ( Saturday ) My gamekeeper mate has been mentioning about a few foxes which he hasnt got time to deal with , he's rear ALOT of birds from day old's , so i thought maybe i can help !! Got to his 4-30 and we set off to put up the highseat along side a hedge between 2 Rape stubble fields , he tell's there are 3 around the area seen by comine drivers whilst harvest the OSR . We enter the field and low and behold MR Charlie is standing in the corner , he just skulks back into the wood unbothered . Im thinking to myself maybe this could be a good evenings shooting !!! Putting the highseat up we postion it so i have view of the hedge in front of me , the wood front to the left and another wood to the right . All postions covered !!! I arrive at the seat at 8ish oclock , get seated and comfortable , do a bit of rangefinding far hedge 315m , bulge in wood front 200m check !! I sit for about 30mins and i hear some comotion from behind , out pops little bushy tail right next to me ! Winding down the scope to 5x mag i bowl him over around 40m away . Yes he was close !! 30 more mins pass . 2 cubs are playing on the far hedge , i start squeeking and they come running up the hedge to me . Thwack!! He's down at just over 100m , he's mate run's out into the field . Thwack! He's over at around 220m . Im thinking this is one of the best evening's out ive had !! My mate comes picks me up , tell him the good new's and he's a happy chappie ! Drivning back around the headland a pair of eye's shine up in the truck light's . He squeeks him up , Thwack ! Number 4 in the bag !! Well chuffed , and im seriously impressed with 6.5 x47 which ive just got they dont get up from a 123gr Amax !! Bit long winded , thanks for reading Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybrock Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Nice write up Matt, glad you had a good evening....it's great when it all comes together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Snipe Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Well done Matt. What's your load with the 123g Amax? I am waiting my opportunity to use mine on a fox. 17 Rem is my go to foxing rig. Shot a young vixen at 200 yards last night with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrem700 Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Cheers for the replies ! Si-snipe , my load is 38.5 gr of Varget 2.75 OAL . They easily shoot .5" @ 100m . I'M still suffering an occasional pierced primer . I do have some N550 to try once I've shot my varget loads out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Good going mate keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caerhays sniper Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Good stuff.they have dried up here the last week or so, we was doing 10 a week for a month or so but have only managed 4 in the last 2weeks.waiting for the wheat to be cut now really covered most the other ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 6 for me in the last 2 nights , we will finish harvesting here today only 170 acres to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyw Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 6 for me in the last 2 nights , we will finish harvesting here today only 170 acres to go Thats good to hear spud-just think how many birds you would loose if those 6 were still on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 4 for me and my crew on Tuesday night, all this years cubs but missed the last one of the evening, bugger would have been a better evening if I'd have made it 5 out of 5, lots of p--s taken out of me by my crew, got to expect it I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev T Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 a right do, well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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