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| foxes - clearing pens; shotty advice for shooting foxes | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 8th August 2007 - 09:36 AM (217 Views) | |
| Blazer | 8th August 2007 - 09:36 AM Post #1 |
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Tonights the night - last pen to be finished, so it will be driven with me by the gap with the job of shooting foxes. I will be using a semi-auto 12g with BB fibre rnds on 1/2 choke should be shortish range - any tips and advise much needed - don't want to miss. :o |
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| Lucas | 8th August 2007 - 10:49 AM Post #2 |
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It wasnt me!
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i dont have any advise for you but all the best and pop some picies up of it
:P Kurt
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| grasshopper | 8th August 2007 - 11:26 AM Post #3 |
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"I will be using a semi-auto 12g with BB fibre rnds" I would use lead rounds..much more effective :P Seriously though,if the range is short then open your choke to 1/4,as it,s pattern that kills,and just keep pulling the trigger ;) Tell the beaters to stop if they hear any shots to give you time to re-load. Good luck *good* GH |
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| sandersj89 | 8th August 2007 - 01:17 PM Post #4 |
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And make usre the beaters know where you are and visa versa. Agree on a safe arc of fire. Have fun Jerry |
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| tulkyuk | 8th August 2007 - 02:15 PM Post #5 |
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If you can find an elevated position - High seat or even sat up a tree (if you can a safe place/seating position to do so)- then you would get a better chance of a shot, as they tend not to look up much when coming through the wood. i have used this method on several fox drives in the past with good results *good* |
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| James@Scarborough | 8th August 2007 - 10:28 PM Post #6 |
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Best of luck *good* |
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| Blazer | 9th August 2007 - 08:36 AM Post #7 |
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It was like a first date - tooled up with plenty of ammo - excited but no luck. The keeper reminded me he had a 'ginger dog' and no shooting directly into the pen - it was like taking a penalty - its bad enough missing but not into my own goal, by hitting a dog by error. I set up into a natural exit camoed up with the gun up ready, with a small dropping bank as a kill zone with a small safe arc of fire - the sound of the dogs and beaters working towards me was awesome - then the blackbirds started, so I was sure - here we go but it was a Tawny owl chased by song birds. As they got near the scrub started moving but it was the dogs picking up the scent, exiting through my gap. So nothing not even a monkey although we found fresh tracks, I had left a squirrel in the pen a few days before to see if it was taken but no - still there. Hopefully the pen is clear as we have another 1,000 polts coming saturday. It was a good exercise as the keeper is planning to drive the woods for foxes next spring, so plenty of chances in the future and he accepted me as a safe mature gun. Many thanks for all the tips - hopefully I can put in a few Charlies on the tally soon. |
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