As Tony Blair once said, Education Education Education! The relevance being that last night was an education on a few fronts. Firstly, not to take a shot on a fox that is hurried thus missing said fox giving it a lesson on not to get caught in a the lamp beam. Secondly, there are a number of Reynard's on the farm that are already lamp shy which makes it difficult to even get a shot off let alone getting them in the scope. There must be at least 4 of the beasts that are well educated to first degree honours in the fine art of running at full pelt when a beam of light comes their way. Thirdly, when taking a shot on a moving target a little more lead is required as the pictures demonstrate. This dog fox was acquired in the Ring of Trees field when at first he was spotted by Stephen in a nice sitting position. As I got the scope on him, he started to about turn and depart for the nearest hedgerow offering a going away shot which I took by aiming at his head. The bullet hit the back side area thus stopping the target but not an outright kill. Stephen had to finish him off when we located the animal.
Towards the end of the session another two sets of eyes were lamped. After a few minutes to determine that the bright eyes belonged to Reynard's I took another shot. The bullet strike sounded spot on to me and Stephen. At present no body found to confirm another kill. One of the targets slinked off in to Beach Wood Shore not looking too happy. I will have a good look again on Saturday. If it did hit then there should be either a body to pick up or at least a decent blood trial as 55 grain darts do tend to make a wide exit wound.
A big thank you to Stephen for putting up with the effing and blinding as various targets moved off.
No comments:
Post a Comment