As the title describes it has been a month or so since the last fox was shot on our weekly lamping sessions. For what ever reason(s) the previous month has been very frustrating with a lack of co operative reynards (or just very cunning), a rifle that was not in zero and a wire fence that got in the way of said bullet!
Anyway, Tuesday night changed the luck and a dog fox was brought to book. It was early, approx 8.30pm when his eyes were spotted 300 yards away. It was at the end of the Sausage Wood Field up towards the Ring of Trees. Stephen did the best impression of a rabbit in distress and in it came like lassie! Had to whistle to stop him before he decided to join us in the truck.
After not hitting anything for some time the heart started to race when the scope was filled with orange, thankfully Mr Fox was obliged to sit still for a few seconds longer before the new Federal Premium V Shok 55 grain bullets in Nosler Ballistic Tip form performed its duty. When counting yards back to truck after collecting charlie it was approx 130 yards so a little further than first thought, just goes to show that lamping at night can distort range estimations.
Back in business and roll on next week.
