Long Day Saturday

This dog fox was shot at around 2am Sunday morning on the field by the railway bank. For a change it was not a messy kill. It was on the field above the barbed wire sharing with the cattle until Stephen's honed squeak brought him into a safe position to squeeze the trigger on. We had seen other targets during the night and I had taken another shot at a tricky 200 yarder but to no avail.

We had also called in a youngster on a freshly harvested field, but unfortunately it kept itself tight to the hedge if not in it, so no safe shot could be dispatched. The mist ended the session at around 3.30am which was a real shame as previous weather forecasts had promised(!) ideal conditions.

This was our second visit to the shoot on Saturday. Stephen, myself and Jason's son, Tom spent the morning creating feed rides in Beachwood and below the pen at Worthy Park plus up on the Railway Bank. There are also two traps now in operation on the Worthy Park Pen to try and thin out the rat gang. Please double check when on the feed rota.

There will be another work party soon to creat a feed ride on the island and at Sausage Wood. All hands on deck will be needed.