I hope this works. It was a fox I head shot in a stubble a few weeks ago with my .22-250 at about 330 paces. I know, pure luck. My daughter was with me but couldn't take a photo so I had to take it home for the wife to photograph.

I'd shot 3 other foxes before this one but all easy kind off shots out to 125 yards.

I was pleased with myself over this one.


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Yep, Con. Its my son's whippit.

I hope this works.

Here it is:



The image URL goes into the image box you get by clicking the second button from the right on top of the reply/post box -- clear as mud, right?

Great photo,always good to see some pictures from all over the place.

Tip;use a flash if the photo is taken in the shade.HTH

Its great to see photos - even if it only allows placing a face to a name.

Posting photos on here is a pain in the posterior but there really isnt any other way of doing it than via a pic hosting site.

good on ya mate .

quote:

Originally posted by GreybeardBushman:
Charles

I am thicker than mud. So can you do it again then tomorrow I'll have a go?

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j204/GreybeardBushman/Ducks06.jpg

Thanks

I get you!

Thanks

Now for the other good lookers to put their faces on the Forum.

Its nice if you know a face you are talking to.

I hope that makes sense.

Me in the green shirt at a Western Action match.

...and this of course is Muzza.

Now what does a bloke say about 'Muzza"?

I thought he was a typical Kiwi who only liked sheep...... sheeesssss

Kiwis are good blokes- half of what was required to create the ANZACs--- a long time ago---

And help, Easy-Rollins, you are a cowboy....

another drink, another drink!

That fox looks like he could use Panadol Rapid .
Good shot ... especially with a .22/250 !

Hey Muzza ,
Don't those leather pants frighten the ewes ?

The leather pants are great mate - note the open front for ease of access. Actaully Far Canal lent them to me - he was off to the Bareback Mountain movie premiere down at the local Cowboy Action Shooters range ( see his photo ), and he hadnt worn the chaps since the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras anyway so he wasnt needing them for a few days. Shaun - what was that sticky stuff on the back of them - you could have at least washed them first......

Muzza, now that's a very witty post!

Couldn't stop laughing.

Not bad for a Kiwi . Sure you haven't got any Aussie blood ?

Mate , three generations of us lived in Australia before my lot left in 1904- still have a bunch of rellies there but we try not to talk about them too much.... not in polite company anyway.

I always like to take a little trypod and have a timer on the cam so I can take pic of myself in the field. Often WHERE you made the shot is as impressive looking as what you shot.



The flash on is good in some situations as pointed out above.

Robin

Looks a bit cold there mate.

I knew you must have been part Aussie....................................................

I know this might sound silly, Duffy, but what is that thing (black, maybe fourteen inches long) hanging around your neck?

A torch?

Oh! that is a "grunt call" for deer. White-tails in particular but mule deer will respond to it as well. I have used it on several occasions to bring deer in that I had not seen. I use it in conjunction with "rattling" antlers (mimicing two bucks fighting) and if I spook a deer while I'm walking I will quickly do a few "grunts" and most often the deer will stop and often come back to me.

The only time I have ever heard bucks "grunting" (Like the call sounds like) is when they are following a doe closely during the rut. I think it means "Of cource I'll still respect you in the morning!!!"in deer talk. Bucks will also make a similar sound (as well as some hissing) when they are fighting or about to fight. I have heard does make a similar sound a few times.

I have a couple other deer calls I keep handy and I wouldn't leave home without them. One is a fawn distress call that a doe or buck will come to but I have used it to call wolves to me and I shot two of them.

Good things to ya!
Robin

Duffy, i grinned a few times reading your post.

About the only decoy I have ever used is a fox wistle that costs about $5-00. It is "meant" to make a sound like a rabbit in distress but I think its the curiousity of the young pups about this time of the year. In mid winter when out spotlighting, blow any wistle and the fox eyes disappear faster than a politicians ------
no, I better leave that there.

Years ago, I tried a duck call on a creek near a swamp over here in Aus called The Woolwash and I didn't thoink it made any difference. so haven't used a duck call since. we get our bag without them.

Don't hunt deer so know nothing about what you are talking about wioth getting them to come in.

I actually heard yesterday (I teach some Uni subjects) that a bloke who works at the Uni has a keen son who has located a big herd of fallow about two hundred kilometres south of here. And he shot an obscene number on private land in one day. I don't agree with that at all.

Anyway, your buck looks bloody good (or are we not allowed to use that word?).

I'll catch you in the future.

Ross

If you have a bloody look at the bloody nose on my bloody buck in the bloody picture you may realize that I don't bloody mind if you bloody well use the bloody word any bloody time you bloody well like.

i really enjoy many different methods of hunting. Getting close to game and getting a shot is the final goal and if it is legal I will try just about any mehtod. Calling game is one of my favorite methods. Calling does not work all the time. But when it does it is very exciting to have an animal coming in looking for a fight or looking for a meal or looking for a bit of "romance". I use a "varmint call" (rabbit in distress) for calling coyotes in Alberta. Sometimes it only brings in magpies but when a coyote or two or three comes on the run looking for a meal it makes for some exciting shooting. As I said above I once called in two wolves with a fawn distress deer cal and shot them both. I have called in Elk and Moose and whitetail bucks. I was sitting beside my 17 year old son last fall, rattling deer antlers and calling with a grunt call. A nice whitetail buck came running in to investigate the fight and see if there was a hot doe around for him. My sone shot his first buck. It is a hunt we will both remember for a long time.



Ben's buck

Robin in Griffith where it is mutch cooler today

Hahaha

I meant about the "bloody" word as it was used in an advert for Australia and those tools in England wouldn't allow it to be shown there.

Bloody hell

I'll read your post later and reply in more detail. There is some excitement here as we just sold Drew's Chev-ota for roughly what we paid and I am very glad to see it go.