Big Ted on the pigeons.

[Britsmoothy]

I've been dicing with a fox that is killing chickens every night on a free range egg production unit. I finally worked out a pattern of its movements and found the weak link. So at 4am I was at its get away place.
At 4:20am the wind shifted just as the forecast indicated.
At 4;39am a dark shape in the dim light appeared and moving fast towards me.
As the 10g came up it also winded me and bolted. It was to dark for a running shot.
So, I had a gun loaded with 2oz of #4 buck in each barrel. Nothing for it but to go pigeon shooting for crop protection.
Amazingly the two buckshot loads got two birds down from the get go!
It was a slow session but good. I also invited a friend along who chuckled everytime the 10g went off.

Eventually the rain got bad so we quit.
Better go clean the gun now....

 

[Old Timer 48]

Nice job! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Brokennock]

Can you trap for that fox?

Nice job on the pigeons. Did you change loadings after the 1st buckshot loads?

 

[Britsmoothy]

Can you trap for that fox?

Nice job on the pigeons. Did you change loadings after the 1st buckshot loads?

Hello friend, yes sir, I did change loads after the fox buckshot loads had gone.
About 80gns/1&1/8oz of mixed bird shot.

This morning I got a fox but I don't think it's the one I have been photographing all be it it was leaving the chicken range.
Unfortunately it was not big Ted that done the deed. After a thorough clean last night and yet more uncertainty over the wind direction I went modern! Well, I say modern, it did have two hammers on the sides!
Has it happened Ted would of done just fine. And sounded better!

 

[Sidney Smith]

Nice job. We've got some foxes around here, but our main problem is groundhogs. Solution for them is the .22 or .17 HMR.

 

[deermanok]

You always do good on the birds.
Nice looking fox too.

 

[kemart17]

I've been dicing with a fox that is killing chickens every night on a free range egg production unit. I finally worked out a pattern of its movements and found the weak link. So at 4am I was at its get away place.
At 4:20am the wind shifted just as the forecast indicated.
At 4;39am a dark shape in the dim light appeared and moving fast towards me.
As the 10g came up it also winded me and bolted. It was to dark for a running shot.
So, I had a gun loaded with 2oz of #4 buck in each barrel. Nothing for it but to go pigeon shooting for crop protection.
Amazingly the two buckshot loads got two birds down from the get go!
It was a slow session but good. I also invited a friend along who chuckled everytime the 10g went off.
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Eventually the rain got bad so we quit.
Better go clean the gun now....

great job! you will get that fox