There is some mileage in leaving a well behaved resident fox be, they are mainly picking up warm shite and tails/placentas when I've watched them at night. But I have no experience of hill foxes and lambing outside in those conditions; if I did, I may think differently.
Lambing and foxes
- Thread starter cymyran easycares
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- Location
- South Shropshire
Furtherest I had this time is 350 yards, that's with a 6.5 creedmoor, can identify them out to 500 yards if you know what you're doing
Wilksy
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- Location
- East Riding
I’ve heard that, does the work for you keeping his territory clear of competition
ollie989898
Member
Cripes, you're allowed 6.5 Creedmore? It always struck me as a funky looking thing, but I guess as it's quite a small bullet being driven by the case of a much larger round it would shoot very fast and flat which I guess is what you want if you're shooting at any range. I don't have much experience of shooting rifles but that thermal gear is absolutely ace.
- Location
- South Shropshire
Ye, good all round cartridge. Has good stopping power at silly ranges
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
How do you train them to leave the walker's pet dog alone?
ollie989898
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- Location
- Scottish Highlands
In my experience, it is always the disposal of the cadaver that poses the problem. My night vision foxer is excellent as a scarer and solves the disposal problem by not actually shooting any! Can't rely on that sort of service with a guardian dog.If you have more than one they'll finish a dog walker in a single sitting.
- Location
- South West
Always fancied a 6.5 but couldn’t ever decide what I could shoot with it.
always stuck traditional .22lr for rabbits and playing, 223 for foxes etc and 308 for deer and long range bits.
- Location
- north Wales
Only had a problem with a fox taking lambs once, the gamekeeper shot an old dog fox and the killing stopped. Used to see foxes in with the ewes and lambs often when checking them at night, mules wouldn't take any nonsense from them coming to close to their lambs and would chase after them
I don’t do any lambing but I’m planning to try and help my neighbour that lost a ewe and lamb during birth last year. I’ve heard that hair from the barbers floor stuffed in a sock hung nearby can give off the scent similar to that of an angry mob. Anyone tried this?
Iv never heard of that but always an idea to try
- Location
- South West
It’s much more fun with a squeaker, thermal and rifle
JohnGalway
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- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
Neighbours of mine, two brothers, bought them, then bought a .223 the next year. They have them on all year, I don't believe they work tbh.
Once upon a time I used to shoot everything going. Don't now until there's a problem. Most interesting fox activity I seen out was one heading out of fields to the hill. There was a ewe and lamb between me and the fox. Fox stopped at the fence when it saw the pair. The ewe would take 4 or 5 steps and take a bite of grass with the lamb following behind, the fox would take 5 or 6 steps then freeze solid when the ewe would stop. I let him get within 5 or 10 yards when I knocked him.
Same brothers I mention above got a donkey, ended up stamping on the ewes so they got rid.
Like you i use stockhome tar at turn out(march). Father in law used to use it wife remembered, so was relieved for a cure. But can not say it positively works(first lambs out,one gone, looked field over ). Besides bullet nothing else, so i keep doing it, keeping the faith. Battles tar wont go into anything, it just wants to stay in the bucket.
Iv looked at goats as deterants but seems they don't work either.
- Location
- Radnorshire
Thought a donkey with cattle was to stop brucellosis , must have worked as you don’t hear of it now.
JohnGalway
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- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
I heat the tin up in a water bath, 60ml syringe will draw it then, put it into a water bottle with a sports cap, pretty clean job.
You must have had a late lambing or something else
You must have a diffrent kind of tar to me, this stuff would go back to solid treacle in a short time, have to heat it up before every use. I just get a stick and rub it on their necks(Just make sure to pickup the right end of stick)