Trad Fox Double

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Jack Spinks
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Trad Fox Double

#1 Post by Jack Spinks » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:17 pm

Hey, I thought I'd share a sweet achievement of mine, my first trad fox double.. First fella came in fast and took a shaft from 8m, just as I was packing up to grab my fox I noticed another coming in from my right.. I missed him at 12m and kissed him back to 25m as he circled me and with a solid anchor the arrow hit it's mark behind the shoulder (on the run mind you).. Absolutely stoked I moved up and whistled from a new stand and within 2min another red dog approached from the left, at 5m I shot low. Disappointed I grabbed my shaft and it was sticky... Blood!! After a lengthy blood trail I found him piled up in a log, the razor sharp BH rotated just at the right time slicing the bottom of his chest without entering his cavity.. Lucky I know but stoked to have 3 on the deck within 20min.. I highly respect trad bowhunters who have taken foxes, very underrated trophy..

Jack

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#2 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:45 pm

Nice shooting Jack :wink:

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#3 Post by bigbob » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:28 pm

Unreal! hard to beat, with any bow in a short time!
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#4 Post by Nephew » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:40 pm

My word, that is truly remarkable! You're on fire, Jack!
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#5 Post by longbow steve » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:11 am

Well done Jack, they are in great numbers up this way and obviously down your way too. Good on you for cleaning them up. Nice shots aswell. Cheers steve

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#6 Post by flyne » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:59 am

Nice shooting mate
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#7 Post by Guy Layton » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:28 pm

Hey Jack,

Great job mate... 8)

Your right mate... Very underrated species with the trad bow... Any animal that comes in at speed and generally forces a hurried shot with a trad bow is a highly regarded trophy... especially when your the shooter and whistler... 8)

By the way mate... I checked out you DVD " TRADITIONAL ADDICTION " What a great job you have done... Well done indeed...! I cant wait for the next one now... :mrgreen:

Cheers Guy
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#8 Post by slowhand » Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:59 pm

Congratulations to you Jack and to matt61. From my part, whistling foxes with traditional archery gear is ultimate hunting.
Trickster and seductress we
tapdancing on mine field every day...
in volatile sway...
Young and Freud would kill each other over us,
yet somehow we just stay...
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#9 Post by rodlonq » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:56 pm

Congratulations Jack, that is some slick hunting mate.

Cheers... Rod

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#10 Post by Jack Spinks » Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:40 pm

Appreciate the replies fellas thanks, i spent yrs without nailing a fox and now theyre one of my most enjoyable animal to hunt
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#11 Post by rooni79 » Thu May 01, 2014 2:12 pm

Awesome work Jack!

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#12 Post by PJS » Thu May 01, 2014 2:14 pm

You mean to tell me I still have years until I get one with the trad bow..... :surprised: Seriously, well done to you sir.

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#13 Post by slowhand » Thu May 01, 2014 3:49 pm

I've managed to nail few young ones this summer
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Trickster and seductress we
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#14 Post by Jack Spinks » Fri May 02, 2014 7:29 am

haha it could take you yrs or you could be more lucky than i.. Some nice pics slowhand, yeah ive missed a few also
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#15 Post by PJS » Fri May 02, 2014 9:42 am

Knowing my luck it will be years but hey thats part of the fun. Nice work slowhand.

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#16 Post by Captain » Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:27 pm

When I saw the title one name popped into my head! Jack Spinks.
Nicely done Jack and same to you slowhand BUT I must confess that I recon Iv'e missed more foxes with the trad than you 2 put together.LOL.
Try getting it on video by your self with any bow little own a trad.I whistled in 14 foxes before I got my first self filmed trad fox.14!!!
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#17 Post by Muz1970 » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:33 am

Sweeeeeet, only ever done that once, years ago but with wheels.

Shows you what a razor sharp broadhead can do with that low shot.

I'm looking forward to when it starts warming up and they start responding to the whistle again. Not long.....

Good job

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#18 Post by Ian Turner » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:23 am

Hi mate good shootin and now for the inevuitable questions from wannabe trad bow hunter; what sort of draw weight range of bows Recurve and LB would you recommend for foxes etc and what weight broadheads and either 2 or 3 blade or other?
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#19 Post by Jack Spinks » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:26 pm

Foxes can be taken with any poundage, from even 30#. so best thing to do is get a curve that can easily be drawn and held if need be, i have just had a bow built thats design just for foxes and that will be around 58# @ my draw length and will be using about a 55g arrow. they say the wider the better like Captains Azteks or ribteks but any broadhead will do the job.
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#20 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:46 am

Unreal! Awesome!
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