Stories, questions, lies about the one that got away....
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matt61
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by matt61 » Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:04 pm
It was a quite and still autumn afternoon ,so a whistle in amongst the rock piles and boxthorns along the creek was the go.
I snuck quietly in the first patch of cover and backed up against dark bush in the shadows and began to whistle with the penny whistle making loud piercing shrieks and tapering of with sobbing wails and within a couple of minute there was a fox sitting on a big rock about thirty meters away looking in my direction and sniffing the air. No matter how plaintive I made my whistles over the next ten minutes the fox would not budge from off of the rock and come my way and it eventually hopped off and walked away in the opposite direction, obviously not hungry. So it was head down and hot foot it to the next spot that I was sure would have foxes in it. The sun had gone down nearly twenty minutes ago and light was fading fast, so I stood against a tree and began to whistle and sure enough within a couple of minutes I see two foxes coming in quickly from my left. I stopped whistling and the first one appeared at eight meters from the long grass and I drove an arrow into his shoulder tipped with a Grim reaper broad head. The fox bolted in to the thick grass, so I waited five minutes and began to follow it up and found it dead about twenty meters away from where I had shot it. The second fox bolted across the open patch of dirt in front of me and stopped less than six feet from me in confusion to watch its shot companion bolt away, I could have poked it with the end of my bow it was that close. Here is a picture of the fox taken the next day in daylight as it was dark when I found it.
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flyne
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by flyne » Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:23 pm
Congrats on the fox mate well done
good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement
Nothing is easy. That's why it's called hunting, and not killing
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longbow steve
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by longbow steve » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:55 am
Well done Matt, I love chasing Fox with the bow. Thanks for bringing us along on your hunt. Steve
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UPTHETOP
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by UPTHETOP » Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:53 pm
Congratulations Matt there is a bit of an art to whistling them in that's for shore.
Cheers Wayno
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bigbob
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by bigbob » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:46 pm
well done Matt.
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Nephew
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by Nephew » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:44 pm
Congrats Matt, one less native killer!
Lately, if life were treating me any better, I'd be suspicious of it's motives!
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Guy Layton
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by Guy Layton » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:33 pm
Well done Matt... All these foxes going down between you and Jack... I think I'm going to have to chase a few myself now...
Top Job...!
Cheers Guy
The broadhead used, regardless of how sharp, is no where as important as being able to place it in the correct spot....!
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rodlonq
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by rodlonq » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:55 pm
Congratulation on the fox kill Matt, well done.
Cheers.... Rod
