Ha! I know what you mean mate, I did a video in the summer on animal identity through a thermal, and videoed a friends dog, Shelby does look like a fox even in daylight. Easy mistake to make, but it’s all from many hours in the seats and shed, that I learn to realise what I’m looking at. Something you can’t read in a book, you have to get out and do the research yourself . Thank you for watching chum👍👍
Big issue is the excitable expert occasional hunter chasing animals like deer etc have difficulty identifying their target correctly during daytime. This is evidenced by the number of shooting "accidents" where over eager shooters shoot other people, friend or stranger, because they looked like a deer. Thermal, with it's lack of definition, makes this risk much higher. And fatalities are permanent. Not everything stands out in the wide open with good thermal contrast, & a partially obscured person and deer can have little distinction.
@@johnmead8437 perhaps the answer is not shoot at anything unless you are 100% sure its what you are hunting. Never shoot at something that is partially obscured and hope its got more than 2 legs and be sure of a backstop i have never shot a deer where the round did not pass through and exit the other side .243 100grn soft point even at 200yds is a sledge hammer to crack a walnut. No backstop no shot once you pull that trigger you cant call it back. unfortunately you cant teach experience
@@alanbush4192 Basic safety rule: identify your target. Some obscured targets can be perfectly identified, others not. Consider your firing zone (backstop) in case of miss, ricochet, shot passing through. Having shot plenty of animals the bullet didn't pass through using heavier calibres than .243, it still remains a risk to avoid. And the .243 is a rabbit gun, ok on light animals in open areas but has major limitations that cost the hunter animals (have shot hundreds with them too) in some situations. There is a big difference between professional and recreational hunting calibre requirements.
Hi Robin, Yes indeed it did! It’s a great shame however that there are a few viewers who do not appreciate what we have to do in order to protect our Farmers livestock and crops. It’s a shame the high seats I have installed on the various farms are only the seat and a half size, as I’d love an “Expert” alongside spotting something coming in like the clappers and then making the decision , based on their experience if the subject is in fact one of the following, Fox , poodle, corgi, Labrador ? All of which are ALWAYS wandering around fields late at night🤷🏼♂️ As you well know.
That’s exactly what I was trying to show👍 Poor old Graham does everything himself, only getting around 2 hrs sleep a day if he’s lucky. Thanks for watching👍
Hello Karl, both of the sheep farms where I shoot, have border collies , and on Graham’s farm his two dogs stay in the barn with the ewes and lambs, and they’re not just left out all night.
I know what you mean John, watching them come in from a distance is far easier to calm get set, but it’s the ones that just appear that always surprise me😳 At least they’re not going shoot back if I miss.
Hi Gary, Thanks for tuning in, it’s a busy time now here and also on that farm. I was there on Monday doing some work on that high seat that’s been on the same tree for 3 years now, and the tree had started to grow round it, so a few alterations required there . Thanks again, for watching, and remember to exhale😁👍
Hi Gary, Thanks for tuning in, it’s a busy time now here and also on that farm. I was there on Monday doing some work on that high seat that’s been on the same tree for 3 years now, and the tree had started to grow round it, so a few alterations required there . Thanks again, for watching, and remember to exhale😁👍
Hello Stiofain, Thank you for watching and writing in. Sadly, on the farms where I’ve been asked to shoot, it’s the loss of livestock that’s caused the farmer to ask for help.
@@predatorprotectionuk totally understand, since the thermal imaging scopes have came out, so called vermin control groups shoot 100s of foxes, and lay them where they are shot an drive on…. I’ve Respect for your job 👍🏼
I always put the foxes I’ve shot in a spot either under my high seat or by my shed, the farmer will collect them in the morning and bury them. It’s not nice to leave dead animals around.
Yes it is Brian for sure, and certainly for identifying animals, I switched over as there were so many sheep in that field when I arrived, but they’re not daft, and almost seem to understand who I am, and to bugger off out the way. After the tractor left the field, all but the ewe and lamb in the pen left the field. I’ll stick with B&W in the future and just have to put up with the effect it has on my night vision ability with my eyesight , something the red light doesn’t effect. Thank you very much for watching, I’m glad you let me know👍👍
Got no problems with pest control at all. That had me glued to my seat wondering when the shot would go off. Enjoyed the commentary also. I'm for a sub, cheers fella. All the best from Scotland.
Hello my friend, now that’s interesting because I had a viewer write in last year to say that sign in in Crete.🤷🏼♂️ Either way, I love the sign and I think it displays a very clear message. Don’t go to Crete or Shivley, you might get shot at 😁🫵 Thank you very much for watching and writing in, I appreciate hearing from viewers around the USA🏴
Hi Simon , that’s a massive compliment coming from you matey, thank you very much. I’ve been back on goose patrol this afternoon , 12 more meaty breasts in the freezer👍
Hello seanna, Well thank you, finally there’s someone out there that appreciates and understands the problems a Shepherd has this time of year👍 I wonder sometimes if folks walking down the meat aisle in Tesco or Waitrose , actually know how much work goes into producing their Sunday lunch🤷🏼♂️ But I expect most of the “experts” who do comment utter crap on mine and other video makers work , probably survive on burgers and chicken wings!
Hello Geoff , Thank you very much, I’m glad to have you along. I don’t know if it was the lambing film you watched first or yesterdays rabbit session? I think the lambing video has been the most active film I’ve made so far, as it really shows why we go out after foxes this time of year, and also how hard the farmers work too. Hopefully there will be a few more stepping into my high seat field🤞🏼
I don't know where the rest of that post went , but hey ,great vid again , when Charlie 2 was coming down the hedge line towards you just before he detoured for a snack , I was sure I saw something else a way behind him on the same line was it a c number 3 or something else , hard to tell my pc screen is smudged from a repair that never worked lol . keep 'em coming please . K P
Yes you did Keith , I had another 10 mins of close encounters , but I think because of the wind on my back, they knew something wasn’t quite right. Next time Eh👍
Hello Paul , or should I be saying, G’Day! I’m amazed that the stuff I make, is watched on the other side of the world 😳 I can’t thank you blokes enough, it’s lovely to get messages too. Hope your winter won’t be too cruel🙏🤞🏼 All the best David
no probs with pest control, however foxes are native, lambs are in their space, just think farmers should protect their lambs with non lethal means, i would rather see a fox in the wild than a (bred for meet) lamb
Hello Starflash, Thank you very much for watching and then taking the time to write in. I understand where you’re coming from about the foxes, but other than keeping the livestock in buildings or inside a secure fenced area, I don’t know how sheep farmers, and chicken farmers would be able to manage? Probably the costs involved for the farmer could be prohibitive too, and that’s why the likes of folks like myself are able to obtain the permission to shoot in the first place . One less thing to worry about for the farmer, if he’s got some help controlling the predators that once get the taste, don’t just kill one lamb or chicken , duck, or whatever , they will go on a frenzy and cause a great deal of distress and damage.
I only shoot Foxes chap, that’s why I do a walk up to the animal, people must think I carry a stock of dead foxes to put in the field after I’ve removed whatever the odd breed of dog was that is suggested. JUST FOXES👊
Cheers matey, I’ll take you off that PEACE list now. PEACE. Pizza Eating Arm Chair Experts 😁 There’s loads of brilliant hunters out there, who do all their shooting in the lounge
As a hunting man not someone who sits in the dark with a night site thermal and shots fox with a riffle something that is so easy a child could do, I'd like to know how you can say for certain that fox would have took that lamb? You had some gadget set up with a rabbit sequel didn't you next to it? I'm looking for any actual proof of fox's taking live lambs that are with there mother's because a fix taking dead lambs and lots of lambs will die in first few days in the field is completely different matter all together!
Sadly Eric , we don’t all live in a lovely fluffy world like others eh🤷🏼♂️ He’s welcome to come along and chat to the shepherd and offer his opinion to him!
@@Erikskelly I mean with trail cams being so affordable I'd like to see evidence of a fox killing a lamb, I'm not saying they don't but with cameras everywhere bower days I'd expect to see a clip.... Evidence you know. This video certainly isn't , Calling a fox to a rabbit squeal in a sheep field, come on hardly evidence.
I've no issues with what you do for pest control but am puzzled by the use of an image of a vandalized STOP sign in the intro. Surely that is a rather negative visual association for responsible hunting and gun ownership generally. Just a thought...
3 seconds……….💥💥
“Bit of a mess half of his cranium is missing” 😂
A bit more than half chap🥴
@@predatorprotectionuk indeed more like no cranium left…
I was relieved to see that the first one you shot was a fox. Through the sight it looked suspiciously like a poodle.
Ha! I know what you mean mate, I did a video in the summer on animal identity through a thermal, and videoed a friends dog, Shelby does look like a fox even in daylight.
Easy mistake to make, but it’s all from many hours in the seats and shed, that I learn to realise what I’m looking at.
Something you can’t read in a book, you have to get out and do the research yourself .
Thank you for watching chum👍👍
me too thought he'd shot a stray cocker poo,think i'll stick to me pard 008 .
Big issue is the excitable expert occasional hunter chasing animals like deer etc have difficulty identifying their target correctly during daytime. This is evidenced by the number of shooting "accidents" where over eager shooters shoot other people, friend or stranger, because they looked like a deer. Thermal, with it's lack of definition, makes this risk much higher.
And fatalities are permanent.
Not everything stands out in the wide open with good thermal contrast, & a partially obscured person and deer can have little distinction.
@@johnmead8437 perhaps the answer is not shoot at anything unless you are 100% sure its what you are hunting. Never shoot at something that is partially obscured and hope its got more than 2 legs and be sure of a backstop i have never shot a deer where the round did not pass through and exit the other side .243 100grn soft point even at 200yds is a sledge hammer to crack a walnut. No backstop no shot once you pull that trigger you cant call it back. unfortunately you cant teach experience
@@alanbush4192 Basic safety rule: identify your target. Some obscured targets can be perfectly identified, others not. Consider your firing zone (backstop) in case of miss, ricochet, shot passing through. Having shot plenty of animals the bullet didn't pass through using heavier calibres than .243, it still remains a risk to avoid. And the .243 is a rabbit gun, ok on light animals in open areas but has major limitations that cost the hunter animals (have shot hundreds with them too) in some situations. There is a big difference between professional and recreational hunting calibre requirements.
Wahl good result, but the foxes looked like bears!
Maybe so John on a pulsar device, but that’s why I changed over to HikMicro, Foxes look like Foxes 🦊👍👊
Come to my garden one night....fed up with trying to stop them crapping in my garden....nothing iv tried works
Hi Bruce ,
Send me an email and let’s see if it’s at all possible 👍
Always happy to help out where it’s safe to do so.
David
Great video mate. Showed a good amount of patients there.
The first fox went with a pop that’s for sure.
Hi Robin,
Yes indeed it did! It’s a great shame however that there are a few viewers who do not appreciate what we have to do in order to protect our Farmers livestock and crops.
It’s a shame the high seats I have installed on the various farms are only the seat and a half size, as I’d love an “Expert” alongside spotting something coming in like the clappers and then making the decision , based on their experience if the subject is in fact one of the following,
Fox , poodle, corgi, Labrador ?
All of which are ALWAYS wandering around fields late at night🤷🏼♂️
As you well know.
Nice job, happy Farmer, happier Ewe and lamb I'd imagine.
I liked your patience and result. Great shot, single clean kill.
Hi Ian ,
Thank you very much, I’ve said before that if there’s a fox close by, it’ll be there within minutes, as this video shows 👍
Great video and a real insight into farming life and the battle to preserve livestock. ATB PP
That’s exactly what I was trying to show👍
Poor old Graham does everything himself, only getting around 2 hrs sleep a day if he’s lucky.
Thanks for watching👍
Just curious - why not just get sheepdogs? Or do they not provide enough protection?
Hello Karl, both of the sheep farms where I shoot, have border collies , and on Graham’s farm his two dogs stay in the barn with the ewes and lambs, and they’re not just left out all night.
patience is the name of the game, but it's hard to be patient when the old adrenaline is racing, good shooting 😎
I know what you mean John, watching them come in from a distance is far easier to calm get set, but it’s the ones that just appear that always surprise me😳
At least they’re not going shoot back if I miss.
Just excellent.
Thank you very much for watching and writing in.👍
hi just been over it again , its at around 7.50 mins defo something behind going slight left to right into the hedge line ?
Great work there, You had me holding my breath each time you had the cross hairs on the prey, trying to steady the scope,lol
Hi Gary,
Thanks for tuning in, it’s a busy time now here and also on that farm. I was there on Monday doing some work on that high seat that’s been on the same tree for 3 years now, and the tree had started to grow round it, so a few alterations required there .
Thanks again, for watching, and remember to exhale😁👍
Hi Gary,
Thanks for tuning in, it’s a busy time now here and also on that farm. I was there on Monday doing some work on that high seat that’s been on the same tree for 3 years now, and the tree had started to grow round it, so a few alterations required there .
Thanks again, for watching, and remember to exhale😁👍
Excellent footage commentary and marksmanship David 🤠👍
Thanks very much David , I was there again last night and slotted another🦊
I hunt myself so I’m not an anti by any means , but does a vixen have to be shot if they don’t touch any livestock? Or was she at the lambs recently?
Hello Stiofain,
Thank you for watching and writing in. Sadly, on the farms where I’ve been asked to shoot, it’s the loss of livestock that’s caused the farmer to ask for help.
@@predatorprotectionuk totally understand, since the thermal imaging scopes have came out, so called vermin control groups shoot 100s of foxes, and lay them where they are shot an drive on…. I’ve Respect for your job 👍🏼
I always put the foxes I’ve shot in a spot either under my high seat or by my shed, the farmer will collect them in the morning and bury them. It’s not nice to leave dead animals around.
Bravo! 👍🏻🐴❤️🤠🇨🇱
Howdy mate, hope you’re all well👍😎
black/white MUCH better then the colour ones you normally use
Yes it is Brian for sure, and certainly for identifying animals, I switched over as there were so many sheep in that field when I arrived, but they’re not daft, and almost seem to understand who I am, and to bugger off out the way. After the tractor left the field, all but the ewe and lamb in the pen left the field.
I’ll stick with B&W in the future and just have to put up with the effect it has on my night vision ability with my eyesight , something the red light doesn’t effect.
Thank you very much for watching, I’m glad you let me know👍👍
Got no problems with pest control at all. That had me glued to my seat wondering when the shot would go off. Enjoyed the commentary also. I'm for a sub, cheers fella. All the best from Scotland.
Hello Steven,
Sorry for the late reply, I was having a small birthday party for my 60th
Normal service will resume again soon 👍
David
Verry good, well done, two in the bag 💪🏼
Cheers Bert👍
The stop sign you used at the beginning of this video look like the one at the end of my street where I grew up in Shively Kentucky
Hello my friend, now that’s interesting because I had a viewer write in last year to say that sign in in Crete.🤷🏼♂️
Either way, I love the sign and I think it displays a very clear message.
Don’t go to Crete or Shivley, you might get shot at 😁🫵
Thank you very much for watching and writing in, I appreciate hearing from viewers around the USA🏴
Cracking shooting david , two less for the farmer to worry about 👍
Cheers Davy , I’ll try to give you a call tomorrow chum, just to catch up👍👍
Well done pal nice work i to have been out on night calls lately keep at them.
Hi Simon , that’s a massive compliment coming from you matey, thank you very much.
I’ve been back on goose patrol this afternoon , 12 more meaty breasts in the freezer👍
Good film tells it like it is.
Hello seanna,
Well thank you, finally there’s someone out there that appreciates and understands the problems a Shepherd has this time of year👍
I wonder sometimes if folks walking down the meat aisle in Tesco or Waitrose , actually know how much work goes into producing their Sunday lunch🤷🏼♂️
But I expect most of the “experts” who do comment utter crap on mine and other video makers work , probably survive on burgers and chicken wings!
Super...
Thank you👍
Nice work brother.
Thank you very much, I hope the next video hits the message home a bit harder👍
Great video👍🏻👌🏼
Thank you in Finland 👍👍
Is the scope and range finder still available?
Hello Darren,
It is at the moment chum, if you email me, I can give you more details .
Thank you
Excellent shooting mate, well done.
Geoff. I have subscribed.
Hello Geoff ,
Thank you very much, I’m glad to have you along.
I don’t know if it was the lambing film you watched first or yesterdays rabbit session?
I think the lambing video has been the most active film I’ve made so far, as it really shows why we go out after foxes this time of year, and also how hard the farmers work too.
Hopefully there will be a few more stepping into my high seat field🤞🏼
Would u ship range finder and scope to the US ????
If you’re happy to pay about £30-40 postage Mike👍
I don't know where the rest of that post went , but hey ,great vid again , when Charlie 2 was coming down the hedge line towards you just before he detoured for a snack , I was sure I saw something else a way behind him on the same line was it a c number 3 or something else , hard to tell my pc screen is smudged from a repair that never worked lol . keep 'em coming please . K P
Yes you did Keith , I had another 10 mins of close encounters , but I think because of the wind on my back, they knew something wasn’t quite right.
Next time Eh👍
Yep..they killing my chickens here downunder...😪😔😔
Hello Paul , or should I be saying,
G’Day!
I’m amazed that the stuff I make, is watched on the other side of the world 😳
I can’t thank you blokes enough, it’s lovely to get messages too.
Hope your winter won’t be too cruel🙏🤞🏼
All the best
David
no probs with pest control, however foxes are native, lambs are in their space, just think farmers should protect their lambs with non lethal means, i would rather see a fox in the wild than a (bred for meet) lamb
Hello Starflash,
Thank you very much for watching and then taking the time to write in.
I understand where you’re coming from about the foxes, but other than keeping the livestock in buildings or inside a secure fenced area, I don’t know how sheep farmers, and chicken farmers would be able to manage?
Probably the costs involved for the farmer could be prohibitive too, and that’s why the likes of folks like myself are able to obtain the permission to shoot in the first place . One less thing to worry about for the farmer, if he’s got some help controlling the predators that once get the taste, don’t just kill one lamb or chicken , duck, or whatever , they will go on a frenzy and cause a great deal of distress and damage.
looked like a naughty fox to me
Thanks very much for commenting,
I’ll add you to the list of PEACE viewers👍
@@predatorprotectionuk No don't get wrong if its taking young or live stock its got to go what ever it is
I only shoot Foxes chap, that’s why I do a walk up to the animal, people must think I carry a stock of dead foxes to put in the field after I’ve removed whatever the odd breed of dog was that is suggested.
JUST FOXES👊
@@predatorprotectionuk I did not mean to upset anyone sorry . well done for shooting that fox
Cheers matey, I’ll take you off that PEACE list now.
PEACE.
Pizza Eating Arm Chair Experts 😁
There’s loads of brilliant hunters out there, who do all their shooting in the lounge
brilliant pest control bud
Cheers Dave 😎
W
BADGERS! We don't need no stinkin' badgers....
Wanker,
the definition on that scope is a bit woolly i hope you didn't pay a lot for it
You’re more than welcome to come and sit with me, anytime chum👍
Bring along your thermal scope, I’d love to try something new to compare .
Please bin the background music.
Sorry chap, won’t talk over music again.
Seeing as your selling scopes, i have a Minox ZE5.2 2-10x50 for sale if anyone is interested. Brilliant for stalking and boar
Hopefully this will get noticed , but I got mine snapped up on guntrader .
Give that a try chap, it’s around 90p a month
I saw someone shooting badgers last night,they shot 8 of them.
You’re not in the UK are you ?
Badger numbers here are controlled by specialist teams.
What is your ebay store name?
Hello GHDIII,
I don’t have a store matey, just do a search for the two scopes and they should show up👍
@@predatorprotectionuk thanks
The pulsar Digex has sold just now.
talking with music playing?
:(fox
Safe lamb and happy Farmer though🤷🏼♂️
As a hunting man not someone who sits in the dark with a night site thermal and shots fox with a riffle something that is so easy a child could do, I'd like to know how you can say for certain that fox would have took that lamb?
You had some gadget set up with a rabbit sequel didn't you next to it?
I'm looking for any actual proof of fox's taking live lambs that are with there mother's because a fix taking dead lambs and lots of lambs will die in first few days in the field is completely different matter all together!
What
Sadly Eric , we don’t all live in a lovely fluffy world like others eh🤷🏼♂️
He’s welcome to come along and chat to the shepherd and offer his opinion to him!
@@predatorprotectionuk put some tin cans out in your garden.
1 dogged fox is worth 20 how you get them.
You'v not a clue about nature.
What does he mean by more evidence. In Australia, foxes take my lambs when im not around spotlighting and kill them and eat them
@@Erikskelly I mean with trail cams being so affordable I'd like to see evidence of a fox killing a lamb, I'm not saying they don't but with cameras everywhere bower days I'd expect to see a clip.... Evidence you know.
This video certainly isn't
, Calling a fox to a rabbit squeal in a sheep field, come on hardly evidence.
I've no issues with what you do for pest control but am puzzled by the use of an image of a vandalized STOP sign in the intro. Surely that is a rather negative visual association for responsible hunting and gun ownership generally. Just a thought...
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Carburettor ?
I can’t answer a one word comment Michael 🤷🏼♂️
Exterminator
Determined👊