I live in Gippsland on a milk farming property. I’m sure you know that what you do in keeping fox numbers down is greatly appreciated, but something that is rarely thought about is the actual damage that they can do to livestock. They will literally eat the soft hooves of a calf as it is being born, that is coming out of the mother. They will kill all the chickens in a coop and not eat one. Hard as I might I cannot keep their numbers down. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the work you do. I would dearly love to come along with you one night!
Yes. I've seen all that and more mate, not to mention also spreading diseases like neospora . Terrible bloody things. Really appreciate the kind words David. Thankyou 👊
Bloody gobsmacked how many of them you have over there. When you think of the damage just one of them will do in a lambing park that's some saving in one night's shooting. Another great video mate.
@@RJMHuntingAustralia I had a wee Google about it and 'we' introduced them into your country for sport...!!! Unbelievable when you look back at that with hindsight. Even over here you wonder where they all keep coming from. They're amazing survivors.
Thoroughly enjoyable video Rod. Those foxes are a real menace on new lambs. Glad you were able to do control them. Your .223 - Panther combo works a treat. Great stuff!
Good to see you making a big impact on the fox numbers. That many tells me they are almost at plague proportions. I always thought getting three or four a night was a great result, but man . . . Blessings from the Central West NSW.
as someone who came off the land this never gets old completely satisfying to see your work I tell you what that Fox looks like it's crossed with a dog almost can't believe the size of it ❤👁👃👁
Legendary stuff mate. Thanks for getting me into the habit! 😅 Been using thermal with a 17 HMR for my job out on ADL airport. 61 foxes so far on the airfield this year!
Nice mate way to clean them up great shooting as always many lambs thank you and I’m sure the farmers are more than happy with your efforts cheers mate keep it up
Hi, Rod. Haven’t been able to watch your videos for a while as I’ve been so busy but it’s great to see you enjoying getting out and about. If you’re ever in Japan please give me a shout. All the best!
Great work getting rid of these abominations, I'm into my 60's now but grew up on a farm in the western district of Victoria where the foxes were out of control in the 70' & 80's. My mate and myself were burning the candle at both ends as 15, 16 year olds shooting foxes at night and going to school next morning. Different times, in those days before the do gooders banned fox fur we were getting between $20-$30 for a good grey pelt and $40 for a red. We made great money and made the farmers happy until the do gooders banned fox fur. I managed to buy a top custom made Sako 220 swift and my mate a custom mate Sako 223. We also bought all the reloading gear neccessary. Of course we only used spotlights and whistles in those days. Have your gear then would have made us rich and gamers very profitable.
The fox is an evil creature, unlike most predators that kill for food, a fox will kill for pleasure, so in times of abundance during lambing season they kill new born lambs and only take the the heart and tail for some reason. We had seen 30 - 40 lambs lost in a single night, just heart breaking for a farmer that truly cares for his animals. So for any do gooders out there, get out in the rain and cold in June and July with a sheep farmer and witness the fox carnage first hand,
G'day mate. Love your set up. So no shooting from the back of the ute? The rifle and scope is an amazing bit of gear. Gone are the days of having just a plain scope and guessing how far way they are. What is the projectile your using and do you load your own?
Feral bastards of things the foxs my old boss shot 6 in a row drop one wait a bit whistle and another would show up to this carcass. Great work love your work
I've been watching for a while I love the content you're obviously a professional looks like you're a hell of a shot where are all the foxes coming from
I think I can almost match you shot for shot. I’m old, but I’m dedicated. I’ll supply my own gear and will work for free! Your work is impressive and necessary! Shoot big! Miss small. Love your channel.
Rod, mate, as usual a very nice job getting rid of those red coats. I do have a question, I assume these farms are the same ones you’ve been to in previous lambing seasons? Do the owners of these properties ever have you visit out of lambing season to keep on top of the red coats? If not, should they? Cheers,
They do mate. I generally do at least one pre-lambing visit. Most of the property owners on sheep farms shoot all year round and carry out baiting programs. Foxes travel long distances from surrounding properties that don't run sheep and do very little pest control. The smell of the lambs and their bleeting is a magnet to the buggers.
Thanks for the reply Rod, appreciated. Good to know you get to have another go at them pre-lambing, and that the farmers are shooting and baiting too. Look forward to your next video, enjoy your weekend!
Hi rod you mentioned your zeroing method of 60 and 300m why 60m? Is there a method you follow or a link I can look at. I just bought the same thermal keen to get it dialed in. Good vid. Tks mate
In Adelaide, every morning I'd have my coffee at the drop off of our property (10 Acres). We had 2 Red Fox that would come and watch the sunrise and then leave. They never worried the horses nor did they go after the ducks or our goat but I sat with a .22 just in case. They would sit about 20-30mts in front of me facing away yet they knew I was there until one day they stopped coming.
I remember everyone lobbing into the local gun shop on a Monday morning to sell their Fox furs to the fur buyers. After a while you had troubles finding foxes but the furs where put to good use. Now because some inner city latte sipping flips had a sook a great resource has gone to waste. Now their trying to ban leather. How about we ban those that complain?
I appreciated your rundown on the equipment you used for this session. Nice rifle. But you forgot something. Your ammunition. What were you shooting? By the way RJ, positively LETHAL tonight my friend.
Hi Rod, They're like lemmings throwing themselves under your scope, just shows how many foxes there are out in the scrub causing havoc at lambing time.!!!🦊🦊🦊 I'd be interested to know what the average weight of your foxes are, where I am in the UK the dogs are around 16lb and vixens 12-14lb. Never had much success using foil tape for zeroing thermal ( I can't see it very well), I use a piece of kingspan insulation board as the background, I then push a 6" nail into it that's got a tight fitting 1" washer on it tight up against the head and warm it with a cooks blowtorch, shows up a treat. Keep shooting straight mate, best wishes 🇬🇧
Thanks mate. Are you tilting the target with the foil tape back at about 15° so it reflects the cold atmosphere.? Foxes over here average about the same as yours Paul.
@@RJMHuntingAustralia yup, tried tilting it but think my eyesight is just crap🤣 Hot nail works for me. Deceiving looking on film, they just looked a bit heavier 👍
As I told you before you are an outstanding marksman, just think your videos are great. Also you should have shown the dead lamb so the do the bleeding heart who loves the feral pest what they do.
Last thing you want to hear in a paddock in the middle of the night is “G’day”.
Only if you've got a bushy red tail mate. 😉
Hey buddy can you please tell me your name? Just in case I hear g’day. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've used G'Day a few times while bagging coyotes in the states and it cracks me up every time I drop one!
Yeah, yer bowels would deffo evacuate 🤣
Haha, video please or it didn't happen 😅
I've been waking up at night in a sweat after having dreams of walking through a paddock and then suddenly hearing, "G'Day"!
Haha. Just make sure you answer back mate. 🤣
@@RJMHuntingAustralia "Don't shoot! Don't Shoot!"
😉
Love these videos, you sir, have an unerring eye for disposing these predators.
Some of the shots are tremendous.
Great work.
Thanks champion 👊
Every time I hear G'day now I duck, thanks Rod. Job well done cobber.🤠
Thanks Daryl 👊
19 & 14 ! That’s taking out a lot of lamb killers. Good shooting as usual. Loved the triple.
Haha. So did I mate.
Thanks 👊
Nice work Rod. Some cracking shots and more lamb chops for us. cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍
I live in Gippsland on a milk farming property. I’m sure you know that what you do in keeping fox numbers down is greatly appreciated, but something that is rarely thought about is the actual damage that they can do to livestock. They will literally eat the soft hooves of a calf as it is being born, that is coming out of the mother. They will kill all the chickens in a coop and not eat one. Hard as I might I cannot keep their numbers down. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the work you do. I would dearly love to come along with you one night!
Yes. I've seen all that and more mate, not to mention also spreading diseases like neospora . Terrible bloody things.
Really appreciate the kind words David. Thankyou 👊
Great shooting as always Rod. Love your work!
Much appreciated mate. Thankyou 👊
Thanks for brightening up my day by turning live foxes into good ones again.
My pleasure mate 👍
Bloody gobsmacked how many of them you have over there. When you think of the damage just one of them will do in a lambing park that's some saving in one night's shooting. Another great video mate.
Hard to believe that a handful of foxes introduced in 1855 for recreational hunting has turned into what it is now. 🤷♂️
@@RJMHuntingAustralia I had a wee Google about it and 'we' introduced them into your country for sport...!!! Unbelievable when you look back at that with hindsight. Even over here you wonder where they all keep coming from. They're amazing survivors.
Good evening, Rod, just love your work, Cheers
Many thanks Andrew 👊
Thoroughly enjoyable video Rod. Those foxes are a real menace on new lambs. Glad you were able to do control them. Your .223 - Panther combo works a treat. Great stuff!
Thankyou Glen 👊
Wack em & fookin stack em....Great work, feels me with utter joy watching those b-stard creatures hitting the deck 💪👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cheers mate 8
Awesome work, I'm watching happily because I missed a fox last night, gutted.. oh well. Good work!
It happens to all if us. Just gotta get back out there mate 👌
Great job and good shooting. Thanks for always running through the gear you are using- its much appreciated.
My pleasure mate. Hope it helps 👌
Doing the Lord's work while being polite about it by first wishing the perpetrators a G'Day.
Absolutely 🤣👌
Good to see you making a big impact on the fox numbers. That many tells me they are almost at plague proportions. I always thought getting three or four a night was a great result, but man . . . Blessings from the Central West NSW.
Thanks David.
Generally higher numbers on these bigger properties especially around lambing time.
Nothing wrong with getting 3 or 4 mate. 👌
Bloody marvellous
Another great video
Thanks champion 👊
I come here for the thumps and you never let me down. Thanks Rod!!
🤣🤣 cheers mate 👊
Just love how some of them just flop over with legs sticking up in the air.😂 Great shooting!
Instant lights out. Just the way I like it. 👌
as someone who came off the land this never gets old completely satisfying to see your work I tell you what that Fox looks like it's crossed with a dog almost can't believe the size of it ❤👁👃👁
Yeah. He was a cracker of a fox.
Glad you enjoy the videos mate 👍
Out Burrandowan ( refer to the picnic races ) Bloke we seen a f****** Wildcat that was close on the same size as that f*****
Outstanding work….and a pleasant Saturday nights viewing!
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍
Unreal love ya work got to love that THUD LOL 😂..
It never gets old mate 😉
@@RJMHuntingAustralia yep dead stock would move set traps as well back in the day as well.
Another action packed video Rod, well done.
Geoff, UK.
Thankyou Geoff. Plenty about at the moment mate
Brilliant work mate and your accuracy is superb 👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate 👊
G’day!! Rod and Ian taking you lot to the train station. Awesome stuff lads!
Haha. Every good trip ends with a visit to the train station 🤣
Another great video . Always a pleasure to watch you keeping these pests somewhat under control
Thanks Darren 👌
G'day will never get old 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gets em every time. Well, almost 🤣
Impressed everytime I see your shooting. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos.
My pleasure mate 👍
Legendary stuff mate. Thanks for getting me into the habit! 😅 Been using thermal with a 17 HMR for my job out on ADL airport. 61 foxes so far on the airfield this year!
That's awesome mate.
Love the 17HMR 👌
Another Great Video 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Thanks mate
Love the bit at the end. You guys are running a catch and release program lol.
Testing out the flying fox theory 😉
That was very satisfying to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍
How do they have any lambs left with the number of foxes in that area? Lousy with them. Love it when the fur flies. G'day! Boom. Never gets old.
Makes you wonder ay. Always an ongoing battle mate
Cracking good shooting. A skill I'm just not good at. Nice to watch how it's done.
Thanks dude 👊
Well done Lads ! Great footage. Keep them coming.
Cheers mate 👍
Hello I looking from Sweden. Very nice videos.
Thank you mate 👍
Excellent work. Love the channel btw
Much appreciated mate. Thankyou 👊
no doubt about it Rod,,, awesome,, love your work.!
Thank you Wayne 👊
Nice mate way to clean them up great shooting as always many lambs thank you and I’m sure the farmers are more than happy with your efforts cheers mate keep it up
Thanks Michael 👊
Great video thanks. So good to have a beautiful gate opener I mean partner along. Thanks
Cheers mate
Hi, Rod.
Haven’t been able to watch your videos for a while as I’ve been so busy but it’s great to see you enjoying getting out and about.
If you’re ever in Japan please give me a shout.
All the best!
Thanks mate. Appreciate the offer 👊
Great work getting rid of these abominations, I'm into my 60's now but grew up on a farm in the western district of Victoria where the foxes were out of control in the 70' & 80's. My mate and myself were burning the candle at both ends as 15, 16 year olds shooting foxes at night and going to school next morning. Different times, in those days before the do gooders banned fox fur we were getting between $20-$30 for a good grey pelt and $40 for a red. We made great money and made the farmers happy until the do gooders banned fox fur. I managed to buy a top custom made Sako 220 swift and my mate a custom mate Sako 223. We also bought all the reloading gear neccessary. Of course we only used spotlights and whistles in those days. Have your gear then would have made us rich and gamers very profitable.
*farmers
It's such a shame things are si different now mate. Certainly not like the good old days 😪
The fox is an evil creature, unlike most predators that kill for food, a fox will kill for pleasure, so in times of abundance during lambing season they kill new born lambs and only take the the heart and tail for some reason. We had seen 30 - 40 lambs lost in a single night, just heart breaking for a farmer that truly cares for his animals. So for any do gooders out there, get out in the rain and cold in June and July with a sheep farmer and witness the fox carnage first hand,
Fantastic shooting, great vid, thank you 😊
My pleasure
yeesss one shot🤣🤣🤣
You gotta love the onset of winter, was my favourite time of the year for fur shooting.
I do mate. Colder weather means longer nights and more shooting time 👊
Great work!👍
Ty
Nice work mate 🔥🔥
Thanks
G'day mate. Love your set up. So no shooting from the back of the ute? The rifle and scope is an amazing bit of gear. Gone are the days of having just a plain scope and guessing how far way they are. What is the projectile your using and do you load your own?
Adi World Class factory ammo with the 55gr Sierra Blitz Kings.
Only reload when factory ammo is unavailable
Brilliant Love your professionalism 👍👍👍🇬🇧
Really appreciate that mate. Thanks
Beautiful work. 🎯🦊
Thank you! Cheers!
If Im Out in the middle of the night and i hear GDAY on the deck in .02 of a second
Yeah. I'm not that quick 😅
Feral bastards of things the foxs my old boss shot 6 in a row drop one wait a bit whistle and another would show up to this carcass. Great work love your work
Yeah. They're like that sometimes Steve. Thanks for watching mate
Still Love watchin those reddish buggers go down Thanks for the Gdays Cheers from WA
Much appreciated mate. Thank you 👊
The money back in the 80s for fox skins makes this shooting think of what could havs been
Absolutely mate. How things have changed 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Was great times, used to pay for fuel,food & ammo.
Good mate of mine bought his first car with the money he made selling fox pelts
Great video - What ammo (or at least projectile) are you using?? Seems very effective on the light skinned animals!
Thanks mate.
Running 55gr Sierra Blitz Kings
I've been watching for a while I love the content you're obviously a professional looks like you're a hell of a shot where are all the foxes coming from
Buggered if I know mate. As long as they keep coming I'll keep smacking em. 👌
With all the rain these last couple of years the whole food chain goes into breeding overdrive.
Very true mate
The trifecta at 8:00 great shooting mate. Always love your work.
Thanks mate 👊
Now, every time I hear " Good Day", I duck!
Pmsl. 👌
Excellent shooting Rodney, especially the triple, I've tried the Gday, to stop a fox, but the bugger just legged it fast 🤓🦊
Hahaha.
Must be in the delivery 😉
nice work rodney , some nice accurate shooting there love it 😎
Thanks for that mate 👊
Awesome couple of nights work. Is your Sako a 1:11 or 1:8 twist? Do you use 55g pills or heavier? Thanks for the great footage.
Thanks David.
Sako is a 1:12 mate and yes I'm running 55gr Sierra Blitz Kings 👌
Cracking video rod 👌 👍
Thanks buddy 👊
Good stuff keep on knocking them we got plenty here in SA at the moment there everywhere
Hope you're getting stuck into em mate 👊
@@RJMHuntingAustralia oh yea mate when we get a chance we do especially with no rain around we get more chances to get out
Congratulations good show.😮😅😊😊
Cheers mate
Great shooting as always, love your work 🍻
Thank you mate 👊
Nice work on the red skins from here in the UK 🇬🇧 keep the vids coming mate 🦊💥👍
Will do mate. Thankyou 👊
Great stuff Rod, keep up the good work of removing these destructive pests from our environment (along with their mates the feral cats) 👍
Thanks mate, will do! 👊
Greetings from South Africa
I think I can almost match you shot for shot. I’m old, but I’m dedicated. I’ll supply my own gear and will work for free! Your work is impressive and necessary! Shoot big! Miss small. Love your channel.
Thanks mate. Old and dedicated.
I can relate 😉
Overwatch? Yes Mr Chris Kyle 🤣As the Europeans would say, "I think you Venka."
Thanks mate. I had to go and google that one 😅
Great video and good to get rid of the pests
Thanks champion 👊
Great shots, Rod !! Do you take off the foxes and do something with the fur, especially in the winter hair ?
No I don't mate. Unfortunately there's no market for the pelts here anymore 😕
Great shooting Rodney. Thanks for sharing 👍
Your welcome buddy 👊
Great vid 👍
Thanks for the visit 👊
Good job
Thanks 👊
Nice video. Nice shooting.
Thankyou
Good job. Cheers.
Thanks for the visit
Top work mate, awesome shooting
Thanks buddy
Perfect!
Thanks
On the money 👌 great work 👍
Cheers mate
Excellent
Thank you!
The fox numbers are incredible. It's hard to imagine so many and you just get the tip of the iceberg. It is too bad that the pelts are worthless.
It's certainly a shame mate.
Thanks for the video mate great shooting mate have u aways ran the adi 55 gr blitzkings i am thanking of runing them my self
Always. Best factory ammo on the market imo
Thanks mate enjoy
Rod, mate, as usual a very nice job getting rid of those red coats.
I do have a question, I assume these farms are the same ones you’ve been to in previous lambing seasons?
Do the owners of these properties ever have you visit out of lambing season to keep on top of the red coats? If not, should they?
Cheers,
They do mate.
I generally do at least one pre-lambing visit.
Most of the property owners on sheep farms shoot all year round and carry out baiting programs.
Foxes travel long distances from surrounding properties that don't run sheep and do very little pest control. The smell of the lambs and their bleeting is a magnet to the buggers.
Thanks for the reply Rod, appreciated.
Good to know you get to have another go at them pre-lambing, and that the farmers are shooting and baiting too.
Look forward to your next video, enjoy your weekend!
Thanks mate. You too
Well done sir !
Thanks
Well edited
Beautiful to watch
Good shooting.
Thank you Sir 👊
@@RJMHuntingAustralia id have liked to have seen your 300 yard zero check...things can get squirrelly out there
Maybe next time mate. Ran short on time to video it all.
Good work
Thanks
I get large Foxes in my area, some have weighed over 10 kgs, we get plenty small ones too 👍🏼🏴
Geez. Over 10kgs. That's a big fox
Hi rod you mentioned your zeroing method of 60 and 300m why 60m? Is there a method you follow or a link I can look at. I just bought the same thermal keen to get it dialed in. Good vid. Tks mate
If I'm being super precise, I zero dead in at 56m.
Gets me bang on again at 200m Mick. Hope that makes sense.
@@RJMHuntingAustralia tks rod! I will give that a go 👍👍
In Adelaide, every morning I'd have my coffee at the drop off of our property (10 Acres). We had 2 Red Fox that would come and watch the sunrise and then leave. They never worried the horses nor did they go after the ducks or our goat but I sat with a .22 just in case. They would sit about 20-30mts in front of me facing away yet they knew I was there until one day they stopped coming.
They're beautiful animals, shame some english knobhead introduced them to Oz.
They're certainly a peculiar animal mate
Will you do a video on how you zeo you scope some time mate
Maybe, if I can find the time mate
👍😎
I remember everyone lobbing into the local gun shop on a Monday morning to sell their Fox furs to the fur buyers. After a while you had troubles finding foxes but the furs where put to good use. Now because some inner city latte sipping flips had a sook a great resource has gone to waste. Now their trying to ban leather. How about we ban those that complain?
Disappointing to say the least mate. 🤷♂️
I appreciated your rundown on the equipment you used for this session. Nice rifle. But you forgot something. Your ammunition. What were you shooting?
By the way RJ, positively LETHAL tonight my friend.
Thanks champion.
Running Adi world class factory ammo with the 55gr Sierra Blitz Kings mate
Did that dead sheep have a heat signature ??? Not dead long or a different type of imaging scope ??
Had been dead for a couple of days according to the property owner mate.
Hi Rod,
They're like lemmings throwing themselves under your scope, just shows how many foxes there are out in the scrub causing havoc at lambing time.!!!🦊🦊🦊
I'd be interested to know what the average weight of your foxes are, where I am in the UK the dogs are around 16lb and vixens 12-14lb.
Never had much success using foil tape for zeroing thermal ( I can't see it very well), I use a piece of kingspan insulation board as the background, I then push a 6" nail into it that's got a tight fitting 1" washer on it tight up against the head and warm it with a cooks blowtorch, shows up a treat.
Keep shooting straight mate, best wishes 🇬🇧
Thanks mate.
Are you tilting the target with the foil tape back at about 15° so it reflects the cold atmosphere.?
Foxes over here average about the same as yours Paul.
@@RJMHuntingAustralia yup, tried tilting it but think my eyesight is just crap🤣
Hot nail works for me.
Deceiving looking on film, they just looked a bit heavier 👍
As I told you before you are an outstanding marksman, just think your videos are great. Also you should have shown the dead lamb so the do the bleeding heart who loves the feral pest what they do.
Believe me I wanted to. TH-cam would have chucked a hissy 🤦♂️
Nice shooting mate👍🏻
Thanks dude 👊