Knowing there were a lot of foxes on the new ground, we decided to return, and for test purposes we set up in the same position we had occupied previously.
The next day, the Rekon sticks arrived from Scott Country, and after a quick play with them I could see the potential they offered, so another outing was arranged for the following night.
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Supporting the rifle while keeping hands free for shooting – or photography! Finally, I got an adult at around 100 yards, so it was not a wasted evening, but not as good as it could have been. By the time the sticks had been repositioned it had gone. But sod’s law intervened, and the next fox appeared to our right. 17 Hornet atĪs most fox movement seemed to be coming from the top of the field in front of us, I set up the Trigger Sticks to cover that direction. Suddenly, one of the cubs we had seen earlier was seen making its way towards the adjoining wood, and that one was dropped by the. Once more, it needed a resetting of the sticks to get on to it, by which time that one had disappeared too. Half an hour later, an adult was spotted at the bottom of the field. One of the problems we have here is that some of the land is very steep, so you need a rest that can be deployed for both uphill and downhill shots. A few more calls later, another cub came down the field behind us, but because of the position we were in, I couldn’t get on to it, and it slipped away into the hedge. Within moments a well-grown cub came hurtling down the field, coming to a halt a few yards from us – too close for a shot – then disappeared into the brambles.Ībout five minutes later a fox appeared at the top of the field, but no shot was possible for safety reasons.
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There was a large patch of brambles at one side of the steep field we were in that gave a good field of view in all directions, so I set up the Trigger Sticks against it, and after a short wait I started calling. Shortly after, a doe wandered into the neighbouring corn field and started browsing.
It was many years since I had last been on the land, so Callum and I set off for a recce one sunny evening.Īs soon as we entered the first field, we spotted a roebuck couched down in a rough grass field. Bordered by several acres of woodland that hadn’t been shot over for at least 20 years, it was a haven for wildlife, predominately vermin. We had recently been given access to some new ground that I knew held a lot of foxes. Having searched long and hard for a really useful set of sticks, I knew exactly what I was after, so when the ever-helpful Paul at Scott Country told me he had some new sticks in from the American firm Wicked Lights and asked me if I’d like to try them, I jumped at the chance.īefore finishing off the description of the Rekon, I will recount a couple of outings we had recently: one before the Rekons had arrived, and one after.
They also had a cradle that could be attached to hold a rifle, which certainly could come in handy, though in my case a couple of the rifles I used at the time were pretty heavy, and I didn’t want to risk the cradle with them. That said, I did find that a couple of sets seized up, and perhaps for static use they were a little on the light side. I then got a quad pod, which gave an extremely solid platform to shoot from, but was, for my type of shooting, not quick enough to re-position for a change of direction.įinally, I invested in a set of Primos Trigger Sticks, which are lightweight, quickly deployed on rough ground when you’re on the move, and in general very useful. I know many stalkers use these, but personally I could never get on with the single stick, so I moved on to a bipod – better but not brilliant for static shooting. Over time I have tried pretty much all of the different types of rest that have been available. Rifle rest of one sort or another is an essential item, even for a shooter like me who pursues the fox in the main and doesn’t shoot on the open hill. Have Wicked Lights engineered the perfect rifle rest system? Mike Powell reckons they might have done just that as he tests the Rekon sticks on a foxing mission.