At 21.15 7 May 2011 a two man sniper team set consisting of a spotter and a shooter set out from Rock HQ to monitor a strategic crossing point on Oak Bank with orders to engage with any enemy fox units crossing the perimeter. At 21.35 a solo fox breached the perimeter wire and advanced on the ambush party who prepared to engage. The fox failed to respond to a verbal challenge and orders were given to open fire by the spotter, however the sniper was facing away from the insurgent fox and despite being illuminated by a 3 million candle power torch no shots were fired. The sniper team withdrew at 23.08.
At 06.10 on 8 May 2010 the sniper team returned to the prepared positions with orders to watch and shoot. At 07.45 two insurgents were spotted crossing the perimeter wire and were engaged resulting in two fatalities. The sniper team recovered the enemy dead and withdrew to Rock HQ for tea and medals.
4 comments:
Good for you!
I'm glad you got the buggers :)
Amanda
No need for the picture. Even if Amanda rejoices in the blood lust. I've known lambs taken by foxes and ewes with their bellies ripped open by badgers and agree that rodents need to be taken out. But this macho, alpha male blood lust for the killing of the fox is way, way over the top and the picture will be very upsetting to some youngsters and others who, while appreciating your stance, will nonetheless not see the necessity for publishing it. Another take on the whole thing is to ensure that the poultry is secure, by not forgetting to close gates etc. Just give the basic facts and spare us your enjoyment of the kill.
Well done you. In the past 3 days we have lost both of our guard geese and I think 2 ex batts to Mr F, so this sort of picture makes my day in the same way as the fox made my livestock's.
There's no alpha male bllodlust, or enjoyment of killing, just a satisfaction that the job was done well. The pictures were anonymised to spare their relatives and they could just be sleeping. But thanks for your comment, and it is a small victory, another fox was in the yard this morning, two more spotted in the Oracles yard. Shutting birds away just deters the lazy, the persistant get in and kill every living thing.
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