Shooting & Country TV | Foxing with Mark Ripley 260RIPS, 4 | Foxing clean-up on fresh-cut fields

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Thermal and Night Vision - Leica Calonox View handheld thermal and InfiRay Rico RH50 Thermal scope - www.scottcountry.co.uk/
Clothing and accessories - Ridgeline Grizzly III jacket, Evade Rucksack and Cap - www.highlandoutdoors.co.uk/
Rifle - Remington 700 in .243 with FORM Riflestock - raytradeuk.co.uk/
Daytime optics - Nexus 5-20x50 FFP - element-optics.com/
Scope mounts - Sportsmatch - www.sportsmatch-uk.com/products
Welcome to the third episode of our new fox shooting series on Shooting & Country TV! Foxing with Mark Ripley (aka 260RIPS) is a monthly series based around fox control using predominantly thermal imaging and night vision kit.
For this film, we headed out to a farm where two fields have recently ben cut for hay, as it's a great time to target fox populations when they need thinning out. We finish on another farm, and let's just say the huge over-population of foxes there has been effectively rebalanced!

[@robkilcollins310]

Hell yeah awesome video! Mark Ripley for president!!

[@teggwynlewis9803]

Love the Number plate 😂😂

[@mickibbett2120]

I'm glad it not only me! Great video Mark 👍

[@oldschool9932]

It has to be nice having a Photographer. Allowing you to focus on the hunt. She does very good work. Thank you both for your time and efforts.

[@jimwood]

Nicely done Mark great result for the evening 👍

[@stephenpearce8757]

Another great video mark and great shooting as always, nice that you don’t need to show the end result of a shot .👍👍

[@donaldmarks8707]

Always a pleasure Mark. Look forward to more soon. :-)

[@grantlitz7041]

Watching from the USA. Nebraska to be exact. You sir have cost be a quite bit of coin, in the best of way. Keep up the the great content!

[@260rips]

😆👍

[@johnmclean8543]

Top drawer 260Rips.👍

[@leighwaters9805]

And that Ladies and Gentlemen is a Master at work... Well Mr Ripley great show nicely done mate

[@calibreman]

Another excellent video Mark, well done. Geoff.

[@260rips]

Thanks Geoff glad you enjoyed it 😉

[@stephenlewis195]

Another cracking video mark. I do like the filming on the channel I must admit the quality is second to none and to have 4 foxes makes the night even better. 👍

[@markundrill6480]

Great vid mark thanks for your video cheers 👍👍

[@keithhaynes8079]

Good shooting Mark love your videos I still do plenty of foxing at 76 on farms where sheep and also song birds nests including about 80 plovers , and skylarks included.

[@deanharrison4160]

Good shooting off sticks mate 👍

[@jamo78s3]

Great shooting.I like the form stock I have one on order for weihrauch 👍

[@bobbythompson3544]

Can’t believe I got ‘ Edge of the outback’ and ‘260 RIPS’ all on the same day, what a shooters treat today turned out to be!

[@owenthrelfall5462]

I watch them both too absolutely astonishing shooters

[@stephenellis5226]

Nicely done, Mark, as always.

[@leegorman8322]

They must be resident, they can't have surfaced for ploughed fields - it's just the fields have brought them out. Great vid!

[@260rips]

Yes they will certainly be foxes from the local area, the cut grass just draws them to that particular field 😉

[@visiter127]

Great video bit if advise form Dylan, he's says don't forget your stick!! Hh ha

[@260rips]

I’ll try not too 😆 cheers mate speak soon 👍

[@turbobarrels]

Always good to watch you at work Mark. Great knowledge and skills perfectly executed. Thanks for sharing the outing with us. Atb Marc

[@260rips]

Thanks Marc 😉

[@cyclo360]

Great vid as usual Mark, don't you just hate it when you forget something lol? I remember arriving at one of my permissions, setting up the gear, firing two fouling shots in the 22-250, spotting the first Rabbit and when I whent to take a range reading I realised I forgot my rf.🤣🙄. It was too far away to guess the range so I packed everything up and drove 2 and a half hours back home with nothing but a dirty barrel. cheers, Sean.

[@260rips]

Ah mate 🤦🏻‍♂️ yes I feel your pain! Must be about time you put another video out?! Is that vw still going? I love that thing!

[@cyclo360]

@@260rips Lol yes it's hanging in there. When I took it to the mechanic he told me the motors on life support. Very low compression in each cylinder, it was running so bad that when I asked them to give It a tuneup they at first said No point, it won't make any difference. Anyway, I took it back a few weeks later twisted their arms and finally got them to do a basic 200 buck tune. They replaced plugs point etc and adjusted the tapetts....Surprise surprise, it's got some power now and I can actually overtake other cars.I also run it on 98octane cos these cars were designed to run on leaded petrol wish is about 97 98. So now she's got a little grunt...but the rear CV joint makes a hell of a knocking sound. And because the rubber seals are gone in the driver's side door I have to wear my shooting muffs cos the constant high pitched whistle drives me insane . Oh yeah I have put a couple of vids out in the past month, just the .223 removing Bunnies heads..needed some for a few friends. cheers.

[@260rips]

@@cyclo360 😆 great stuff! Take care mate

[@user-ht8fx6wc3h]

👍👍👍

[@MKChase-uj9vx]

Evening Mark Cracking video. Very little muzzle flip there for .243 Do you put this down to your mod, and if so, what sort are you running? My .243 Howa is sat in GRS stock and whilst the rig is fantastic; flip is an issue, (loss of sight picture etc.)

[@260rips]

I’m using a mae t12 scout mod from jms sporting which helps, the rifle is also clamped in the Rekon tripod too which will no doubt reduce movement

[@harrymatthews1097]

Great report?

[@owenthrelfall5462]

I’m looking at getting a new scope for my .308 so I was wondering what were your opinion mark were on the element scope or anyone else who’s used them

[@260rips]

I would highly recommend the element scopes. The nexus has replaced my old nxs Nightforce and I’ve not looked back, I also have a Titan on another centrefire and a helix on my rimfire 😉👍

[@owenthrelfall5462]

@@260rips cheers thank you

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Is it a 260?

[@260rips]

This rifle is a rem 700 in 243 (the 260 did sneak into the last video though!)

[@thomaschurch7969]

What does 260RIPS mean????

[@ShootingCountryTV]

Hi Thomas... it's just a nickname Mark uses, started on his own channel - 260RIPS. 260 for the calibre of the gun he uses the most (his own which is tuned for long range shooting), and RIPS for Ripley :)

[@richardofoz2167]

I'm interested to see that you're allowed to use suppressors in the UK. The authorities here in Australia are much less enlightened, and prohibit them. They've seen too many sniper assassin films and don't realise the benefits to surrounding landholders.

[@edwardneale8775]

of cause you took out the bolt befor you left your gun ??????????

[@dianacarroll8860]

Not loaded and left with the cameraman , not left alone

[@MiCkEyBt1]

Always one has to pick holes in something