A fox for me

[Howie1968]

The other day I read where Mr. Frontier got him a fox, at my pig spot I was sitting there and I heard a bark or roar I thought it was a bobcat I had my Renegade .58 with me loaded with 100 gr 2F goex. and my cva Kentucky 45 loaded with 50 gr 3F OE .015 patch and .440 Hornady rb. I was hoping a coyote would come in. the fox stopped broadside at 11 steps I turned on my red led light so I could see my sights squeezed the trigger and down he went. I shot a tad high that close as I have it 1 inch high at 25 yards. 3 shot groups from a sandbag are the size of a quarter. didn't have camera or phone with me so I had a neighbor snap a picture love this light recoiling gun

 

[Britsmoothy]

Wow, that is a tiny one. Mine around here are double that.
Not putting yours down, just not seen a tiny one for years.
Well done on fooling him so close

 

[SDSmlf]

That’s about typical of the size I see here in North and South Carolina. Also hunt in Upstate New York where they are considerably larger. Depends on where you are.

 

[Howie1968]

Wow, that is a tiny one. Mine around here are double that.
Not putting yours down, just not seen a tiny one for years.
Well done on fooling him so close

no offense taken Mr. Britsmoothy I appreciate your input, now I know of a standard the next one should be biggere. I doubt I ever shoot another I had to get at least 1 under my belt. I was in a ground blind in the dark with my red feeder light was von when he walked in I thought he was bigger. the dark can play tricks on you.

 

[lwscrim]

Ya did good Howie!
He is average size for around this area, I see them and the reds quite often.

 

[Patocazador]

Wow, that is a tiny one. Mine around here are double that.

Brit, you have red fox over there but this one is a gray fox. They are neat animals that are almost tame and about 2/3 the size of a red. They can climb trees.

Here in Florida the gray fox is native but reds (and some say coyotes) were imported by fox hunters for their dogs to run.

 

[Smokinfeathers]

Good job buddy, yeah bout average for here as well, we have a bunch around here n I trap or shoot them n sale to taxidermist

 

[Howie1968]

Good job buddy, yeah bout average for here as well, we have a bunch around here n I trap or shoot them n sale to taxidermist

mike heis at taxidermist now honna be made as a throw for my dressure. I didn't wanna take a chance of messing up there thin skin woul have given me problems

 

[hanshi]

Back in Georgia and then in Virginia both gray and red foxes were super abundant. They were a common sight in deer season but I never shot one. In Virginia where I lived in a subdivision our house gave way to a thickly wooded ravine where a tiny stream "flowed" at the bottom. Foxes were so thick that animal control trapped a large number of them, TWICE, because of complaints and released (supposedly) them much farther away. I could tell no difference in the population. The funniest sight was one afternoon when a small but gorgeous red fox in our front yard encountered our next door neighbor's cat. Both arched their backs with hackles raised and began a staring match. Foxy broke eye contact first and scooted around the cat and back down to the ravine.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Sorry feller's I thought it was a red fox. My mistake.
Still all good.

 

[hanshi]

Sorry feller's I thought it was a red fox. My mistake.
Still all good.

Relax Nate, that's an all American fox that's NEVER even visited China.

 

[Howie1968]

I had no idea if he was a red or grey heck he looked red to me. It never crossed my mind to shoot one but given the chance I did

 

[okawbow]

Gray foxes used to be common in Southern Illinois. I haven’t seen one here in 20 years. The last red fox I saw was being chased by a coyote. I shot several foxes when I was young. I give them a pass now, but shoot the coyotes. We didn’t have coyotes here 50 years ago, but they are everywhere now, and the foxes suffer because of them.

 

[Smokinfeathers]

See both here n east tx I see as many if not more reds here around the house

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I've only taken one fox, and that was for a bag maker that I know who was looking to do a fur-on project from fresh hide to finished product.

LD