Christer

Did the 6.5 damage the skin much?

Almost foxes I have seen done here are skins but I love the small European fox 'shoulder' mounts especially when there are a few of them in a pattern.

If you venture this way oneday I will take you out fox hunting. At one time I used to shoot quite a few each year and especially in February/March when they loved to eat sweet ripening grape berries in the vine rows. My dog of the time was good at spotting them or smelling them and inidicate to me which row they were hiding in. Scoping the row would reveal reynard sitting after a vine. One time the dog actually frolicked and played with a fox unil I shot it. Then he went looking for another. The skins were not much good at the end of summer but I was shooting them as pests. Winter coats are better even if it doesn't get that cold here. At this time they can be hunted in the hills in the early mornings or evenings and especially at lambing times when the farmers hate them with a vengeance.

At one time thousands of Australian fox shooters made good second incomes spotlighting foxes and selling to fur buyers for world fur coat markets. Extreme greenies decreased fur coat sales and the loss of these markets hurting the environment in Australia as foxes prey and drive to extinction many native mammals and ground nesting birds in Australia.

I use a .222 which is a little powerful with the ideal fox rifle being a .17 Improved Hornet (or similar) to the .17 Remington. The new rimfire .17 would no doubt be a great fox killer within its range and very tempting to acquire.

Does anyone practice fox whistling/calling in Sweden?

I love stalking foxes. It is a great sport. Thanks for posting the photo.