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cchunter
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I shot a fox Yesterday
      #19146 - 12/09/04 09:33 AM

When hunting with member Marterius I shot my first fox ever.





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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: cchunter]
      #19158 - 12/09/04 12:44 PM

Well done mate.

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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: cchunter]
      #19169 - 12/09/04 05:32 PM

Congratulations dude. A fox can look really nice in a trophy room.



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cchunter
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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: 470Nitro]
      #19171 - 12/09/04 07:39 PM

That looks good, I will have to think of something like that for the next one. This I only will save the tail from. Sinse it was facing me the side not shown does not look good

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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: cchunter]
      #19174 - 13/09/04 02:09 AM

The expression on your face in the first picture says it all...The day I don't have that expression on my face after a sucessful hunt, is the day I quite hunt, and the day before I die!

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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: DoubleD]
      #19178 - 13/09/04 10:08 AM

when im realy old i want to die hunting but im no were near as old as u blokes

Nice fox u bagged there! and thats a nice trophy too

Happy Trails

~SaHunter~

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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: cchunter]
      #19260 - 16/09/04 09:00 PM

Nice one mate, I love hunting foxes. Only problem is that they don't live up my way





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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: cchunter]
      #19677 - 10/10/04 03:32 PM

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.



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Re: I shot a fox Yesterday [Re: NitroX]
      #21072 - 21/11/04 09:01 PM

I've shot a couple of rabbits with the 17HMR - interesting performance. Head shot - just a tiny entry wound. On the other I noticed it had two front legs on the right and none on the left. Seems the pressure effect on hitting the shoulder sucked the whole leg into the chest area and out the other side. Wish I'd taken a photo.

Not sure I'd be happy about taking anything but the most carefully placed head shot on a fox. The performance is nothing like the 17Rem - my favourite still day rabbit cartridge - but the 17HMR is very quiet.

My 17HMR is a Ruger and shoots well under MOA. Toblers fitted a second 22WMRF barrel (which is not as accurate) and bedded the action.

mike

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