Clumsy fox?

kowloon

Snap shot at a fox this evening. The fox flipped like a gymnast and fell over but then ran away full pelt. Is this just the fox tripping over himself from the fright or did I get him only for him to be uninjured enough to make a run for it without so much as a limp?

jwshooter

kowloon wrote: »

Snap shot at a fox this evening. The fox flipped like a gymnast and fell over but then ran away full pelt. Is this just the fox tripping over himself from the fright or did I get him only for him to be uninjured enough to make a run for it without so much as a limp?[/Q ,,i see this a lot with deer when you have some one with you doing the shooting ,you will see the shot better often the animal will run as if missed but will soon drop its head a bit ,it can take up to 100 yds for shock to set in and the animal to react most times the shooter thinks they have missed ..

kowloon

Not a sign of him when I went after him.

Double Barrel

"Snapshot"
The bullet grazed his underbelly fur and what you witnessed was the reaction.;)
Tricky creatures to say the least.
There are legions of stories of "dead " foxes walking (read slinking) away.
Foxhole _ Par 3 :rolleyes:

johngalway

What were you shooting with please?

I made a balls of a .22lr fox shot once, from fifteen feckin feet. In my defence he was moving at a high rate of knots. Hit him in the shoulder for definite, down he went biting himself and took off like a rocket. Rifle at the time was not ejecting *some* fired rounds, fine time for it to happen.

kowloon

36g Eley Alphamax BBs. The annoying thing was I didn't want to take my eye off the fox to look for a 50g shell I had somewhere.
Really wish I had a rifle for this kind of thing.

fish slapped

I've seen foxes jump a couple of feet in the air with a good clean miss under them. Did you check for any blood ? Also if hit to far down the body ,ie. the belly , the hind legs will kick out involuntarily which can cause them to leap skyward.

NoNameRanger

Sounds to me like you put pellets into him and bowled him over only for the adrenelin to kick in after the tumble and a burst for cover. Most likely didn't last much longer, could have made it to ground. Hard to tell really without seeing it for real. They don't usually fall over with fright from my experience.

jwshooter

Double Barrel wrote: »

"Snapshot"
The bullet grazed his underbelly fur and what you witnessed was the reaction.;)
Tricky creatures to say the least.
There are legions of stories of "dead " foxes walking (read slinking) away.
Foxhole _ Par 3 :rolleyes:

i would frame that pic and give it to the golf course

John Griffin

jwshooter wrote: »

i would frame that pic and give it to the golf course

I would frame that pic and sell it to the golf course!:D;)

meathstevie

kowloon wrote: »

36g Eley Alphamax BBs. The annoying thing was I didn't want to take my eye off the fox to look for a 50g shell I had somewhere.
Really wish I had a rifle for this kind of thing.

If that was a broadside from a relatively short distance I'd side with NoNameRanger. No instant kill, a massive adrenaline rush and probably dead in some cover a couple of minits later. A 36g BB is by no means an inappropiate load for a fox at a relatively short distance so don't kick yourself for not having an extreme load ready.

kowloon

meathstevie wrote: »

If that was a broadside from a relatively short distance I'd side with NoNameRanger. No instant kill, a massive adrenaline rush and probably dead in some cover a couple of minits later. A 36g BB is by no means an inappropiate load for a fox at a relatively short distance so don't kick yourself for not having an extreme load ready.

Broadside, full choke. Couldn't find any blood and it was getting dark so I wouldn't have spotted it. Will pace out the range in daylight.

Double Barrel

I would frame that pic and sell it to the golf course!

Think I will do just that.:cool:

BTW most here could make that par3 ...... a hole in ONE.:cool: