tips on fox hunting

Glensman

garv123 wrote: »

ive seen a load of foxes drop on the spot with the .22mag well out to 100 yards. its all about shot placement at the end of the day. no point taking the shot if your not confident about taking it. and as you said its all about the rest you have too. i never found the wind to put off the .22mag bullet much within 100 yards

But it isn't entirely up to the job, I've shot dozens of foxes with my .22mag. I love the rifle itself, and the calibre. But it isn't designed for an animal the size of a fox. I've had foxes drop on the spot with it (most) had a few run 10-20 yards, a few and a couple that i've chased all over the mountain!

I love my .22mag, and it's a decent foxing round, but it's limited...

garv123

Glensman wrote: »

But it isn't entirely up to the job, I've shot dozens of foxes with my .22mag. I love the rifle itself, and the calibre. But it isn't designed for an animal the size of a fox. I've had foxes drop on the spot with it (most) had a few run 10-20 yards, a few and a couple that i've chased all over the mountain!

I love my .22mag, and it's a decent foxing round, but it's limited...

yeah i agree it has its limits and not designed for foxes like some of the bigger guns but still if you have the ability and confidence its a great cheap all round rifle. i dont see why you have to fire it at much more then 80-100 yards anyway. you can always try ans stalk in closer to a fox. i'd call it deadly on foxes within 100 yards with good shot placement.i know the bigger rifles give you more room for error.
it suits alot of people because you can shoot crows rabbits and foxes with it. handy if your out for a walk for nothing particular.
for example we went out this morning with the .243 and there was nothing around but rabbits and magpies. not a fox to be seen, but if we had the .22mag it would of been a great mornings shooting


on regards tips of fox hunting heres my 2 cents worth.. don't go out wearing lynx and the likes of it because im told if your caught with the wind at your back they will smell you a lot faster and wont come near you

One shot on kill

well garv i dont use subs i dont like them

if a lad is able to do one in groups at 100 there should be no reason why he couldnt get a head shot. on a fox at that distance or preferable closer

now if your callin a fox for 15 20 mins like some of the lads say here say which is best to do if your not lying on the ground comfortabley i thinkin there is somethin wrong before you even see a fox

if your moving and come across one surely a lad would stop and try call him in a bit closer if at all pos now the guy behind tge trigger should know his limatation of what he can and cant hit comfortly

ok we can all miss and have bad shots but if i was lokkin througj the site and i didnt think it would be a kill shot i woulnt take it an chance

thats prob just me doe the first thing i was though was gun saftey second was know your limitations

garv123

One shot on kill wrote: »

well garv i dont use subs i dont like them

if a lad is able to do one in groups at 100 there should be no reason why he couldnt get a head shot. on a fox at that distance or preferable closer

now if your callin a fox for 15 20 mins like some of the lads say here say which is best to do if your not lying on the ground comfortabley i thinkin there is somethin wrong before you even see a fox

if your moving and come across one surely a lad would stop and try call him in a bit closer if at all pos now the guy behind tge trigger should know his limatation of what he can and cant hit comfortly

ok we can all miss and have bad shots but if i was lokkin througj the site and i didnt think it would be a kill shot i woulnt take it an chance

thats prob just me doe the first thing i was though was gun saftey second was know your limitations

i dont know if i worded my post very bad but i'm agreeing with what you were saying but your reply sounds like your not. Maybe is just cos i cant read it properly on my phone.

welsummer

>Never have got results with any of the manual callers,[/QUOTE]


you have got to learn to put pain into your calling

One shot on kill

sorry not been smart with you

but just sayin i dont use them

but as you and i were saying its about confidence in your shot

its just lads saying there no good for a humain kill firstly if they wanted to be humain they wouldnt hunt them but we do hunt so as little pain as pos i agree 100percent

once its in range i dont think it would matter to much once your able to use the rifle and place an educated shot