fair size fox

browning 12 bore

hey there lads just small little qustion was out there other evening stalking and i said id hanh on and call in a a fox or two so started calling using my hare sounds and low and behold this big lad came running up to me stoped at 120 yards or so dropped him there with my 243 and when i picked him up he was overloaded with food and a beautiful coat along with being massive fox i must say :eek: any way my question is what in the name of god would he of been eating and the coat during the winter was beautiful i thaught it would be all mucked up and not great looking but the exact opposite :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
any thaughts any way thanks

The Big Fella

Id say he was eating alot of rabbits and game birds.;)

FOXHUNTER1

Probably eating a load of grallochs the poachers are leaving behind on the hills.
Fox's would need to be looking their best this time of year also because it's mating season.

garv123

FOXHUNTER1 wrote: »

Probably eating a load of grallochs the poachers are leaving behind on the hills.
Fox's would need to be looking their best this time of year also because it's mating season.

only poachers leave the guts behind? news to me.

Hibrion

I know plenty of lads that gralloch and leave them off to the side to give the foxes a free meal and keep them out of mischief.

garv123

Hibrion wrote: »

I know plenty of lads that gralloch and leave them off to the side to give the foxes a free meal and keep them out of mischief.

I dont know anyone who brings them home :pac:

they're gone in a couple of hours anyway when left in by the ditch out of sight

FOXHUNTER1

garv123 wrote: »

only poachers leave the guts behind? news to me.

You obviously missed my meaning in my first post,
Most stalkers take a couple of deer at most in the day poachers take as many as they can fit in a transit therefore a lot more grallochs.:rolleyes:

Spunk84

Could be eating out of bins, should of gutted to see

poulo6.5

browning 12 bore wrote: »

hey there lads just small little qustion was out there other evening stalking and i said id hanh on and call in a a fox or two so started calling using my hare sounds and low and behold this big lad came running up to me stoped at 120 yards or so dropped him there with my 243 and when i picked him up he was overloaded with food and a beautiful coat along with being massive fox i must say :eek: any way my question is what in the name of god would he of been eating and the coat during the winter was beautiful i thaught it would be all mucked up and not great looking but the exact opposite :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
any thaughts any way thanks

most fox that are healthy will have a fine coat on them at this time of year, as this is when they need it most.
a big thick coat would be no good to them in the summer.

they eat everything from birds to bunnys and everything in between.
they are scavengers as well as successful predators, so they will take advantage of any scraps left behind by hunters or even break open bins for a cheep meal.

in short they have their winter coat at the moment. and they are successful hunters/predators


this is a big fox

ssl

Well done. Grand fox.
It would be interesting although smelly to open the stomach to see what its being feeding on.
The last deer I shot had bits of black plastic from bales aswell as grass and ivy in its stomach. It gave us an idea of their movements. I've heard of it being done with game birds also, but never with a fox mind you

Tackleberrywho

ssl wrote: »

Well done. Grand fox.
It would be interesting although smelly to open the stomach to see what its being feeding on.
The last deer I shot had bits of black plastic from bales aswell as grass and ivy in its stomach. It gave us an idea of their movements. I've heard of it being done with game birds also, but never with a fox mind you

We used to do it with trout to see what flies they were taking.

I've opened a few foxes with ballistic tip's so i have seen some of what they eat

That one Paulo shot was the biggest Fox I have seen to date, and in fantastic condition.

poulo6.5

ssl wrote: »

Well done. Grand fox.
It would be interesting although smelly to open the stomach to see what its being feeding on.
The last deer I shot had bits of black plastic from bales aswell as grass and ivy in its stomach. It gave us an idea of their movements. I've heard of it being done with game birds also, but never with a fox mind you

i cut open a fox once and i will not be doing it again in a hurry.

at the carcass handling seminar last year the vet cut open the a deer and found a long length of rope inside

ssl

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

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I've opened a few foxes with ballistic tip's so i have seen some of what they eat

Classic. Like the scene in the movie Snatch:

Avi: Tony.
Bullet Tooth Tony: What?
Avi: Look in the dog.
Bullet Tooth Tony: What do you mean "look in the dog?"
Avi: I mean open him up.
Bullet Tooth Tony: It's not as if it's a tin of baked beans! What do you mean "open him up"?

browning 12 bore

poulo6.5 wrote: »

most fox that are healthy will have a fine coat on them at this time of year, as this is when they need it most.
a big thick coat would be no good to them in the summer.

they eat everything from birds to bunnys and everything in between.
they are scavengers as well as successful predators, so they will take advantage of any scraps left behind by hunters or even break open bins for a cheep meal.

in short they have their winter coat at the moment. and they are successful hunters/predators


this is a big fox

nice to see a another fair size fox i must say ive heard of measuring gun sizes and so on but never measuring fox sizes now lol lol:rolleyes:;)

Tackleberrywho