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Thanks guys, and thanks for the tips for future hunts.

Here's one more pic taken the next morning. He was a healthy looking dog before he met me!

Thanks Dan,

Yeah, I hear summer is the time for the young uns? I'll be ready with my whistle. I see from some of your others posts that you've bagged a few red devils! Kinda wish I had this one mounted now. Reckon he'd look great curled up at my feet in the study!

Thanks Bob, I'm just west of Sydney in NSW Australia. I do my shooting in the blue mountains. I don't know if the fox are becoming more common or more brazen but I see them every time I go out there, whether I'm hunting or not. In July I stayed in a mountain cabin with the wife and was surprised to ...

Hey Ruger fans; I've been in pursuit of my first red fox for some time. While I've seen many in the past year, it's always been when a shot was not possible or when I was hunting small acreage for rabbits with ultra-low velocity .22LR at night. I’ve always taken these opportunities to observe the be...

Derek, Hello from a fellow Sydneysider. I've been shooting my Howa 1500 sporter barrel for around a year now and it seems to shoot better and better all the time. You can find some of my early results on a thread called "my walking varminter rig". basically I've had no issues with stabiliz...

Hey, Thanks to all,

I am proud of the rifle even though it isn't a big dollar outfit. The .204 it is great cartridge IMO. similar recoil to a .223 with a bit more exciting performance.

Just got word there are some small pigs getting around the family property. They're gonners!

Magnum,

I just fitted one to my howa with sporter barrel and love it. feels good. looks good.
See pictures in my thread titled 'my walking varminter rig'

Have been reading the forum for a while now while and have recently bought a Howa 1500 sporter in Stainless Steel. Just wanted to share some of my experience with any newbs that care to read. The biggest point I want to make is that the 40gr V-max and 45gr SP Hornadys will infact stabilize in a 1:12...