two foxes for the .204
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:59 pm
had planned to go out lamping with a good friend last night as I had been on this ground with the air rifle 2 weeks previous and seen a few foxes around. It rained off and on all day at work so wasnt sure if we would get out, but I checked the metcheck and it said no rain in my area the rest of the night so I took the chance and packed up my gear and headed out. We put the torch on the first field before we even got out of the farm yard and got a pair of eyes straight away, settled in and took the shot at about 120 yards. It was a young vixen, hit her right centre of the lower neck, we scanned the rest of the fields from where we sat and there was another 2 foxes the furthest away was about 240 yards and this was a fox that has been giving us the slip for ages (years), the closer one was about 160 yards but looking out from a bit of a bramble pile, I could clearly confirm it was a fox but against my better judgment I took the shot even though his body was very well covered and missed the bugger, like the rest of us I hate missing, ill probably not forget that one for a few months.
I shot this vixen using 39g blitzings, I was surprised to find an exit wound, though only slight, it was quite alot of tissue for a ballistic tip to penetrate.
This next one we spotted in a recently cut silage field, he was about 200 yards away but the shot wasnt all that safe so we tried to call him in to a better position but he ended up going the opposite direction we wanted and sat looking at us on top of a little rock so we had to take the chance and try and change position to get a good safe shot, we managed to move into about 150 yards and everything was right he stood up broadside, I thought just before I pulled the trigger that he looked big, on closer inspection after the shot he was a big dog fox maybe 5 years old, his teeth were very worn and he was a bit of a monster probably the bigest I have ever shot, happy with this boy as I would say he was the one hammering the farmers bantam collection over the years.
This one was also shot with 39g blitzking and agin showed an exit hole, I havent experienced this with the 32g v-max on foxes it usually penetrates and does all the damge inside and doesnt exit and to be honest even though I dont take a shot until I am sure its perfect safe I like to know the bullets dont travel any further than what i hit, I may have to go back to 32g vmaxes there just as accurate as the 39g but I thought the heavier bullet was better for foxing but now I aint so sure as they both still kill equally well, the 32g just doesnt exit but also seems to do alot more damage on the inside, when you lift a fox after its hit with a 32g v-max it just sounds like its full of water. The 39g blitzking does do this abit but nowhere near to the extent of the 32g vmax.
Also saw these two lads on the way down.
I shot this vixen using 39g blitzings, I was surprised to find an exit wound, though only slight, it was quite alot of tissue for a ballistic tip to penetrate.
This next one we spotted in a recently cut silage field, he was about 200 yards away but the shot wasnt all that safe so we tried to call him in to a better position but he ended up going the opposite direction we wanted and sat looking at us on top of a little rock so we had to take the chance and try and change position to get a good safe shot, we managed to move into about 150 yards and everything was right he stood up broadside, I thought just before I pulled the trigger that he looked big, on closer inspection after the shot he was a big dog fox maybe 5 years old, his teeth were very worn and he was a bit of a monster probably the bigest I have ever shot, happy with this boy as I would say he was the one hammering the farmers bantam collection over the years.
This one was also shot with 39g blitzking and agin showed an exit hole, I havent experienced this with the 32g v-max on foxes it usually penetrates and does all the damge inside and doesnt exit and to be honest even though I dont take a shot until I am sure its perfect safe I like to know the bullets dont travel any further than what i hit, I may have to go back to 32g vmaxes there just as accurate as the 39g but I thought the heavier bullet was better for foxing but now I aint so sure as they both still kill equally well, the 32g just doesnt exit but also seems to do alot more damage on the inside, when you lift a fox after its hit with a 32g v-max it just sounds like its full of water. The 39g blitzking does do this abit but nowhere near to the extent of the 32g vmax.
Also saw these two lads on the way down.
That's a big fox! Well done. Good pics BTW.
, I know what you mean about the wind, I live clsoe to the mountains and its pretty rough, I was just lucky last nite that it clamed down, what .204 are you shooting adam? Are you shooting factory stuff or reloading?
