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This photo will probably be very slow to load. Although I converted it to JPG, it is scanned from an old photo, and is a large file. In the early 1960s, I bought my first electronic call, a Johnny Stewart with 45-rpm records. I had found an active fox den while groundhog hunting a few miles from home, which was east-central Illinois at that time. Slipping quietly to about a couple hundred yards of the den, I got behind a large downed log, using it for a rifle rest, and turned on the squalling rabbit. In only about a minute here it came at a fast trot. I was surprised, ... amazed, at the quick responce. Leveling the rifle, a military action and barrel converted to 220 Swift and topped with a Weaver K-6 with a Litchert 12X attachment, I held on the fox as it came closer, closer, ... TOO CLOSE! I whistled in a desperate attempt to stop it from coming closer, and it stopped. I could barely see both of the fox's eyes within the scope's field of view, and touched the trigger. The fox was definitely devastated by the Hornady SX bullet , which was moving only slightly slower than the velocity at which I had discovered that they would disappear on the way to the target. The fox was 8 paces from the muzzle. And I was hooked by varmint calling, for a lifetime. <BR> [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1305003&a=10030561&p=33498290&Sequence=0[/img] <BR>--------------------------------------------<BR><B><I>Critr</I></B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.SaguaroSafaris.com" TARGET=_blank>www.SaguaroSafaris.com</A>

EXCUSE ME!!! Those of you looking closely know that the previous post had no attachment on the Weaver scope. Guess my memory is failing me in my old age. Below is a photo of another fox, and the rifle when it DID have the Litchert attachment on it. I had written on the back of this photo "Spring 1961; 220 Swift - Weaver K-6 with Litchert 12X attachment. Using SX bullets."<BR> [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1305003&a=10030561&p=33507161&Sequence=1[/img] <BR>--------------------------------------------<BR><I><B>Critr</B></I><BR> <A HREF="http://www.SaguaroSafaris.com" TARGET=_blank>www.SaguaroSafaris.com</A> <p>[This message has been edited by Critr Gitr (edited November 19, 2000).]

Critr your always hiding behind that mask! Some nice photos you have there. I need to start carrying a camera afield more often. Sure would be nice to get a scrap book going and look back on the progress made. My friend keeps telling me to a keep a journal on all the animals I call in. I have kind of started, sure helps for a refrence and rekindles past hunting memories.<P>Thanks for sharing the past hunts with us.<P>NM Kid

Hi, Kid. Yes, I have attempted to keep a journal, but I guess it is too much like paperwork. So it always falls by the way. But I do make an effort to take photos, as I have regretted the times when I should have and didn't. But if you can keep a journal, especially with photos, you will really be glad in years to come. Hey, how about posting another of your photos. <BR>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><I><B>Critr</B></I><BR> <A HREF="http://www.SaguaroSafaris.com" TARGET=_blank>www.SaguaroSafaris.com</A>