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Got a bit of fresh snow today so decided to try out my new 17 Remington. Set up over the salt flats near a creek that still has salmon in it. I hit the rabbit squealer for one set and had two beatiful cross foxes come hauling down the creek towards me. I hit the squeak again, one stopped and I head shot the light one at 220yds. The dark one turned around and was trotting away when my partner squeaked. He stopped and got a 25gr Berger at 265 yards. These are both cross foxes, the most common here. It shows the color range of them. No two are the same.
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Awesome hunt and shot Jason! Foxes (the 4-legged kind) are puny by comparison in TX!
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Dang, those foxes are huge! You hunting on Kodiak?
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Nice...foxes are kinda few and far between around here, been seeing more last couple of years, but I've been letting 'em be. Hopefully in a few years there will be enough of them around that I'll be alright with hunting a few of them.
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Nice...foxes are kinda few and far between around here, been seeing more last couple of years, but I've been letting 'em be. Hopefully in a few years there will be enough of them around that I'll be alright with hunting a few of them. Yes, the coyotes and wolves are kind of hard on the fox poulation. The only thing killing foxes here is people, and there ain't a lot of us doing it. Plus, the foxes are eating good!
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IslandFirearmsCoatings: Congratulations on the beautiful Fox! Good for you. I have done some fishing off Kodiak and Afognak Islands and the numbers of Fox we saw whenever we got near a shoreline of either island was amazing. Sometimes we would have two or three Fox in sight at once working on the beaches. Alas I never took the time to go ashore and Hunt them - wish I had now. I also am a big proponent of the 25 grain Bergers in any centerfire 17 Rifle for use on predators. They are simply an outstanding bullet - accurate, lethal and easy on fur. Again great job on the furbearers. Keep up the good work. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Those are honking huge fox! Congrats.
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