Nuisance Fox

Quagmire · Oct 3, 2022

We've had a few foxes in my area starting problems, and acting aggressively towards the neighborhood cats. Last night before bed I heard a commotion outside my bedroom window and managed to get a shot off from about 20 yards. The 25.4gr pellet caught him square between the eyes and just dumped him on the spot. Hopefully he was the worst offender in the area and things cool off for a bit.

Ranchibi · Oct 3, 2022

Fantastic shot and nice pic! That's a big fox.

Flintsack · Oct 3, 2022

That had to be very satisfying, congrats!
Mike

Revin · Oct 3, 2022

Right place, right time, right gun. Great shooting.

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

Thanks guys. I'm honestly surprised he didn't take off when I opened the window. He was to preoccupied quarreling with my cats to notice. He only looked up when I whistled at him. Things have been quiet since so hopefully that's the end of the late night commotion.

Bowhunter73 · Oct 4, 2022

Great job keep up the good work and that's a great looking rifle.

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

Bowhunter73 said:
Great job keep up the good work and that's a great looking rifle.

Thank you.

beerthief · Oct 4, 2022

as long as the pray is out the fox will stalk .
Good shooting nice size fox

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

beerthief said:
as long as the pray is out the fox will stalk .
Good shooting nice size fox

Thanks. I suspect the abundance of rabbits we had this year contributed to his size, and the overall population we've been experiencing. I've seen more foxes this year than ever before.

Bowhunter73 · Oct 4, 2022

We have one that had 6 kits this year in our neighborhood they live under one of the neighbors shed in her back yard, so far they haven't bothered anyones cats that I've heard.

sonny24422 · Oct 4, 2022

Thats awesome, nice shot

nervoustrig · Oct 4, 2022

Bowhunter73 said:
We have one that had 6 kits this year in our neighbor they live under one of the neighbors shed in her back yard, so far they haven't bothered anyones cats that I've heard.

That seems to match the preponderance of credible sources. A fox attacking a grown cat is not unheard of but quite rare.

We’ve had a number of red foxes visiting our yard at night for more than a decade, and if any of them was brave enough to tangle with one of our cats, there has never been any harm to any of them to serve as evidence.

However the foxes did have an affinity for my neighbor’s ducks so I’m not opposed to giving one a dirt nap when it becomes a problem.

Beautiful animals though. One of the red foxes I shot, I called a local taxidermist to offer it to him free of charge so it wouldn’t go to waste. Straight away it was clear he was interested. Then he asked me what i shot it with.

Him: So did you get him with a shotgun? Is it pretty torn up?

Me: Nah, just a little pinhole right between the eyes. Pellet rifle from about 45 yards...dropped him like a sack of potatoes.

Him: What? I’ve never heard of something like that.

Hal4son · Oct 4, 2022

Fantastic! Great photo and nice shooting. Was he lit up by the house lights or are you running a torch?

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

Bowhunter73 said:
We have one that had 6 kits this year in our neighborhood they live under one of the neighbors shed in her back yard, so far they haven't bothered anyones cats that I've heard.

I suspect this was more of a territorial dispute than an attempt at predation.

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

sonny24422 said:
Thats awesome, nice shot

Thank you.

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

nervoustrig said:
A fox attacking a grown cat is not unheard of but quite rare.

That's been my experience as well.

Quagmire · Oct 4, 2022

Hal4son said:
Fantastic! Great photo and nice shooting. Was he lit up by the house lights or are you running a torch?

The motion activated security lights kicked on just as I was reaching for my gun. I couldn't have planned the whole series of events if I tried. Sometimes things just work out I guess.

Scott.t · Oct 14, 2022

Good shooting! I’ve had a couple foxes and a coyote coming around as well as raccoons and been having chickens going missing. Picked up a challenger pro in .357 the other day and got to put it to work last night. Had this one come snooping around. Dropped it at 30 yards with an fx hybrid slug

Cmurphy5583 · Oct 14, 2022

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