So I'm at the table havin a cup and I catch movement out on a old tree pile behind the house that we're waiting to burn.... I grab the spotting scope outta the garage and it's a fox. I Prolly wouldnt have shot it as we don't have very many round here but I thought what an opportunity for the boy! We watch him for a while and he lays down so I figure what the hell.... I get Rolla all set up, do a Lil lip sqeak and the fox sits up and boom..... DRT! One happy boy at my place! b
Nice shooting! 
Kudos to you and your son. What caliber did you guys use?
Kudos to you and your son. What caliber did you guys use?
What will you do with the hide? Nice Russian type hat, Scottish Sporran, there are all sorts of cool things you could do with it.
It's up to him..... Might just have it tanned with an off color Coyote we shot early this fall and hang em on the wall. 
I think it is as important of a part of the photo as the coyote and the two boys. I really like it, and am glad that it didn't get photo shop it out. I really like photos of little brothers, big brothers, little sisters and big sisters.
My folks took one of me when I was about 4 years old wearing tights whitey's, knee high rubber boots, a plaid shirt, and dirt on both sides of my mouth while I was holding the two ends of the giant worm I had just bitten in half...and a big proud grin on my face.
Outstanding!
Is your Fireball a rifle or a handgun?
Mine is a rifle and my (then) teenage daughter used it to take a chicken-killing fox at ~75 yards off-hand when the fox was running through the horse pasture. Whe was sitting on top of the barn on watch. I know firsthand the proud poppa feeling.
Is your Fireball a rifle or a handgun?
Mine is a rifle and my (then) teenage daughter used it to take a chicken-killing fox at ~75 yards off-hand when the fox was running through the horse pasture. Whe was sitting on top of the barn on watch. I know firsthand the proud poppa feeling.
Its a rifle and it has proven damn effective on SD coyotes which get fairly big.... I prefer it to my 22-250 or my swift out to 250 on coyotes.... The exit was actually a Lil messy on this fox at 220...
Love the pic of him laying on the floor and poking the rifle out the door!
He'll never forget that!
Have a couple 20 caliber wildcats made from the 221 fireball case. Love 'em... fast, shoot like lasers, and no recoil!
He'll never forget that!
Have a couple 20 caliber wildcats made from the 221 fireball case. Love 'em... fast, shoot like lasers, and no recoil!
Very cool? Doing cool wholesome kid stuff! My brother and I would put fluorescent paint on open sites and hunt rabbits till midnight on a -40 winter night under a full moon with 22’s. Had to take my 10/22 mag apart and put a little more tension in the spring so that it fed properly in the cold? Damn that was some fun and fond memories.
I did a lot of varmint calling around Paradise CA when I was younger. The grey fox is dumb as a post and you basically have to scare them away from your calling set-up some times. I vowed I would not belittle myself by shooting a grey fox.
A red fox is a completely different story.
I have been calling varmints in MT. since 1997. I have used all my stupid tricks and smelly crap to call in a red fox and to this date, I have called a total of one.
I truly hope the young man can get the fox mounted or the hide tanned, If I ever kill a red fox, I will have a pair of winter underwear made from it.
Congratulations!
A red fox is a completely different story.
I have been calling varmints in MT. since 1997. I have used all my stupid tricks and smelly crap to call in a red fox and to this date, I have called a total of one.
I truly hope the young man can get the fox mounted or the hide tanned, If I ever kill a red fox, I will have a pair of winter underwear made from it.
Congratulations!
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