jayDT10 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Think I should of just put "shot my first fox!" And left it at that, thought people on here said about hi and lows. The fox I couldn't find was within range, 60 yards approx, I thought shot was good, he moved just as I squeezed trigger, maybe a bit of inexperience, lesson learnt! As for follow up to check, not allowed on the land, farmer was pleased I didn't as they don't see eye to eye! I wouldn't of considered the shot if I was confident it would be a kill, the fox pictured was slightly further away, only a little bit, and dropped where it was hit, quick and clean, as I expected the first to be. But lesson learned, don't share everything!! Fair enough mate , I'm just glad that most people on here try to insure that they do everything in their power to insure good clean kills , eg 32gram 5s for pigeons and rabbits cos heaven forbid they would use anything lighter cos that could be presumed as ( under gunning it) . I must be a total sinner as I decided to shoot some pigeons with a 410 Saturday because I fancy it and one pigeon was hit made it to the next field slap bang in the middle of some peas and I wasn't prepared to trample the field to find it. So in my opinion I'm as bad as you, just you hit a fox and I hit a pigeon. Think I should of just put "shot my first fox!" And left it at that, thought people on here said about hi and lows. The fox I couldn't find was within range, 60 yards approx, I thought shot was good, he moved just as I squeezed trigger, maybe a bit of inexperience, lesson learnt! As for follow up to check, not allowed on the land, farmer was pleased I didn't as they don't see eye to eye! I wouldn't of considered the shot if I was confident it would be a kill, the fox pictured was slightly further away, only a little bit, and dropped where it was hit, quick and clean, as I expected the first to be. But lesson learned, don't share everything!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 I'd say Jay is on the money with his thinking,jeeeeee I thought this was a light hearted forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapid basher Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I thought this was a light hearted forum You allso missed that one aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 It was always going to happen................HMR and missed/injured fox, it could have been a .243, and what would everyone have said then. The fact is a HMR is VERY effective on fox if used correctly. ...and none of us is perfect with whatever we have in our hands, but I still think it best to simply keep stum when it goes wrong. There can seldom be justification on a open forum to discuss the mistakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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