Well I got the call from a farmer Thursday night that they have another fox on camera harassing the hen house between 9-10 pm and they'd been hearing coyote close by.
On Feb 14th we took one of the pair and the other wasn't seen since that time, so we thought it got the message.
My buddy is sick, my knee is feeling better and there's a big nor'easter brewing, so I decided to take this one mano e foxo.
We found that the fox were taking a path that ran parallel to a rock wall, so I sloshed my way through seven inches of slushy snow and set up in a field 100 yards away overlooking that area.
After some time I saw something in the next field approaching and it was a fox.
It came in right to left and I dropped it cleanly with the .243 Rem 7400/AGM L3 backup rig.
Since it's a one and a half hour ride back home, I waited a few minutes, gave some coyote howls and decide to pack it up after getting no responses.
I went to pick up the fox and dump it over the rock wall when I heard something approaching from the wood's.
A quick glimpse with the spoter confirmed it was a coyote coming in hot, so I kneeled down in the slush and used the rock wall as cover to get ready.
Just as I shouldered the rifle and opened the lens covers the coyote popped up on top of the rock wall 15 yards away.
For some reason the scope was focused for that distance and it stopped in a spot between trees that gave me a good midsection shot.
Two for two with a cherry rifle in under a half hours time.
I was waiting for the lightning strike and when it didn't happen I took a quick pic, dumped the bodies, sent the farmer a pic and drove home.
Usually a call doesn't end up this way, but I'll take it.
SJC
On Feb 14th we took one of the pair and the other wasn't seen since that time, so we thought it got the message.
My buddy is sick, my knee is feeling better and there's a big nor'easter brewing, so I decided to take this one mano e foxo.
We found that the fox were taking a path that ran parallel to a rock wall, so I sloshed my way through seven inches of slushy snow and set up in a field 100 yards away overlooking that area.
After some time I saw something in the next field approaching and it was a fox.
It came in right to left and I dropped it cleanly with the .243 Rem 7400/AGM L3 backup rig.
Since it's a one and a half hour ride back home, I waited a few minutes, gave some coyote howls and decide to pack it up after getting no responses.
I went to pick up the fox and dump it over the rock wall when I heard something approaching from the wood's.
A quick glimpse with the spoter confirmed it was a coyote coming in hot, so I kneeled down in the slush and used the rock wall as cover to get ready.
Just as I shouldered the rifle and opened the lens covers the coyote popped up on top of the rock wall 15 yards away.
For some reason the scope was focused for that distance and it stopped in a spot between trees that gave me a good midsection shot.
Two for two with a cherry rifle in under a half hours time.
I was waiting for the lightning strike and when it didn't happen I took a quick pic, dumped the bodies, sent the farmer a pic and drove home.
Usually a call doesn't end up this way, but I'll take it.
SJC
. Only reason it died is because the dummy stepped right in line with the tripod, when it turned to run-kabang.
