Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeOriginally Posted By: VarminterrorI'm surprised to see so many guys convinced that a 12lb fox is THAT MUCH TOUGHER than a 20lb turkey?
Swatting a turkey in the head and neck isn't the same as having to penetrate fur and flesh to get to the vitals on a fox.
They both need a good and proper hit reguardless of what you are useing,however.
Proper placement is universal. Frankly, my 50yrd groups with my turkey gun are bigger than a fox, so busting a fox in the vitals is also busting it in the head and neck, and beyond a doubt it's harder to penetrate feathers than fur, and I find shot in the breast meat occasionally. Usually, for fox, I'd rather "pop a top" than risk blowing out the side of a good pelt even with a rifle.
I'm not trying to say that a fox isn't harder to kill than a turkey, but my point here is that if a load is capable of dropping a turkey at 60yrds+, and they ARE, then I really don't get why guys are acting like 30yrds is "stretching it" for fox, or worse, like they wouldn't be effective at all.
I shot a few fox when I was a kid with birdshot. No, they weren't 70yrd shots, but it wasn't that uncommon to roust out a fox a time or two each year when we were rabbit hunting, all we had then was 7.5 or 6 birdshot 2 3/4" 12ga or 20ga. It'd put them on the ground.