Deker 3,491 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 If you're FAC says you can shoot vermin with a HMR, then you can shoot a fox. It may not be as specific as a centrefire which will state purely fox. But a Fox is defined in Law as vermin unlike almost all other species of vermin. A court would be hard pressed to convict someone for shooting a fox with a rimfire with Vermin as the condition on their FAC as the conditions themselves are so vague, as with most Firearms Law. Anyway, back on topic. Personally, I always go for an engine room shot, unless either, I can only see his head, in which case I take my time with the shot more, or if the body is obscured by foliage of some kind. And almost always, I use a Ballistic Tipped round, normally 40 or 50 grains. I can't say there have been many that have moved. I shot a great deal of foxes with a .243 and 100gr soft points recently and only one ran on but dropped 20 yards later, stone dead. All the Ballistics technology around will never prevent every fox from running. Case in point. I had a troublesome fox a few months back, and I finally got him in my sights at 260. I fired and hit him square in the chest, he ran, I shot him again, in the engine room, he ran again, I shot him once again, in the engine room, and yet got another five yards before dropping, by heck there was a mess on him. So even after all that, he still ran. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often. Regards SS We have been here several times before and the "Vermin" question is often raised .......FOX..... and I agree, I have never heard of a problem with fox, but fox is listed on centrefires and if you have any doubts or concerns get it listed on your rimfires as well!!! It seems that I am one of the very few that specifically has FOX listed for my .22LR and HMR, as well as the usual vermin etc, ...so... to answer a previous comment...Rimfires are definately not illegal for fox!! However, they are not my first choice of tool on the whole, but I am involved in so many situations/land/problems there are times the rimfires do become the tool of choice!! It's all about the best tool for the specific job and circumstances!!! Fox wise I tend to favour the heart shot too, for pretty much all the reasons already mentioned!!! Quote Link to post
arveyboy 0 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 cheers for all the info. very informative posts cheers. ill speak to the FEO when he comes for a chat Quote Link to post
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