Vixen.

[jaeger88]

Got a call yesterday afternoon from my Gamekeeper mate, one of the farm  workers had seen a Fox disappear into a hole in the bottom of a  haystack, so he guessed it was looking for a place to cub.

So my  mate decided to call in the top local Fox control operative &  expert.......... but he couldn't make it............. so he got me  instead.

So I got my gear together and headed out

Having  no idea where the Fox would be coming from, or if it was already in the  hole in the "stack", I approached from down wind, (not that there was  much wind), & settled into a "tractor" wide gap in the hedge leading  up to the stack. The hedge at this point is a good 15ft wide.

I  got set up sitting behind the rifle, with it on a 25" bi-pod. Id been  there maybe an hour, and seen nothing, when a Blackbird started kicking  up a fuss down the hedge behind me, and was getting closer. Usually  Blackbird,s make a fuss over  Tawny Owl's, but they will mob Foxes as well.

A  few seconds later, a Fox trotted past me on my left, not 10 feet away  & heading towards the stack. It was only in sight for maybe 3  seconds, & there was no way I could get the rifle round into a  shooting position anyway. So I stayed put, in the hope it would show  itself near the stack.
I wasn't disappoint, it crossed the track in front of me about 75yds away.
I gave it a whistle, to get it to stop for a shot, which it did, & I shot it where it stood.
It was a Vixen, & first blood to my Sako 75 .22-250 .

I can now say, in all honesty, I have never missed a Fox with that rifle !.

[gitano]

Pretty fox, and nice shot!

Paul

[buckshot roberts]

Awesome job.

[JaDub]

Nice going !

[sakorick]

Sakos never miss so long as the operator does his job......good shot.

[jaeger88]

I just like rifles that end in "O" !.

Sako, Krico, Bruno, Steyro Mannlichero.