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A no name Belgium hammer gun,31 inch blued Damascus barrels weighting slightly less than 6 lbs with a Pa.late season chocolate phase grouse taken over my setter Emma.
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Well, there are several reasons: 1. It is a great hunting experience shooting a Fox (small, quick, smart) with a rifle. Much more difficult than to shoot a wild boar or deer. 2. The Fur is not only a trophy, but also welcome with my wife and suitable for many purposes. 3. In only wood hunting grounds the Fox normally is useful, but if population increased, they become ill with scabies, so it's better to shoot some in time. It's always important to held the balance. In the region where the pictures are taken, they shoot Foxes only once or twice a year on about 3000 ha. Cheers, Gunwolf BTW, in former times the Fox was shot for food. It was a quite desired delicacy on the Courts. Times and taste have changed!
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And in many places, like here in CA, red foxes are an invasive species that causes havoc with ground nesting birds that aren't adapted to avoid them, as well as pushing out our native gray foxes ("tree foxes" where I come from).
In some areas, the resurgent coyote has solved this particular environmental problem (to supplement its ordinary diet of alley cats, Chihuahuas and senior citizens....).
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Gunwolf, that was an amazing pic with the day's bag laid out on the ground. I'm curious, how many shooters were involved? You said driven? I assume that means beaters were involved? I ask as I've never participated in something of that nature, and the logistics intrigue me.
Mergus
Duckboats, decoys and double barrels...
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Mergus, this is an old tradition in Germany. The game was laid on the floor on the right(!) side. Some of the hunters play a special signal for each kind of game, in this case: Wild Boar, Roe Deer, Fox and after that the signal "Hunt over". This is a moment of reflection for all of us. I think in this hunt with beaters and of course several dogs, there were involved about 30-35 shots and about nearly as many beaters. We had 35 Wild Boar, 22 Roe Deer and 11 Foxes. It was a good hunt!
Cheers, Gunwolf
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Gunwolf, that is so interesting. Thanks for posting. We have some traditions, but not the same as yours. How about noodling for catfish, hunting raccoons with a jumping mule, using predator calls, or using a whistle to attract Sitka Blacktail deer ? All fun.
Did you save any of those early red fox recipes ? Daryl
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You gotta see a South Georgia deer drive with dogs....
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You gotta see a South Georgia deer drive with dogs.... That is...dogs, rednecks, pick-em-up trucks with mud tires and radios complete with tall antennas and a big dog box to sit on so as to stay off the ground and away from loose buckshot rounds!...Geo
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A South Georgia dog drive might involve 25 people or more and if anyone kills anything, the horns, if any, go to the lucky shooter, and he or she gets a hind-quarter. The rest is cut up and everyone goes home with some meat...Geo
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Dollysods, I've heard of red and gray phase ruffed grouse, but never a chocolate phase. Are they common?...Geo
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