Home Office Guidelines and Fox

[The Duncan 802]

Hi folks,

 

I know that you'll always find someone who'll say that .17hmr is not enough gun for fox, and others that say you can kill them out to 1000 yards etc etc, but, as the HO guidelines state that you can shoot foxes with the hummer, what kind of range would most practitioners say is a max?

Furthermore, do I presume correctly that headshots are the order of the day?

 

 

Cheers all,

 

Duncan

[zx10mike 137]

its all about ammo the 20 grn hollow is fine for fox ballistic tipped will do the job but you run thr risk of wounding

[jamie g 17]

some area sill wont grant hmr for fox yet some will. here in west mercia they do. i use to stick to around yards and always a head shot sideways on. between the eye and and ear.

[charlie caller 3,654]

YES the hmr will kill foxes at a sensible range, but please get a proper tool for the job a .22 hornet is superb out to 200 yds cheap to reload and quiet when moderated,far more up to the task,and bucks the wind so much better, no brainer really

[pipcock 21]

" but, as the HO guidelines state that you can shoot foxes with the hummer"

 

Duncan,

Any chance you could put a paragraph up with that on or let me know where i can find it because i coudn't find hardly any info on the 17hmr .

Cheers,pipcock

[The Duncan 802]

Hi Pipcock,

 

I've got it on adobe format - can email it if you pm me your addy

[The Duncan 802]

I occasionaly get within 50 yards of them and was contemplating a headshot at this range. I've got the 20grn stuff for the purpose.

 

For me it is only an occasional thing and at present, I don't see it becoming a big paret of my pest control. If it does, I'd go for a cf as the regular fox busting tool.

 

Cheers

 

D.

[RETARGESEEHC 0]

YES the hmr will kill foxes at a sensible range, but please get a proper tool for the job a .22 hornet is superb out to 200 yds cheap to reload and quiet when moderated,far more up to the task,and bucks the wind so much better, no brainer really

like to use the . swift myself

[charlie caller 3,654]

YES the hmr will kill foxes at a sensible range, but please get a proper tool for the job a .22 hornet is superb out to 200 yds cheap to reload and quiet when moderated,far more up to the task,and bucks the wind so much better, no brainer really

like to use the . swift myself

Swift is an awesome fox tool, as is my .243 with my 60 grn hollow points @ 3670 fps,the point I was making is that a hornet which is the next rung on the ladder from hmr is so much better,35-50 grn bullet 800 ftlbs as a posed to 230ftlbs, I WILL REITERATE, the piddly little hmr is not really suitable as a fox tool, if you really must shoot them with a rimmy .22 wmr in semi auto is a better round by a long way.

[The Seeker 3,048]

YES the hmr will kill foxes at a sensible range, but please get a proper tool for the job a .22 hornet is superb out to 200 yds cheap to reload and quiet when moderated,far more up to the task,and bucks the wind so much better, no brainer really

like to use the . swift myself

Swift is an awesome fox tool, as is my .243 with my 60 grn hollow points @ 3670 fps,the point I was making is that a hornet which is the next rung on the ladder from hmr is so much better,35-50 grn bullet 800 ftlbs as a posed to 230ftlbs, I WILL REITERATE, the piddly little hmr is not really suitable as a fox tool, if you really must shoot them with a rimmy .22 wmr in semi auto is a better round by a long way.

 

Agreed the HMR is not permitted for fox in my area and IMO rightly so, if it's close enough then yes it will do the job but there are far better rounds more suited for the task.