Shotgun For Foxes?

[kruby01 114]

12g will kill anything, even with birdshot at point plank range so yes for despatching. Wear safety glasses for this.

 

Only way I would say to shoot I with the shotgun is at close range by sitting out and baiting, or if you accidentally walk on up. BB or even AAA regd.

 

Word of warning, birdshot won't do much harm over 100yds, but AAA are much bigger and carry energy much further, probably at 300yd they can do harm, as you are aware the backstop matters, but even more so with "buckshot"

 

300yards with a shotgun??? :|

[DIDO.1 22,852]

think he means large shot can be dangerous at that range not that it will kill a fox. Iv been on dozens of foxes drives and 40yrds with a shot gun is a long hard to kill fox!!!

[remi700 99]

Hmm it may travel 300 yards but i'd fancy my chances of surviving being hit at that range! The drop off would be phenomenal!

[remi700 99]

think he means large shot can be dangerous at that range not that it will kill a fox. Iv been on dozens of foxes drives and 40yrds with a shot gun is a long hard to kill fox!!!

Agreed. I've seen a few shot beyond 50 but there few and far between!

[kruby01 114]

Yer I wouldn't volunteer to be shot at 300yards but I agree I don't think impact would be much at all. I have heard my shot land on a tin shed roof after taking a pigeon in flight and that was 150-200 yards away

[cyclonebri1 8]

You guys are missing the point. A single AAA shot is about the size (not weight) of a .22 lead. Figure a dozen or more of those leaving the 12g gun at 1400 fps, thats 400fps quicker than a subsonic .22, or 3 x quicker than a .22 air rifle, and I think you may start to understand.

If you don't get that you need to put your gun down and go figure, because you aren't safe to be around.

 

Hit someone at that range and your shooting privaleges are gone, full stop.

[cyclonebri1 8]

Yer I wouldn't volunteer to be shot at 300yards but I agree I don't think impact would be much at all. I have heard my shot land on a tin shed roof after taking a pigeon in flight and that was 150-200 yards away

Yes of course bird shot just rattles down if shot up at an angle, and it comes down like rain, no problem unless the person it falls on complains.

 

But I've been in a situation when another shooter let cotter at a pigeon that was directly in line with me but about 100 yards away, it doesn't fall like rain when aimed towards you and passes with a whooosh.

 

Now put triple AAA in there, and I'm guessing those that are sceptical haven't even seen one, because if they had they wouldn't want to be on the sharp end even at 300 yards, the stuff is like buckshot, has energy but not direction way down range.

 

My point was and still is, if you treat large size 12g loads like bird shot and fire it high, you better be dam sure where you are pointing it, remember the 1.5 kilometre warning on winchester subs?, I only mentioned 300 yrds

[kruby01 114]

as i said i wouldnt volunteer to be shot at 300yards no matter what shot it was.

AAA or similar shouldnt really be shot high anyway because what would you be shooting at? maybe the odd goose over land which i wouldnt personally choose AAA for that.

fox uphill but that would come into checking your backstop aswell so an open hill top shot at a fox with AAA in the barrel is an unsafe shot