Good for you for getting the fox. You don't have to celebrate the death and its good that your kids know why this had to happen. BUY A SOLAR ELECTRIC FENCEThey called me last night said I could come pick it up I was going to wait till today but my hubby said that he didnt want the fox staying in the trap overnight so I had to drive down and pick it up. It was for the best it snowed last night and even though I planned on killing it I didnt want it to have to stay in the trap for another 14+ hours.
I love my gun though its very light which is nice for me. It was louder then I expected it to be but still nice to have. I am going to do some target practice this week get the sights right so if I do have to shoot something from far away I hit my mark. Nothing is worse then shooting something and having to listen to it scream and watch it flop around till you kill it.
Also I want my husband to shoot it a few times so he can get comfortable its time to break in the city boy he is almost 30 and has never shot a gun before thats just crazy in my mind lol
Thank you so much for your kind words. I am trying hard to make my girls live a non-sheltered life. People forget way to much where their food comes from and how to protect it. This summer/spring we will be putting up a 6 foot chain link fence around our whole property. I will also be putting in a electric one at the base so if anything tries to dig under they will come out to a zap. My husband (god love him) is more sensitive to the ways of the world never having any livestock or having to deal with predators If he thinks a fence will help keep them off our property period he is more then welcome to put one upGood for you for getting the fox. You don't have to celebrate the death and its good that your kids know why this had to happen. BUY A SOLAR ELECTRIC FENCEOR any electric fence. They work well. We had coyote come one night when I was out on call and my wife heard them and it sounded close to the house dogs were in and going nuts. Before my wife could do anything she heard a yelp louder than HELL and it went on for ever as the coyote ran from the coop. I have a solar unit with wire at 4" above the ground one wire at nose level for a average dog and one wire at the top just in case something jumps over the other wires and tries to crawl in. I also have chicken wire over the top to cover what I can.Previous times I just fire a shot gun into the ground to scare coyote off. I take the Ted Nugent way of thinking that if someone eats meat but puts down Hunting or killing predators they are a hypocrite who hire an assassin (the butcher ) to do their dirty work for them and process meat into a neat package for them. Tell your brother in law to watch less Disney or better yet let him deal with the kids and the fact that their favorite bird is dead. As far as gun recommendations a .22lr rifle is good shotguns work well and offer a better chance to hit a target but as you say if the predator is in front of the animal you are protecting now you have to not shoot it maybe fire a warning shot into the ground. I think a good semi auto like you have or a pump shotgun with a full choke for a tight shot pellet pattern is the best choice. Do not use poison !! First it is a slow death for whatever eats it and what if your pets or someone Else's get into it or eats a poisoned animal. This country is going nuts with gun control. No reason a Farm Mom with a clean record should need to wait one week to get a gun. 6 months in Canada and I think all guns are illegal in the UK. That helps when livestock are getting killed. My girls 20 you have done this the right way. Have no doubt in what you have done and that was a great way to show the kids respect for what you killed and why it had to be. Get your spouse out to target shoot, he needs the experience and he might like it.
It has been really nice talking to another girl with the same views
