G'day,
I was out whistling foxes on my property last night, but had no takers on the north side so I wandered out the back [south west] to count 'roos eating my locked up hay paddocks. For once there were very few. I was about to quit when this dog fox turned up at about 180 yards. I lip-squeaked and he came in at a trot and finally sat in the long grass at what I judged to be around 100+ yards, so I aimed at its nose with my Weihrauch .22 Magnum [30 grain V-Max] hitting it through its left chest. It ran about 25 yards and dropped, presumably lung shot. It's the first dog I have shot in the last three months. The previous 10 or so foxes were all vixens which has perplexed me. I would have expected a fairly even distribution in sex. As for the distance, I underestimated: it was about 142 yards. Had I known that I wouldn't have taken the shot with the .22 Magnum. In the long grass it was hard to judge.
Jim