MY FIRST BOW-KILL

AZ_ZAC · Jan 12, 2008

Well i definitely didnt imagine this to be my first bowkill. Got it in the desert in Arizona. Drew a pig tag in 24A and was hunting deer also. This guy came running up to me and turned at 20 yards trotting. I hit him while trotting. I knew it was a good shot, he turned around and ran back where he came from about 15 yards and fell. The arrow hit about an inch behind the shoulder and passed through. Couldnt pull this off if i tried another million times! Im pretty pumped though and ill never forget it.

Here is the kill arrow. The knock came off at some point.

mtmiller · Jan 12, 2008

Nice shooting AZ, congrats and thanks for the share.

swbuckmaster · Jan 12, 2008

Nice shot! I don't know the rules but are those kind of foxes endangered.

Archery is a year round commitment!!

creamofthecrop · Jan 13, 2008

thats a nice shot there bud, and no they are not endangered

grizzlyplumber · Jan 13, 2008

I dont know if they are endangered but they are not rare. I see those little buggers all over the place, usually in my headlights just before dawn.

BOHNTR · Jan 13, 2008

Now there's a trophy you don't arrow everyday. Congratulations!

SW:

It's a desert gray fox......sometimes confused with a kit fox (protected).....but the desert's are plentiful and fair game throughout the southwest.

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redelkarcher · Jan 13, 2008

That's pretty cool man. Thanks for sharing.....
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jodog · Jan 13, 2008

Nice... thanks for putting up all the pics.

swbuckmaster · Jan 13, 2008

I have never seen a fox like that. I believe you made a one in a million shot on that if it was moving for sure. The kill zone has got to be only 2 inches or less. Are you going to get it mounted or did the broadhead tear it up two much.

Archery is a year round commitment!!

HunterHarry · Jan 13, 2008

My first bowkill was a gray fox too!
It has been a serious addiction ever since.
HH

AZ_ZAC · Jan 13, 2008

Thanks for the comments. Since i shot it at a slight downward angle the broadhead exited near the underside of the fox so it didnt do a ton of visible damage. Although on the inside it did devastating damage im sure. I really want to get a full mount of this guy but im not sure if i can afford the taxi bill : x
This is also my second gray fox but the first i killed with a rifle.

BBB · Jan 14, 2008

Cool...I killed a grey fox with my bow while javeline hunting. I was calling a wash for pigs when I saw the fox from quite a distance running in to the call. I didn't want to waste an expensive broadhead (I was just out of school and poor), so I used my field point. It went through both shoulders and pinned him to the ground. I'll see if I can find a pic

NMHUNTNUTT1 · Jan 14, 2008

Very cool , congrats on the fox!

tomgobbler · Jan 24, 2008

That is a GREY FOX, common in arizona, and really through out the US. I call and shoot dozens a year, and they really dont look like the kit fox, if you put the 2 together, and NO the kit fox is NOT protected in arizona, you can shoot them as well, ( i get several of them a year too)