huesmann
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You're taking the wrong tack here and failing to take the opportunity to buy a new rifle!
+1You're taking the wrong tack here and failing to take the opportunity to buy a new rifle!
In Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties leghold traps cannot be set to capture furbearers unless completely submerged in water with the following exceptions:
•Traps can be set above the waterline on farmland by the owner(s) of the property, members of owner(s) immediate family that reside on the property and the landowner(s) agent, tenant or lessee.
•Traps can be set above the waterline in response to wildlife control concerns by authorized agents of the Department of Natural Resources, and according to guidelines established by the department.
Those who are not required to have a Furbearer Permit are:
•A person who possesses a Wildlife Control Cooperator Permit and is engaging in the control of fur-bearing mammals in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit.
•A landowner who possesses a Landowner Wildlife Damage Control Permit.
•A person who possesses an Apprentice Hunting License.
•A Furbearer Permit is also not required for: ◦A landowner to destroy a muskrat that is damaging an embankment or impoundment.
◦A landowner to hunt or trap a coyote, fox or skunk that is damaging or destroying the personal or real property of the landowner on their land.
The foxes have returned to the barn. They are accessing all the same holes/dens plus have dug one new one. I haven't seen the critters but the construction must have started a few days ago, probably at night.
Smoke and pee-pee only appears to last for so long.
What do you do with a fox carcass; bag & trash, head on a stake to warn the others…?
IMHO one of the finest, inexpensive combos for varmints where you don’t want/need too much power or noise, would be one of the Marlin 700 or 800 series 22 mag rifles. A 783, 882, or one of the other ones. Even better is a Mossberg 640 Chuckster 22WMR, if you can find one.
Cheap 3-9X scope with good rings. The over/under rings work fine, and allow use of the open sights. Not shooting too far, not beating the crap out of the scope with a heavy caliber.
With this ammo. It penetrates and expands nicely on fox size game. There is a solid tip version also.
https://winchester.com/Products/Ammunition/Rimfire/Super-X/X22MH
A lot of other ammo seems to push the velocity limits, and have flyers in the groups. We try just about every load of 22 mag ammo, and have yet to find anything as consistent accuracy wise. Plus it just works very well on animals.
I have the Marlin 882, and the Chuckster. Several friends also own these rifles. With that ammo, every one of these rifles is a tack driver. I can’t even imagine the amount of critters that have succumbed on their farm with this combo. It just works, even for coyote size animals.