Great picture with the sun making the fox fur really stand out!  The Hepburn really looks good for a 140 year old rifle.  Does it take two men and a boy to cock it?     Tom

Nice looking fox , would we be correct to assume you were deer hunting, or do you generally hunt foxes with a 45 70  😀. Did you kill it in the same general area as the one from a few years ago.How long of a shot , and how far does a fox travel after being hit with a 300 grain bullet . That is a fine looking old rifle , thanks for sharing . JR

Fox is in the freezer….But going to the taxidermist tomorrow, not the kitchen.

I was deer hunting, and I happen to be about where I shot the one a few years ago. This one was sleeping on a hillside 200 yards away when I first saw him. I watched him for a couple hours to see what hed do when he awoke, which turned out to be not much. 

He lounged in the sun for a while, facing away with his head on his paws.

He was upwind of me so I got a small hill between us and then was able to belly crawl to the crest of the hill where I shot him. He was 75-80 yards away and my bullet took him a little above the base of the neck and exited out his right ear. He didnt so much as wiggle when hit, just a very slow settling of the head onto the ground.