Husband shoots wife to Kill Fox

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I'd call it a good shoot, and leave it at that. The husband resolved a bad situation and kept it from becoming far worse.
 
The fox's jaws are already engaged. Grab it's neck and throttle the damn thing. Or grab it's neck to restrain it and then dispatch it with a blade.

Don't go shooting toward people to rescue them.
 
I think that the man did the best he can.

I guess I would of found a use for my mosin's bayonet, but shooting a animal with a 22 is not a bad idea. of course if I saw a fox that was not running away where i live I would get a gun as it most likely has rabies, but most people don't relize a animal that not scared of you is "Acting strangely" most of the time.
 
I'm going with the "It is better to get shot once in the leg with a small caliber than have a giant chunk torn out by kicking the fox" opinion. Angry critters don't take kindly to kicking. Probably the best overall outcome possible in the situation.
 
The fox's jaws are already engaged. Grab it's neck and throttle the damn thing. Or grab it's neck to restrain it and then dispatch it with a blade.
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Maybe use a thick comforter, towel or blanket while doing the this. Or maybe some big pliers or a channellock on the fox's neck.

Don't go shooting toward people to rescue them.
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Yep. One has to assume that the husband was totally well-intentioned and was doing the very best he could as quickly as possible.

But it's a bad, very bad, move to shoot his wife.

Therefore, it was a bad shoot.

Certainly, it was an extremely difficult situation for the husband. I don't denigrate his intentions. But he shot his wife. His "solution" was very poor. For the husband, in that situation, with those conditions, with his goal, the gun was the wrong tool to use.

Hmm, I wonder if they had a swimming pool.....
 
Many Monday morning shooters.
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No kidding.

Wife is being eaten alive by likely rabid animal.....

Animal is dead......

Wife is alive......


I don't think I'd be unhappy with that result if my family were to be in such a horrible predicament. Many chances for it to end much worse than it did.

His "solution" was very poor.
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You mean the part where his wife is still alive?
 
I think he did about as good as he could have given the siutation.

Fox attacking humans is rare outside of rabies, chances are he had to shoot quickly as a very mobile, chaotic target.

It's tough and traumatic, but it worked.
 
yesit'sloaded said:
I'm going with the "It is better to get shot once in the leg with a small caliber than have a giant chunk torn out by kicking the fox" opinion. Angry critters don't take kindly to kicking. Probably the best overall outcome possible in the situation.
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I agree!
 
Or grab it's neck to restrain it and then dispatch it with a blade.
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? Why do you think it would tolerate that? It would just re-engage its jaws on your hands or wrist. I don't think these suggestions are realistic at all.
 
1. If you have a wild animal somewhere boxed in, it will attack!
So why "go and look"?? Look through a window or something!
2. If you can't help yourself "looking" directly at it, get the gun first!
3. It's not that easy to hit a fox, since I am sure neither the wife nor the fox held still!
 
I wonder if they had a swimming pool.....
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I tried that with fireants one time after I stepped in a big nest of them. The ones that were biting me bit me harder.
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Ants can survive underwater for a lonnnnnnnnng time. Days or even weeks at a time.

I think a fox would need some air within 30 seconds or so.

If a fox ever chomps on my leg and doesn't let go and there's a pool nearby....well, I'm gonna hop over and do a half gainer into the pool pronto.

I certainly wouldn't let some brainiac with a gun have a go at it. Not after reading this thread.

It's a good thread to think about how to combat the gun is the tool for any emergency (GITFAE) syndrome. I'm glad Dave P. posted it.
 
? Why do you think it would tolerate that? It would just re-engage its jaws on your hands or wrist. I don't think these suggestions are realistic at all.
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I'm sure it would tolerate that better than my wife would a bullet wound on top of the fox bite. :p

Seriously though, I've tangled @$$ with larger canines than the average fox including a 160lb Great Dane. It's possible, and IMO a better option than discharging a weapon toward a loved one fighting with a wild animal. You may get bit, but so be it. Better than you shooting and potentially killing your spouse.

Granted she was only wounded, but what would everyone be saying here if the bullet had killed her? We're all talking about how the situation is dynamic. She's moving, the animal's moving. Shooting in that situation is the last option IMO. "It's only a .22" Yeah, well those kill or seriously wound too if they hit you in the wrong place.

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He also had to "go get his gun". While he's doing that his wife is undergoing more damage from the fox. Don't know about the fellow in this case but I've always got a pocketknife and my mits. Of course I've usually always got a gun too, but I realize it's not the one size fits all tool too.
 
My wife would have bit him back. I think a hose would have been the best idea, once he let go, it's target practice.
 
i still say beat the #@%$(&*!^@%#$ outta him. he may take part of my calf, but im going to have the satisfation of making him pay for it every second he holds on! but disregard my comments unless you have the same idea as me, which is
"be as mean and ruthless as what/who ever is attacking you"
 
Big difference. I'll take a healthy pit bull over a 'coon or fox with rabies any day.
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I'll take the rabies shot over increased damage from the MAJOR difference in jaw size and strength.

No comparison.

Besides, I'd rather deal with the rabid animal biting me than me shooting my wife.
 
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