2015 FOXBUSTERS Fox Tally and Data Summary

Foxes Shot 167               Data recorded on 152 foxes
Males (dog) 77 = 50.5%
Females (vixen) 75 = 49.5%
Sex Not Recorded 15
Heaviest Fox 7.83kg
Lightest Fox 0.75kg
Average Weight (148 foxes weighed) 4.64kg
Healthy foxes recorded 141 = 92.5%
Mangy foxes recorded 11 = 7.5%
Young foxes 71 = 46.7%
Mature foxes 77 = 50.6%
Old foxes 4 = 2.7%
Ages not recorded 15
Feral Cats 1
Foxes taken with rifles 126 = 83%
Foxes taken with shotguns 26 = 17%
Calibres used

12Ga, .243, .308, .22-250, .223, .22mag, .22rf
Stomach contents

Sheep carrion, spiders, racehorse goanna, canola, wheat, oats, mice, grasshoppers, bird?, rabbits, parrots, wool, beetles, lizard, kangaroo, maggots, blowfly pupae, frog, chook, centipede, hair, sheep feedlot mix, sheep afterbirth, crickets, insect?, earwigs, water beetles, figs, mulberries

Tape worm in intestines

 

Spotlight Shooting Stats
Kilometres Driven 741.6
Hectares Viewed 18,824
Foxes Seen 328
Foxes Shot 167
Number of Hunts 29
Average Foxes per Hunt 5.76
Population Density
Highest Density Hectares per Fox 23.33
Lowest Density Hectares per Fox 405
Average Hectares per Fox 57.4

Guest Hunters/Observers 21