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2. Fox resting on Ken E.'s rifle. "I was out drive-hunting on a day that I probably should have stayed home (yea, right!). The wind was blowing quite a bit and visibility near the ground was often reduced to less than 100 yards. I've found that when the weather gets miserable, the predators seem to become more active (I could've stayed at home and had a hot bowl of soup <G>). This fox crossed in front of my vehicle and ran out to a clump of bushes in the middle of a field. I drove another couple hundred yards to a fence line, parked, and commenced my stalk. The wind was at a good angle and the blowing snow made an approach easy. At about a hundred yards from the bush that the fox was in, I lay down and blew on my call. Immediately the fox ran out and stopped. I could see him quite well despite the blowing snow so I crosshaired him and fired. There was a big blast of snow in front of me. Damn, I was too low and had hit a snowbank in front of my rifle. Fortunately the fox basically ignored the shot and I was able adjust my position and bag it with the next shot. I picked him up and started back to my vehicle. As I walk, I continually look around the full 360 degrees, and was fortunate to spot a coyote that was coming in from a different direction. He hadn't seen me yet, so I dropped to the snow, got my rifle ready, and called. Unfortunately he was close to being straight downwind, and the swirling snow soon obscured him. I never saw him again. I took this picture when I got back to the vehicle. You'll see evidence of how windy it was-the action of the rifle filled with snow! The rifle is a 600 Remington in .222."