just shot a fox need help asap

[syrupman]

i shot a monster grey fox today and i need advice on tracking...i wasnt hunting the fox it was an oppurtuinty...i shot it with my 22 magnum and i shot it from roughly 40 yards...when it hit the fox reared back from a sitting position for like 7 seconds...then it layed down right where i shot it for about 1 minute..me not wanting to ruin the hide didnt shoot it again thinking it was going to die in about 5 seconds...it got up and ran off then...i looked to see if he fell like 50 yards away immediately...didnt see him so i decided to back off and go looking in the morning.. i shot him in an open area...there is a swamp about 150 yards from where i shot him...i looked and didnt see much if any blood...what advice do yall have for searching for him..also will the hide still be good in the morning...

[Pro-Line]

Don't know what your temps are like...but the hide should still be good unless it's extremely warm.

Just track him like a deer. The situation scares me a little...with him laying there for a time, but you never know.

[halfbakedi420]

i would imagine it got tore to shreds by the time ya found it today?

[Sheridan]

Hope this helps;


http://www.minntrapprod.com/index.php

http://www.trapperman.com/

[Bocajnala]

Fox laying there seems kinda weird. Everyone I've shot if it didn't die right away twisted around nipping at itself and flipping all over the place, or ran immediately. I would try and track it just like anything else. Look for some hair/blood all that. Follow the trail. If that doesn't work walk a grid and look in the likely (and unlikely) places. Hope ya found him, give us an update.
-Jake

[TakemDrake]

ever find him?