Thanks, MudderChuck. I appreciate the insight. I'm afraid he is just going to be extra cautious now. I don't want to lose another chicken and I can't not let them free range. He may be dead for all I know. Him flinching like that has to mean he felt some lead.

I certainly don't mean to injure any animal and I intend on practicing more to avoid such scenarios. In addition to shooting accuracy, there is much benefit to how one sets up for fox. The last time I did this I used 00 buckshot (shot from a deer blind) and hit the fox really well. He didn't drop in front of me either, but it was clear he was mortally wounded and never came back. That was three years ago.

Last night, my mistake was not putting out a decoy. I had been doing that unsuccessfully, but the foxpro and a decoy would have kept him close long enough for a close up shot.