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"If" you hit them in the right place
"If", is the middle word in Life.
I agree with MCWalk. I have shot some foxes with the 204, it ain't the rifle you want for what you want to do with fox. I shot one at over 100 yds, thought the range would decrease the damage, granted he was moving pretty good and I hit him a little farther back than I had intended, but there was a piece of hide holding the two halves together. It was a Blitzking and it hit the spine, UGLY. Yeah! maybe a soft point would have been different, but I doubt it.
Any bullet larger in diameter than .172 will do more damage than you want to a fox. There are some of us here who have experimented with several different rifles/calibers. I have even found some loads/bullets in the 17's are to much. Currently, I am shooting a wildcat, 17 Ackley Hornet or a 17 Fireball and you occassionally still hit em wrong. Push the feather fast and hope it don't come out.
The objective of calling is "calling them closer to you", use a smaller 17 or rimfire or shotgun. I don't like shotguns, so I will use the 17 AH and 17 Fireball.
Foxes are pretty darn fragile.