Guys, I am really quite distressed at this talk of getting a gun and shooting a fox.
It makes it sound as though anyone can pick up a shotgun (or .22 or whatever), point, pull and have a dead fox.
If you are going to shoot a living creature, I would hope that you are going to want to be completely sure that you will kill it outright 100% - and that if you wound it, you would have the wherewithall (dog and commitment) to track it down and dispatch it.
Have-a-go unskilled chicken owners should please, if they have a local hunt, first call in the experts - who do not ever leave a wounded fox. (They may not catch it every time, but if it's wounded, it's a goner.)