I've gotta kill that Fox!!!

[SPIKER]

Took a walk today up to the back corner to see momma Fox out sunning herself she was positively glowing red, kind of looked like a 2 dollar harlot night prior to the ships docking

I was pretty happy she looked very healthy & still had a very nice coat on her but I have already fed her 3 or 4 woodchucks in the last 2 weeks Yep they make pretty good ground hog (or "Ground Chucks":/ after a few 22LR shots) that keeps her up in her corner of our woods.

\Mark

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I saw that BLASTED FOX!!!!

YESTERDAY!!!!

Of course I was DRIVING my truck, off my property (on the gravel easement) driving back from planting my new mailbox I built and since I was out in Public I was UN-ARMED!!!!

Honestly though the fox was doing mach-3 running out of my neighbors pasture into the woods (without a chicken).

But GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

David

 

[RobertBrown]

I don't see the fox in the picture......... the fox is not in the picture.:confused3:

I expected to see a head shot, chicken stealin, rascal with skull fragments and it's eyes bugged out.
I don't think he's takin you real serious....runnin around in the daylight and such......:dance1:.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I don't see the fox in the picture......... the fox is not in the picture.:confused3:

I expected to see a head shot, chicken stealin, rascal with skull fragments and it's eyes bugged out.
I don't think he's takin you real serious....runnin around in the daylight and such......:dance1:.

I will post pic soon as I get it...
I promise...

I will be home most of tomorrow...

David

 

[Combustix]

He just saw one on night and decided to give it a go. He would throw the dogs out by the light and sit in the house watching, and checking the time they would come in. They would also hit the dogs and move on and he would use two dogs broken in half, so you had to be quick.

Don't know how the ones behind it figured it out put we shot 3 foxes at 9 pm three nights in a row, and he had already shot half a dozen before he called me. I'm just figuring with a foxes keen sense they follow behind each other, in a territorial way picking up scraps from the ones before it. All I know is the hot dogs worked. They were not directly under the light but off to the side were you can see the fox when he appeared but not in direct light.

 

[chucko]

"How did he get it to show up at 9pm?" They are critters of habit. If the show up at 9 one night then chances are they will show up at 9+- the next night

 

[tractchores]

We have a fox here. Stepson's australian shepard decided to chase it and she is fast. After about a minute fox decided to quit playing and ditched the dog. Them foxes are fast.
It is amazing punctual critters are. When we were feeding the cat outside we had racoons, opossums and skunks trying to get it. Feeding times were based on critter type but you could set your watch by them. Took a year and a half to trap out the raccoons, they were the worst. Skunks gave up the easiest and didn't need to trap any. We had moved the cat food in the garage and I guess the critters could smell it.

They do seem to develop schedules. A trail cam is a great way to get to understand them. For example I have deer that come into my yard every Wed night with very little variance. It's been 2 years and they're there virtually ever Wed at about the same time. Our predators are slightly less predictable (probably following food), but when there is a food source consistently they seem to show up consistently. We had racoons that would show up at the bird feeder every night at the same time. When I started chasing them they started to get smart and only showed up when the lights were out. Eventually we removed the food and they stopped coming.

 

[jonyyuma]

The coons and possums would raid our carport and chew the lid off the rubbermaid container,had to buy a steel trash can and close the garage door sooner...All our small wild critters seem to like cat food??l