How to attract foxes?

[CalG]

The goal is rodent reduction
I've had both red and grey fox through the yard recently.

I want to encourage them to take care of moles, voles, rock squirrels and grays.

Dog food placed in a rotted stump?

 

[ponytug]

How about some brush piles, pre-made dens...there are plans on the internet.

All the best, Peter

 

[hosspuller]

How to turn a fox into a dog ??
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Marry her.

 

[Thomas]

Keep coyotes long ways from them.

 

[bdhsfz6]

We encouraged Fox on our acreage a decade ago. I moved several hollow logs to the area near our compost pile and began adding meat scraps to the compost. We now have quite a number of resident Fox, mostly red but a few gray, and the rodent population is significantly lower. The trick is to tempt, but not over feed them. We really like to watch the kits play, and interact with mom.

I set up a game cam near the compost pile and have many good pics & videos

 

[LHF2019]

That’s awesome. I’m all for fox and coyotes. Everyone thinks I’m nuts because I have calves on pasture but until I have issues……

Hunters keep them in check

Major deer issues so more than enough for them to eat and foxes keep the stray cats at bay.

 

[ponytug]

Around here, coyotes do not appear to pose any threat to calves. When we moved out here, I asked a longtime local rancher about it. He said that in twenty five years he'd never lost a calf to coyotes, and then proceeded to point out a mountain lion den, and say "nor to mountain lions".

We've only seen foxes twice here, and once it peered in the living room window, so it was a close look. Pretty animals.

The local badgers help out both coyotes and foxes by creating what I call "starter dens" as the badgers go after ground squirrels.

All the best,

Peter

 

[CalG]

How about some brush piles, pre-made dens...there are plans on the internet.

All the best, Peter

I keep a pile of stumps covered with brush and limbs out by the vernal pool.

 

[bmaverick]

Foxes are fine, unless you have chickens, quail, or pheasants being raised on the farm. 12 miles north of my place is a huge pheasant farm. These are raised for the cruise ships.

 

[drumminj]

Foxes are fine, unless you have chickens, quail, or pheasants being raised on the farm. 12 miles north of my place is a huge pheasant farm. These are raised for the cruise ships.

We have a red fox that frequents our property. He usually goes to check out the chicken coop/run but so far hasn't been able to get in. Hoping "Fort Clucker" continues to live up to its name!

I didn't realize that hollow logs were a thing for them. Do they live in them vs dens dug in the ground? Starting to feel bad about the hollowed-out log I just burned yesterday...