And all those little foxes are learning what poultry tastes like.... and where to get them soon.Got hold of FWC.
@NatJ was 99% of the way there.
You can't hunt (or take) grey fox in FL because FWC hasn't established a season for them, nor declared them fair game. However, my fox, in my circumstances, qualifies as a nuisance animal. As it is on my own property, no permit required. And as my property is in the middle of nowhere, they'd prefer I engage in "self-help".
Not sure I want to - my wife did more reading, suspicion is its a female grey fox very active, trying to feed its kits. Activitylevel should drop dramatically in the next month or so. and is likely a problem because the neighbo just knocked down about 20 acres - harvested some timber, left the rest on the ground. Disrupted a lot of nearby habitat.
If not taking the fox means fewer mice and rats, I'm willing to make that trade.
That said.... I haven't gone after the fox I seen. I had one lame rooster tore up and I had to put down. 3 hens lost feathers but are ok... I'm not sure if it was the fox or a pair of coyotes I seen a week later. I was in the house less than a half hour between 8 and 8:30 am when it happened.