Attempting to Bag a Red Fox

[centrarchid]

Son saw fox near camera. Camera currently without card. It is very hot during middle of day when fox sighted. Chickens near upper tolerance for heat index.

 

[Matejka]

It is hot. Everyone suffering I including me. 98 now with 90% humidity. Yuck. You blink and full body sweat. I'm miserable. Fans blow hot air.

 

[centrarchid]

Still no fox, not coming into range of cameras at all. We left a carcass out, but only dogs checked it. Raccoons not coming in. Rabbits becoming more evident again, maybe fox concentrating efforts on another location?

 

[Matejka]

Still no fox, not coming into range of cameras at all. We left a carcass out, but only dogs checked it. Raccoons not coming in. Rabbits becoming more evident again, maybe fox concentrating efforts on another location?

Maybe, just maybe a predator got your predator (fox).

 

[Matejka]

Fast guide to what Eats a fox
Eagles Owls
Wolves Coyotes
Mountain Lions Bobcats
Leopards Bears
Wolverines Foxes
Humans

 

[centrarchid]

It is most likely still around, just not here in range of cameras.

 

[aart]

Rabbits becoming more evident again, maybe fox concentrating efforts on another location?

It's snacking on bunnies.

 

[centrarchid]

It's snacking on bunnies.

It has bunnies here, that is why it comes. Chickens gotten irregularly at best unless it is getting birds of neighbor to north. They have only two chickens, so not likely.

 

[centrarchid]

Fox coming in from both directions, but not where chickens are located. May be more than one. First one went through by trap-line, then a few minutes later female dog went after a fox in orchard. She ran up wing on latter, but gave herself away growling and chuffing with tail held high.

We also found a Gray Fox and Badger a couple miles away. Neither suitable for skull collection.

 

[centrarchid]

Fox came in today as chicks going to roost. I did not see it at first. A rabbit came out of bushes from behind pens in direction of barn. After hopping very close to young chicks it settled within about 10' of me and started to feed looking back into direction from which is came. Female dog had a different view and could see rabbit as well. I was between dog and rabbit. Dog was also focused on where rabbit came from. Just as I could see nose of fox the dog charged after it and chased it a piece. It probes even with me and dogs present. It was coming down wind so likely did not know we were present until dog charged. Dog got within 20 feet of it.