Drat it all! It's a daylight fox raid

[cmom]

I will eliminate anything that bothers/kills my birds, but if they don't, I don't bother them. My birds are well protected. I see a lot of predators on my cameras. They respect the electric wires that go around my coops and pens.

 

[AgnesGray]

I will eliminate anything that bothers/kills my birds, but if they don't, I don't bother them. My birds are well protected. I see a lot of predators on my cameras. They respect the electric wires that go around my coops and pens.

Same. Our electric wires keep out coyotes, foxes, raccoons, opossums, and other small predators so far. Have never had a wolf test it out, but we've seen them on our cameras.

 

[cmom]

No wolves here. I know there are bear but I have never seen one. Other than that coyote, fox, coons, possums, bobcats, skunks, hawks, eagles and owls are the primary predators here. Here is a coyote. They respect the electric wire. This is the chick/grow-out coop.

There is more of the pen on the other side of the coop and another pop door on the other side.

 

[AgnesGray]

No wolves here. I know there are bear but I have never seen one. Other than that coyote, fox, coons, possums, bobcats, skunks, hawks, eagles and owls are the primary predators here. Here is a coyote. They respect the electric wire. This is the chick/grow-out coop.
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There is more of the pen on the other side of the coop and another pop door on the other side.

Always amazes me to see them back off from the wire. We've seen the flash of the spark on the night cam and they never stick around to get shocked a second time.

 

[cmom]

Same here. I have heard some being surprised by the wire especially when we first put it up. I think the adults teach their young not to touch the wire.

 

[AgnesGray]

Same here. I have heard some being surprised by the wire especially when we first put it up. I think the adults teach their young not to touch the wire.

Definitely! I have some stories I could tell about that.

 

[TexasTurkeyMama]

To the OP, what type of traps have you been setting? If cage traps....which one exactly.....brand name and size? Under the right conditions, some cage traps may work for a fox. Seldom if ever for a coyote. In both cases, if you are open to it, you may want to investigate coil spring foot traps or if conditions allow for it, snares or collar restraints. Either of those in the right hands will be more effective for coyotes or a fox. There is a learning curve, but it is doable.

And if have not already done so, it would help you to set a trail / game camera up......and point it down the fence line where you think your varmint made his entry. That will tell you what and where and you can proceed from there.

If you are working with your neighbor, they should do the same. But be advised, if neighbor is allowing birds to free range, varmint will probably wipe them out (easy pickings!) before it comes back to you......so you have a few days to get ready.

I am operating a large live trap with the spring loaded foot pedal the predator steps on to reach the live bait behind two layers of wire. It is too small for a hog. We used it so catch bobcats. We have some "hand" traps but where to plant them is always a problem. We have
placed one game camera but no good pics yet. Whatever I do I will keep neighbors informed.

Thanks for your response.

 

[TexasTurkeyMama]

I set a smaller trap for the fox and a hog trap for coyote. We had processes a lot of birds and a couple of pkgs found their way to the bottom of the freezer so I used the frozen chicken as bait. I cut it up i pieces and would put some in the traps every day and after a few days set the traps and caught the fox. I had been seeing the fox during the day and even though I was outside the fox grabbed a bird, my favorite.

Is the hog trap pictured with the coyote in your game camera pic?

 

[cmom]

Yes.