how do you combat foxes

[cmom]

I haven't used the leg traps in along time since we have had more people moving into our area. Now I use the live traps in case I catch someones cat or dog. Recently I caught 2 cats, a rabbit , a fox and a turkey vulture in a live trap.

 

[cmom]

Last nights visitor. There is another camera on the tree behind the coyote.

Here is the coyote, you can see the other camera. The pictures make the cameras look like a bright light is coming from them. It's the infrared light from the cameras. These two cameras aren't my best cameras.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I've scanned over some other folks' posts here and I would say if you are having a consistent problem, start trapping. If you're going with foot traps, really search on how to make a set for it and what type of hole/smells the fox will go for. But you're very likely going to end up with a dog, raccoon, cat- something you weren't aiming for. This is why trappers end up carrying catch poles in case they have to let someone's dog go. We also have to have tags on our traps in the state with our contact info on them. So, as mentioned, consider a big caged live trap. Use safety, and research on it for sure. If you're unsure of how to go about it, your state should have a Trapper's Association with contact info for nuisance trappers that would be happy to help remove them (and they'd probably enjoy the hide as well). If you trap the fox yourself, it can open up a door to tanning beautiful furs.

 

[kelly52862]

I have 2 really good farm dogs. One is a chaser, which works great for a fox. The other likes to kill, but is not fast enough to catch a fox. It is very hard to trap a fox. I got 1 in 20 years of trapping!

 

[cmom]

The couple of fox that I caught were mangy and stunk.

 

[Camellia]

Oh golly sorry for duch a late reply.. Haha life has been pręty stressful lately so i dont have the time to log onto this forum.

Anyeays, to answer all of your questions this is where the fox tried to śqueeze his way into the run

 

[Camellia]

View attachment 1813116 Oh golly sorry for duch a late reply.. Haha life has been pręty stressful lately so i dont have the time to log onto this forum.

Anyeays, to answer all of your questions this is where the fox tried to śqueeze his way into the run

Wow dont mind all those spelling errors. I have no clue know why i havent disablaed my polish+german keyboard on my Phone yet

 

[wamtazlady]

The problem with killing a fox is that another will surely come by and take over the territory of the dead fox. I have a fox den about 200 yards from my coop. The den is in the state park that abuts the property. That means I can not legally go after the fox while it is in the den. However, if it comes onto my property to kill chickens I can legally shoot it. I can shoot it IF I spot it in time. Have not lost any chickens as long as they stayed inside a perimeter of electric poultry netting. Advantage of the netting is that the local fox learns to leave a yard alone. The local fox keeps any other foxes out of the area.

 

[cmom]

I think that works also for coyotes. Here we have a lot of coyotes because nothing preys on the coyotes. I killed 2 foxes that killed some of my birds and I still see more on my game cameras especially at night.