How to deal with Red Foxes in GA???

[JacobH28]

Hello BYC community! Here in Georgia, red foxes are a protected species. However, they often pay my chickens a not-so-friendly visit and actually killed my only rooster today. How can I keep them pests away while it is illegal to kill them?

 

[LTAY1946]

Electric fencing. Close to the ground and every 6'' up to 3'.

 

[mossyoakpro]

Contact DNR and discuss a depredation permit with them...they are not protected...they just have a season on them that coincides with furbearer season.

 

[JacobH28]

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Contact DNR and discuss a depredation permit with them...they are not protected...they just have a season on them that coincides with furbearer season.

Okay thanks!

 

[Captain13]

I’m in central Georgia. All I did was call the local DNR office and they emailed me a 30 day permit to kill the foxes That were coming after my dogs and chickens.

 

[Coffetym]

If you aren’t in the city & can get the permit, I recommend something involving table scraps, a decent spotlight & a rim fire .22 rifle.
I call it bait, & eliminate!

 

[Captain13]

If you aren’t in the city & can get the permit, I recommend something involving table scraps, a decent spotlight & a rim fire .22 rifle.
I call it bait, & eliminate!

That’s what I’m talking about.

 

[spiceholler]

i am no hunter, but i have heard they are very hard to hunt. we had some success with a plastic owl and some of that anti fox spray (we free range). also foxes are very smart and learn your habits. we also seemed to have success by making a lot of noise randomly and running into the woods with the dog. apparently they are also very afraid of dogs. (maybe not tiny dogs though) anyhow, good luck.

 

[Coffetym]

Foxes are not very skittish animals. I have had them stand 60-70ft away with me shining a light on them. Some of them begin to ease into the trees/underbrush but others have just looked at me & then went back to eating.

 

[Captain13]

The last fox I eliminated was coming to my backyard fence just before sundown. My dogs would bark and he would just stare at them. I walked out a couple of times and he would just stare at me. He was not afraid of me or the dogs so I had to eliminate him. They are a major rabies carrier here so Deptof Natural Resources won’t trap them. Instead, they give permits to kill them.