So I knew I had a fox around. Just couldn’t find him. Anyways it’s 730/8pm and I look out my window to see how the birds are and if they’re starting to go in their coop.
I see them all flocked to one side of the run staring at something....
I look over and I spy a fox.
well I wasn’t gonna let him get any closer cause they’re my birds. I grab my .45 and fire one off at it.
I did not expect to hit as it was 50-60 feet away and I was standing at the back door of the house.
Well it ran off quicker than my sons snot rockets fly.
How likely is he to return tomorrow night around the same time?
what if I put a live rooster (I have 7 in my flock and one is a jerk I’ve been considering culling) inside a small wire dog cage (alive) and use it to bait the fox.
I have my rifle and my bow nearby now so he won’t escape again. I promise you that.
I just need to know what you experts might have to say on when I might expect him, will he try coming the same way again? Will live bait help?
Thoughts? Ideas?
I see them all flocked to one side of the run staring at something....
I look over and I spy a fox.
well I wasn’t gonna let him get any closer cause they’re my birds. I grab my .45 and fire one off at it.
I did not expect to hit as it was 50-60 feet away and I was standing at the back door of the house.
Well it ran off quicker than my sons snot rockets fly.
How likely is he to return tomorrow night around the same time?
what if I put a live rooster (I have 7 in my flock and one is a jerk I’ve been considering culling) inside a small wire dog cage (alive) and use it to bait the fox.
I have my rifle and my bow nearby now so he won’t escape again. I promise you that.
I just need to know what you experts might have to say on when I might expect him, will he try coming the same way again? Will live bait help?
Thoughts? Ideas?
The fox will keep coming back lurking looking for an opportunity to get your birds and it will if it finds an opportunity. I have trapped and eliminated foxes that have killed my birds. I have used leg traps and live traps. I have sat out and waited with my gun but I prefer to trap them and eliminate them. I don't kill anything that hasn't killed any of my birds. I have seen fox, coyote, bobcat, coons, possums, skunks, as well as aerial predators. It is illegal to kill birds of prey. An owl I caught after it had killed some birds, I called some wildlife people and they came and got it. Your best defense is to make sure your birds are well protected. I have electric wires around my coops and pens, concrete under the gates and heavy duty netting covering all of the pens. In some places I dug a trench along the bottom of the fence and buried some welded wire a foot deep and attached it to the bottom of the fence with hog rings all due to losses from predators in the past. If anything tries to get my birds it will know it. Most predators first examine with their noses. Once they touch the electric wires they don't test them again. I have several game cameras and have seen a lot of predators roaming here especially at night. Good luck...
