Do you like foxes living near your house.......

[MossRoad]

AND, no annoying encyclopedia salesman to deal with either! :laughing:

I think we had one of those varmints around our house back in the 60's.... and my mom scared it away with a broom! :laughing:

 

[tcreeley]

We had a young fox trying to bust into our chicken yard with the chickens just a few feet away a couple of years ago. I went out onto my deck and hollered at it. It ran away. I haven't seen it since. - It is our neighbor's dogs that I don't like, and the deer in our garden. The turkeys are in the back field. Had some moose tracks back in March, but not much else. One skunk.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Hey Rob, "beware the man with one gun ..." :laughing: eh?

That looks like a typical gray, and whose color pattern is why fox squirrels are called such as much as for their similarly bushy tails.

Around here grays run ~the same or smaller size than reds. What CalG said about size, mostly. 20lb may happen somewhere, but d__ few of us will ever see one 15lb or more.

Here, the gray might have been 7-8 lbs the reds 10 or 12, and the 'yotes say upper teens and lo-mid 20s.


They are typical of what I've seen in 15 yrs trapping. btw, The pic is from last fall, and sadly shows three straight bad years vs one half-decent (no rats, beaver, coon t'all ) On guessing the weight, I only handle animals at/to dispatch and when running a line, never touch 'em again once in the shed. ('Teamwork' )

Everyone's "Awww, what cute babies .." is someone's PITA so IMO "you never stand so tall as when you stoop to stomp a varmint." (CarToons (C))

I had to go back and re-read my post, you are right, it's a gray... That's the second time I called it a cross in a post!! I guess I'm getting senile!!

Anyway, like I said, my Krieghoff has been my "go to gun" for many years now, lower bbl. is chambered 8x57, I load 200 grain Noslers to 2,550fps, so it's pretty potent, no problem at all taking moose and bear,

I've spent many a day in the bush, carrying it around, getting the days food and always having the right gun for the job! And at 7 pounds it's easy to carry too... Here's another shot of it,

SR

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I had to go back and re-read my post, you are right, it's a gray... That's the second time I called it a cross in a post!! I guess I'm getting senile!!

Anyway, like I said, my Krieghoff has been my "go to gun" for many years now, lower bbl. is chambered 8x57, I load 200 grain Noslers to 2,550fps, so it's pretty potent, no problem at all taking moose and bear,

I've spent many a day in the bush, carrying it around, getting the days food and always having the right gun for the job! And at 7 pounds it's easy to carry too... Here's another shot of it,

SR

Shot quite a few Krieghoff Trap O/Us. In general, very well made and I assume their rifles are the same. I am jealous of that set you have. :thumbsup:

 

[Michael Aos]

We had a fox jump over the backyard fence, then sit down and beg.

Never messed with our cats. ~10lb fox, ~20lb cat.
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[BoylermanCT]

We have fox, coy-wolves and bobcats. Somehow they manage to not kill each other off. I get pics every week of all three. Foxes and Coyotes at night, bobcat during the day.

 

[ovrszd]

Great pics!!! Had a yearling bobcat trot past me 100ft away in the yard. Beautiful speciman. Too startled to think of getting out my phone for a pic.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

We have plenty of bobcats around here, in fact I caught this one in a live trap,

SR

 

[DaveNJ]

We have plenty of bobcats around here, in fact I caught this one in a live trap,

SR

Hey Rob, that little kitty looks happy to see ya; did you pick it up and pet it? They aren't too common here, I'm out doors all the time and have seen only two in the last several years.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Trust me, he was NOT a happy camper! lol

SR