Red Fox

[dsb5610]

Caught this guy roaming the field beside the house. Shot from my garage. I'm pretty sure it's a Red Fox though we do have plenty of Coyote in the area. Anyone know how to differentiate between them?

Dark tip tail is coyote, light tip is fox. Size, posture and tail helps distinguish between them also.

I have CRP ground surrounding my place with plentiful field mice, ring-neck pheasants and bob-white quail so we are serenaded by the little varmints on a regular basis. I see them periodically but only when I do not have the 22-250 with me.

I am keeping my eye open for a good used 20D. If I can get one hopefully I will get some shots like those.

dsb

 

[EddieWalker]

I was hoping to see a fox in them, but it's still a great shot of a coyote. I've only seen a few wild fox's in my life and consider them to be very dificult to find or see out in the open.

Did you know the Red Fox is not native to North America? It's from Europe and was brought here many years ago.

Eddie

 

[RobS]

I was hoping to see a fox in them, but it's still a great shot of a coyote. I've only seen a few wild fox's in my life and consider them to be very dificult to find or see out in the open.

Did you know the Red Fox is not native to North America? It's from Europe and was brought here many years ago.

Eddie

I have seen a couple of foxes in the wild, most recently this past spring. I was at Turkey Run State Park in Indiana (fantastic place!) photographing Pileated Woodpeckers. I turned around and a fox was trotting down the trail. By the time I brought my camera up he was gone.

 

[czechsonofagun]

I was hoping to see a fox in them, but it's still a great shot of a coyote. I've only seen a few wild fox's in my life and consider them to be very dificult to find or see out in the open.

Did you know the Red Fox is not native to North America? It's from Europe and was brought here many years ago.

Eddie

Plenty of foxes in Virginia. Sometimes at night I see them running cross the road back and forth - it stops, looks in the ditch and runs back - like chasing a rabbit in the culvert or something

 

[JB4310]

here's a fox, red?

 

[RobS]

Yup, now that I know the difference between a coyote and fox, I'd say you got yourself a fox there. Good job catching him with your camera, they're normally pretty shy.

 

[motepoc]

I can't see it, but fom the looks of the ring around the tree (grass missing), I'd say that fox was on a leash. Any possibility?

 

[jinman]

I can't see it, but fom the looks of the ring around the tree (grass missing), I'd say that fox was on a leash. Any possibility?

Looks like the fox is sniffin' around the ashes of a burn pile to me. That "ring" doesn't go around the tree; it's in the foreground.

Nice shot JB4310! I love your trees too.

 

[JB4310]

I can't see it, but fom the looks of the ring around the tree (grass missing), I'd say that fox was on a leash. Any possibility?

No, but if I caught one I probably would try it, one had a liter near by and though I didn't see them the kids saw the pups and said they were real cute. That's an area I crubbed out some bushes.
here's some grainy pics of a coyote.

 

[JB4310]

Looks like the fox is sniffin' around the ashes of a burn pile to me. That "ring" doesn't go around the tree; it's in the foreground.

Nice shot JB4310! I love your trees too.

Thanks, though it looks very rural, I live in an urban area of central CT just outside of Hartford, we do have a fair amount of wild life though. One day my wife called me and said it looked like a scene out of Bambi, 3 does running around the yard with a fox and a big buck looking in the kitchen window when she was washing the dishes, scared the heck out of her. Here's what I saw last Friday when I came home.

 

[jinman]

Here's a photo of a gray fox I caught snooping around my deer feeder last night. This new critter-cam I got for Christmas is sure fun. I have more rabbit and raccoon pictures than I'll ever need; lots of deer and turkeys too.

 

[JB4310]

Nice picture, I saw those cameras at Cabellas but was worried some one could steal it, don't they have a cable lock on them though.

 

[JESSE1]

I work shift work so it's usually around 7pm before I get home and feed the cows. I always make a loop around the pasture to check for any problems. I ride my Gator and use a spotlight to look around. Been seeing a lot of wildlife lately. Usually see a coyote or two and have been seeing a grey fox. Those eyes on the fox light up as big as headlights when that spotlight hits them. The coyotes and raccoon's eyes light up but not as big as the fox.

 

[jinman]

Those eyes on the fox light up as big as headlights when that spotlight hits them. The coyotes and raccoon's eyes light up but not as big as the fox.

Well, these raccoon eyes are pretty bright. We have a family of five and a single large male that have come to the feeder and got caught by the camera. I think this picture is funny because they are all lined up.

My camera is a Cabelas camera, but it only came with couple of small bungee cords to hang on the tree. It's only about 150 feet from my house, so I can easily keep an eye on it. I wouldn't want to put it out on a deer lease somewhere in the boonies. That's a sure formula for someone to help themself to your camera.

 

[diyDave]

You coulda got all those coons with one shot, I recommend a 220 swift,from the prone position.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

I would use a .22 short on them coons. Coon pelts are way up. Not what we were getting back in the '80's, but better than nuttin'.
A swift would deflect after the first hit. I'd use the .300 Win mag. for a combo shot.