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Anyone catch Fox..Foxes...Feese?
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:08 pm
My neighbor has 3 fox(plural) attacking her chickens in the night.
I have offered to shoot them but she doesnt want me to sacrifice a chicken in the process.
Anyone know the best way to catch them? They are too smart for cage traps and knaw their legs off in foot traps.
I have offered to shoot them but she doesnt want me to sacrifice a chicken in the process.
Anyone know the best way to catch them? They are too smart for cage traps and knaw their legs off in foot traps.
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Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:11 pm to jimjackandjose
Lol they wont chew their footoff in a foothold. Thats mainly raccoons, and i have caught a ton of those in footholds also. Just check the traps every morning right at daylight. If u leave it all day the animal will become stressed and may chew "mainly coon tho" have caught coyotes in footholds no problem with chewing either
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:12 pm to jimjackandjose
Why does a chicken have to be sacrificed? Assuming you meant if you were using a shotgun from a distance.
1. Get night vison goggles, beer, lawn chairs, and .22 rifles
2. Bring me, stake out the spot, and shoot fox
1. Get night vison goggles, beer, lawn chairs, and .22 rifles
2. Bring me, stake out the spot, and shoot fox
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:19 pm to TulaneUVA
I figured I would wound the chicken inhumanely so it would go to squealing and bleeding. Then smoke the sneaky fox bastards as they were lured into an easy dinner.
Or tie the chicken up and hope I shoot faster and better than the fox(s) complete their recon mission.
Or tie the chicken up and hope I shoot faster and better than the fox(s) complete their recon mission.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:22 pm to jimjackandjose
You can buy live traps with a chicken box built on them. The chicken is safe in the box. But they work better for bobcats. Fox are actually pretty easy to get in a foothold. Trap placement is key
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:34 pm to jimjackandjose
The only time ANY animal will "chew" (usually twist) its foot off in a trap is if you leave it in there way too long. Check the traps at daylight and you won't have a problem. I was catching and selling fox pelts at the age of 10.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:37 pm to Teague
Whats the going rate on a fox pelt?..I have one as a gift and I want to say it cost well over 50 bucks.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:42 pm to jimjackandjose
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Whats the going rate on a fox pelt?.
I have no idea these days. Not a lot. Just before my dad handed over the trapping to me, they were going for around $50 (in the 80's). When I was doing it, they were $25 but plummeted after that. I think they've gone back up a little, but I'm not sure.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:45 pm to Teague
Good fox 50-75. Bobcats with nice spots on belly go for much more. Fox and yote will fetch you much more alive tho
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:54 pm to FieldandStream
So if I catch them in a foot trap, can I walk up to them with gloves and catch them alive.
I heard you could do this with yotes.
Also, who buys them? Those hoyty toyty people who wear tights and ride horses chasing fox and beagles? Do they ever even catch one?
I heard you could do this with yotes.
Also, who buys them? Those hoyty toyty people who wear tights and ride horses chasing fox and beagles? Do they ever even catch one?
Posted on 8/2/12 at 2:57 pm to FieldandStream
I averaged 18 on reds and 24 on greys. I only sold about 9 reds and 13 greys though. Coyote was about 12 and bobcat were around 45 this year.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 3:34 pm to jimjackandjose
quote:
can I walk up to them with gloves and catch them alive.
I heard you could do this with yotes.
No you can not walk up to a coyote and catch it with gloves on. You can grab fox by the tail stretch them out and grab them behind the head. If it was me and instead of having to get rabie shots when one bites you I would use a catch pole.
You can not sale the hides right now and even if you could they are not any good this time of year. Unless you have a license you can not sale them live either. Just knock them in the head or relocate them far away from where you live.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 3:46 pm to Zukitiger
I have a piece of 3/4" PVC with a cabled noose through it I used to use to hold the coyotes down. I'd pin their head down, then get their leg out of the trap. I'd bring along a dog kennel to put them in for transport. After they are in that kennel for a little while they get kinda tame and quit biting everything. That was back before coyotes were much of a problem anywhere. Now they are becoming more and more abundant. I wouldn't keep one alive now, even for the $100/ea I was getting just a couple years ago from the fox pens. If I see someone transporting a live coyote I might shoot him...and the coyote.
As far as your fox problem, if the lady is against killing the fox, she shouldn't be against losing a chicken.
As far as your fox problem, if the lady is against killing the fox, she shouldn't be against losing a chicken.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 3:58 pm to tenfoe
Sounds like I should just shoot em.
She likes her hens. Good egg layers.
She likes her hens. Good egg layers.
Posted on 8/2/12 at 4:57 pm to jimjackandjose
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Feese?
This made me lol for real
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