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Posted on 1/2/16 at 5:58 am
Posted by Athletix
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Member since Dec 2012
5070 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 5:58 am
Was driving home from work this morning and saw something I haven't seen since I was a kid...a Grey Fox. The crazy part was that I saw 2, and there's a good chance there were more. I was passing around a curve, and I saw some eyes off the road at the edge of a field. Slowed down and saw 2 sets of eyes low to the ground. Was able to angle my lights towards them as they skitted off. Pretty cool considering it's an animal I've seen once in my lifetime.

So, this sight sparked a debate me and some guys have had. Would you shoot a fox in the wild?

I've had the opportunity where I could have killed 1 red fox for sure and could have taken a decent shot on another. I passed on both. They are pretty rare in our area so to me it would be a selfish harvest. I'd be killing it just to say I did, but I'd be robbing other hunters of the opportunity to see a really pretty animal.

What says the OB on killing a Fox
Posted by The Rodfather
I'm not really sure?
Member since Nov 2008
3941 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 6:06 am to
I let a nice red fox walk earlier this year. Although I was waiting on horns, I think I would have still let it walk of I was looking for ole flat top too.
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 6:44 am to
I've seen more red foxes than I could count. We have one that shows up at the house every year with the June Bugs and hangs underneath a street light all night eating them. Probably the same bastard that was using the pile of rice bran in my bow stand as a litter box.

Id shoot a red but pretty sure Greys are protected
This post was edited on 1/2/16 at 6:45 am
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
13498 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 7:38 am to
I let foxes and bobcats walk. Coyotes are dead dogs walking though.
Posted by DocHolliday1964
Member since Dec 2012
1305 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 8:37 am to
All foxes(red/grey) are protected and can only be taken by licensed trapper during trapping season per LDWF
Posted by Creamer
louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
2817 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 10:56 am to
I just passed a fresh red Fox carcass in front of Lee high on Lee. Sucks to see one go like that.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38966 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 11:33 am to
there is a beautiful grey fox that dens in an abandoned culvert down the woods from my house. In ten years I've watched her raise pups at least three times. Gorgeous animal

unfortunately she found my chicken coop/yard and cleaned me out, twice. I stayed up nights stalking her and tried a trap, but no success. I've decided to wait her out and hope she moves on, I'm not going to shoot her (if I even could get a shot) unless I catch her in the coop
Posted by OhFace55
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
7040 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 12:09 pm to
We have a huge fox population in Sonora. They will aboslutely wreck turkey and quail populations so we shoot them as much as possible.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30744 posts
Posted on 1/2/16 at 4:44 pm to
Shooting a fox without a trappers license is not legal every where
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