Phil fox man
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i too have a internal body clock, every morning at 7 am I take a dump! only problem is I don't get out of bed til 8am
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Sonicdmb73
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Ok I’ll give you that one.I think being efficient, effective and economic would describe it best!
No show between 1800 and 0030..!! I'm aware foxes a creatures of habit, Ive shot hundreds returning at similar times I'd seen them previous nights, but wasn't sure if they'd break habit to return for previous kills, some partially buried
I managed to find signs where the fox had come through a fence, this was about 400y from the chicken coupe and lead straight into the deer pens. I assume the earth is somewhere in the willows which is sandwiched between the deer pens and the M1, so probably just short of a mile in total
I've just been to check and two of the three birds left out have been disturbed. One has had the beast eaten out, could be anything.! And another has had the head removed.!
A camera is going up today to try and establish a time, obviously somewhere between 0030 and 0700 lol. The photo is leading in to the deer pens
I managed to find signs where the fox had come through a fence, this was about 400y from the chicken coupe and lead straight into the deer pens. I assume the earth is somewhere in the willows which is sandwiched between the deer pens and the M1, so probably just short of a mile in total
I've just been to check and two of the three birds left out have been disturbed. One has had the beast eaten out, could be anything.! And another has had the head removed.!
A camera is going up today to try and establish a time, obviously somewhere between 0030 and 0700 lol. The photo is leading in to the deer pens
I think I would have a wire on that entry point. Save setting up a camera, save a wait and a bullet.
jimo
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Spike Milligan at his besti too have a internal body clock, every morning at 7 am I take a dump! only problem is I don't get out of bed til 8am
I'd loose the estate, I was stood on a busy road whilst taking that photo, the use of a snare isn't an option
Just sayin, didn't realise as you didn't declare the situation.
How many one eyed foxes have you seen?Lovely animal - I never cease to be just stunned by how their eyes reflect light so well.
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Smellydog
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Quite a few over the years.
Actually I have captured a few on trail cameras over the years. These were foxes I watched via trail camera for a while. When I popped them there was no discernible difference
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Andy seatrout
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I had one like that a few weeks back…. Legged it when I used the caller, stopped using it, used pheasant carcass as bait pinned to the ground with a road pin…. As soon as I switched from the thermal to the IR she buggered off sharpish.Meet slinky.
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Slinky keeps dodging me. Knows lamps and IR.
This is at a feeding place I feed. Not seen her for a couple of weeks since I took her feller!
Looks like more earlies
In the end I got her by going out on a moonlit night, could see her in the sightline N450 without IR….
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foxdropper
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In my experience foxes don’t use earths unless the weather dictates ie wind and rain .
Round here they use anything to lie up in including willow trees and barns .
Last night I watched a fox out in the middle of a field just mooching .It then curled up and went to sleep ,bearing in mind it was then freezing with frost on the ground .I left him alone ,no need to kill everything .
Round here they use anything to lie up in including willow trees and barns .
Last night I watched a fox out in the middle of a field just mooching .It then curled up and went to sleep ,bearing in mind it was then freezing with frost on the ground .I left him alone ,no need to kill everything .
I think it's now illegal to set a snare where a fox goes under / through a fence. Shame in a way, because it was always very effective. However I can see the logic - the snared fox tends to end up hung in the fence and dead, rather than alive awaiting dispatch, so the same would potentially happen to non target species caught accidentally.
Years ago I would have done the same, today things are different! Anyone thinking of setting a wire against a fence should check the suggested rules on fox snaring.
Easy enough as you and I know, build a little hedge on the run a couple of yards away with a gap. As It's on a main road no chance.
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