The Fox’s Year
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Dependent upon conditions etc cubs can be born from Jan through to May.
I stole it & pinned it next to my office calendar
Makes the Close Season instantly recognisable!
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That must be on the reverse side.
Smellydog
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Close season! Just when birds are breeding they are their most murderous!
Seen enough to not be sentimental about it.
Nickb
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Spot on , no close season on foxes for me.
Local lapwing , Curlew and grey partridge appreciate it.
Me too - try try and do the hard work back end - but cant get them all at the right time - Take consolation that aunts will always take on litters if the vixen gets caught and they dont - but honestly no inch can be given
Nickb
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I appreciate this but not always possible.
buckfever
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I understand it's not possible for everyone or every den to be found and wouldn't stop me from shooting them either especially that time of year when they cause most damage
Smellydog
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An old keeper, a very good friend of mine in his late eighties told me of a tiny fox cub he found.
He took it home and his then young daughter played with. It would hide behind the aga and pinch food left out for it.
He told me how he expected it to not survive on the food they were giving to it at such a young age but it did and it grew to an adult. They had to let it go in the end as they could never totally tame it.
He also told me and I've witnessed it myself that cubs will survive on fly, grubs and good ol' fresh poop!
They are wild animals, conditioned to survive and survive they do. They do not rely on sentimentality, if they did, they would be no more!
He took it home and his then young daughter played with. It would hide behind the aga and pinch food left out for it.
He told me how he expected it to not survive on the food they were giving to it at such a young age but it did and it grew to an adult. They had to let it go in the end as they could never totally tame it.
He also told me and I've witnessed it myself that cubs will survive on fly, grubs and good ol' fresh poop!
They are wild animals, conditioned to survive and survive they do. They do not rely on sentimentality, if they did, they would be no more!
John Gryphon
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Last page on the calendar.....Seen elsewhere- no idea of accuracy but posted just in case it is
Smellydog
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An old Baikal John. Near indestructible.
Had to bend a barrel on one once in the field. Thing was shooting a bit high.
John Gryphon
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yes truck axle bored out to .12G,hard and tough and a full choke when they mean FULL....can you believe I put solids through it too..stock is cracked lol.
Smellydog
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They always crack. Beech or birchwood.
The tightest 12g one I had was stamped .710" then full choke.
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