GKL
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So you got foxes and yotes we do too oh, and bears and skunks and ring-tailed cats and wabbits
Wow, guess I should be thankful, much better to have Foxes and Coyotes nearby than also Bears and Skunks
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So you got foxes and yotes we do too oh, and bears and skunks and ring-tailed cats and wabbits
So you got foxes and yotes we do too oh, and bears and skunks and ring-tailed cats and wabbits
We also have a lot of assorted two-legged varmints here in this neck of the woods but unfortunately they wont open up a season on them .
......so you benefited from having them as a free mice control service.
I don't know for sure but I'd imagine that Coyotes might be more of a thread to pets than Foxes would be.
That yipping I heard the other night was pretty loud, and sounded like a bunch of them yipping at the same time.
We also have a lot of assorted two-legged varmints here in this neck of the woods.....
Yes, that is a developing problem for all of us I'm afraid... the world is not what it once was, especially the US of A sorry for the negativity.
Coyotes are definitely a threat to pets, from cats to small/medium sized dogs. Yep, around the Castle we never turned down natural rodent control!
Thanks, how about Foxes, are they any threat to pets ?
(besides ones that are rabid and obviously a threat even to humans)
We also have a lot of assorted two-legged varmints here in this neck of the woods but unfortunately they wont open up a season on them .
I’ve seen coyotes several time run through my yard in broad daylight, I have a coop w/laying hens and have never had a problem with coyotes. I used to let the girls free range, but a couple years back while leaving for work I saw a healthy-looking red fox run across the road, late winter. Came home early around noon and first thing I saw was fox sitting in the front yard, chicken feathers spread across the front lawn. Looked like a massacre! I had to yell to get the fox to run. Thankfully, things looked worse than they were, fox nabbed only one hen but another died later of shock. Now, I only let the girls out under supervision. Actually, I have more trouble with sharp shinned and red tail hawks. Bald eagles not a problem yet, but next door neighbor had one in his backyard on the ground, hovering over a ground hog dinner.Thanks, how about Foxes, are they any threat to pets ?
(besides ones that are rabid and obviously a threat even to humans)
if the pet is very small, like a chihuahua perhaps. But foxes do not tend to run and hunt in packs like coyotes. Pack hunters can take down a large number of different, often larger, animals. KT thinks foxes are a bit more nocturnal in their habits. And yes, if you see a fox in broad daylight, just like raccoons, odds are they are rabid! The foxes that visited the Royal Woodpile were always there at dusk...do not know if they came by for breakfast or not as KT was always asleep! HA HA Rats and mice tend to be more active at night, so it stands to reason that their predators would be more active at night also.
I’ve seen coyotes several time run through my yard in broad daylight, I have a coop w/laying hens and have never had a problem with coyotes. I used to let the girls free range, but a couple years back while leaving for work I saw a healthy-looking red fox run across the road, late winter. Came home early around noon and first thing I saw was fox sitting in the front yard, chicken feathers spread across the front lawn. Looked like a massacre! I had to yell to get the fox to run. Thankfully, things looked worse than they were, fox nabbed only one hen but another died later of shock. Now, I only let the girls out under supervision. Actually, I have more trouble with sharp shinned and red tail hawks. Bald eagles not a problem yet, but next door neighbor had one in his backyard on the ground, hovering over a ground hog dinner.
Yes, then he ran to the corner of my house and sat down. I went in to get my rifle, came outside and fox was gone.Wow, you had to yell to get the fox to run ?
I would have figured they would shy away and run with just seeing you.
Yes, then he ran to the corner of my house and sat down. I went in to get my rifle, came outside and fox was gone.
Foxes and raccoons have caused a lot of problems with my neighbor's chickens. Worst are raccoons. They literally killed one of her chickens by reaching through a chicken wire fence and pulling the chicken through the fencing, eating it as it did it. Almost nothing left but feathers and blood all over the fencing.
I have done a good bit of predator trapping for land owners in my area and have been hunting just about since I could walk. I can say without a doubt that videos 1,2, and 4 are foxes like everyone else has said. Video 3 looks more like coyotes running but they are pretty far back so I could be wrong. They just appear more lanky like a coyote. Your 2018 picture is definitely a coyote. Generally if you have red foxes around you don’t have many coyotes because coyotes will kill red fox but in my experience the yipping and howling you hear is much more likely to be coyotes than fox. Also your pets should be relatively safe with the foxes unless they are very small but coyotes have been known to snatch cats and small dogs.
I have done a good bit of predator trapping for land owners in my area and have been hunting just about since I could walk. I can say without a doubt that videos 1,2, and 4 are foxes like everyone else has said. Video 3 looks more like coyotes running but they are pretty far back so I could be wrong. They just appear more lanky like a coyote. Your 2018 picture is definitely a coyote. Generally if you have red foxes around you don’t have many coyotes because coyotes will kill red fox but in my experience the yipping and howling you hear is much more likely to be coyotes than fox. Also your pets should be relatively safe with the foxes unless they are very small but coyotes have been known to snatch cats and small dogs.
Honestly I have never heard foxes make a lot of noise at all. Even ones that I have caught have been fairly quiet other than growling. Coyotes here usually sound like a mixture of yips and high pitched howls when they get going. A siren from an emergency vehicle will really get them going. There are some videos online of foxes barking and yipping though.