I caught the "Chicken KILLER" ! ! ! ! ! ! !!

[pred]

1 year ago I lost 9 chickens to a Killer fox, Well caught that one in a week,
6 months ago I lost 15 little chicks to another fox, Looked different,,, That on got caught too....
Then last week I lost 2 adult birds in 1 week, Saw that one too, Yet another fox,,,,,,,
This one got caught in a live trap,,,,,
So I had a sit down with him and explained that IF he came back I would kill him, No second chances,,,,

I believe he understood me so I took him some 50+ miles away and let him go........
I think I am getting soft.
Peter

[bullet]

yah maybe alil soft! but hey we cant kill everything!

[XD40coyote]

How did you get a red in a cage trap? Must be a suburban fox, these farmland ones I have are too wiley for a cage, but some are still stupid enough to step in a partially exposed foot trap if theres a bunch of stinky hay laying there with it.

I am waiting for the day a fox comes around the poultry and stands broadside at just the right spot and yardage so I can use it for target practice. Great quick draw and adrenaline response test. I will forever kick myself for being so stupid for so many years by not carrying at home. I once could have nailed a mangey fox that was killing a duck and was about 7 yards away, and I even had a rest for my wrists to steady my hands with. Another time a really stupid fox was pacing a fence in the front yard and had I been armed I could have nailed that one too, but when it saw me it started pacing more and more till it got to the end of the fence line and got away. 7 of my 3/4 grown guinea keets had just been killed by foxes. Now I always carry, and I won't cry using a $1.50 hp round on a fox either. I carry for all varmints small and large.

[1blindref]

Pred-
I'm glad to see you have a heart. They look too much like dogs for me to be able to kill.
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1 year ago I lost 9 chickens to a Killer fox, Well caught that one in a week,
6 months ago I lost 15 little chicks to another fox, Looked different,,, That on got caught too....
Then last week I lost 2 adult birds in 1 week, Saw that one too, Yet another fox,,,,,,,
This one got caught in a live trap,,,,,
So I had a sit down with him and explained that IF he came back I would kill him, No second chances,,,,

I believe he understood me so I took him some 50+ miles away and let him go........
I think I am getting soft.
Peter

You should have dabbed a little paint on him so you could identify if he found his way home. I've read news articles about relocated black bear finding their way home that far in under 2 days.

I wonder if he has FPS (Foxy Positioning System).

[pred]

[QUOTE=XD40coyote;844497]How did you get a red in a cage trap? Must be a suburban fox, these farmland ones I have are too wiley for a cage, but some are still stupid enough to step in a partially exposed foot trap if theres a bunch of stinky hay laying there with it.

I used a dead chicken for bait, And I was told that the trick to a live trap is to completely cover it except for the door, So I took some limbs from a YEW tree and covered the sides and rear so you could not see in the trap, Only the door had an opening. And at that it looked like a DEN!
I have been baiting this trap for nearly a year and have only caught cats/coons/opossums and the occasional ground hog, All of which I have let go, OH and my Beagle 3 times as well, But the fox.... Not till now....
If it looks like a cave, THey will be more interested in it, Otherwise I am told that if they can see through it they will try and pull things through the sides,
The first trap I set more than a year ago had large enough openings on the bottom, And the trap was out in the open, The fox dug a hole under it and pulled the bait through the bottom,,,, That Fox I did get a few days later but not in a trap.
Anyway, I doubt "Red" will be back here, He was dropped over 50 miles away in a very rural area with no houses anywhere near..... Just lots of open space, And concidering I am here on the Phila/Montgomery border, It would be tough to get across all the roads and highways to get back.....
I still keep a very watchful eye at sunrise for predators,
Good luck with your Foxes.
I hear that Lion dung will keep them away...
Peter

[Plinker]

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Anyway, I doubt "Red" will be back here, He was dropped over 50 miles away in a very rural area with no houses anywhere near.....

I hope not like 50 miles away in XD40coyote's direction, or next week we'll be reading about this "new" fox that turned up hangin' around her chicken coop. lol

Plinker

[lmj301]

heck my mother in law would kill him and wear him in style!!!

but only because he is a chicken killer though.

[GTI19403]

what a cool looking animal. glad u relocated it. I'm with 1blindref on this 1. looks too much like a dog for me to shoot.

[Emptymag]

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... I took him some 50+ miles away and let him go........
I think I am getting soft.
Peter

I do the same with chipmunks who eat my tomatoes.
But I don't drive 50 miles.