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A sunrise treat

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A sunrise treat

Post by GunnyGene » Wed Sep 30, 2020 12:36 pm

Spotted a fox pair in the back yard this morning while in my pj's drinking my first morning cuppa right at sunrise. One of them jumped up on a big log I haven't disposed of yet and sat there for a couple minutes just looking around. They both looked healthy and well fed.

First I've seen in a few years, so I reckon they're back. I might have to sit in my hide with my 9422m Win in addition to the Henry this deer season. Maybe bag a little furry critter if there's no deer show up. :) Fox are listed as nuisance critters in MS, so no license or other restrictions about them on private property.
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:21 pm

I haven’t seen a fox in decades.
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by markiver54 » Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:28 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:21 pm
I haven’t seen a fox in decades.
Not even any two legged ones? :lol:
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:53 pm

We've got a pretty red fox vixen living up on the hill behind my shop. She raises a flock each year and some naturally end up
dead on the highway a half mile away. I see her in the snow sometimes. Pretty sight. Now if I had chickens..........

The coyotes are hard on the foxes and we have a lot of them as well.

And today a cougar was spotted in downtown Minneapolis. They've been spotted around us here for years. There was
a photo of one dragging a dead dear across I35 a few miles south of me. That's fenced on both sides so that animal
was strong. Course the fence is only 3 or 4 feet high.
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:54 pm

markiver54 wrote:
Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:28 pm
Sir Henry wrote:
Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:21 pm
I haven’t seen a fox in decades.
Not even any two legged ones? :lol:
Observing the two legged ones is my hobby. Just don't let the boss catch you looking. :shock:
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:54 pm

Over the last 35 years, I've been lucky enough to see foxes quite often at my house, which is in a small neighborhood of 1/2 acre lots very near the lower CT River. One morning, my wife and I spent the better part of half an hour watching through a window as a mother and her pups were playing in our backyard about twenty five feet from our back door. We were totally captivated.

This fellow was a regular visitor two years ago. Several months after this photo was taken, he was in very bad condition with mange. I swore that the next time he came by, I'd break the law and shoot him. It was such a pitiful sight. But, I never saw him again.

Such a beautiful creature!!!
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Re: A sunrise treat

Post by fortyshooter » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:10 pm

I have several that roam around the range property and enjoy seeing them on the trail cams.

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