Hunting with a fox

[waidmann 105]

i know a farmer in germany who kept two in an old corn attic,fed them on roadkill and dry dog food( even wormed them).

after a couple of years he decided to let them go.

around 18 months later i came onto the farm around two in the morning and in the yard was a fox.she ran up the side of the dog kennel( the best foxing teckel i've ever known!) who never made a sound allthough he was out to greet me!

over the roof and into the corn attic!

the next day i took a look at the attic and no sighn of the fox, as the door was open i went through to the straw barn and up on top was the vixen.

as far as i know she is still living on the farm now( when the shoot drive cover around the farm they have never seen a fox).

my guess is the dog knows her and she the dog.safe haven and rats from the pig stys.

the red ones are opportunistic and intelligent critters.

sadly for them also great sport!!

[artful212 394]

Good post liamdelaney.

He must of put alot of time into that fox.

I picked a cub up one night,its mother got hit on the road.

We kept her for about 4months ,lucky her name was ,

I was the lucky one to have fingers left after feeding her..she didnt tame one bit.

I kept away from the local burrows for a couple of years after her.

 

a friend of mine had the same trouble but his lurcher killed it

the next year he tried 2 rear a stoat he said it wos grand until

it opened its eyes then u couldnt go near it

[burrowman 6]

A mate of mine reared a vixen with his diggin terriers she got wilder as she got older he loved to watch her for hours hide behind chairs and boxes in his house. He even brought her out in the land for walks with the terriers and she would prance along beside them, it would hav been some crack if they had went to ground. She started to go off on her own at night stayin away a bit longer each time,eventually she never came back and he never saw her again.

[woof woof 3]

A mate of mine reared a vixen with his diggin terriers she got wilder as she got older he loved to watch her for hours hide behind chairs and boxes in his house. He even brought her out in the land for walks with the terriers and she would prance along beside them, it would hav been some crack if they had went to ground. She started to go off on her own at night stayin away a bit longer each time,eventually she never came back and he never saw her again.

[chrissy32 13]

A mate of mine reared a vixen with his diggin terriers she got wilder as she got older he loved to watch her for hours hide behind chairs and boxes in his house. He even brought her out in the land for walks with the terriers and she would prance along beside them, it would hav been some crack if they had went to ground. She started to go off on her own at night stayin away a bit longer each time,eventually she never came back and he never saw her again.

:piggy: :piggy: :piggy: :stupid: :11:

[fish 148]

how about a brock.france

[scent 509]

that last picture is a cracker at least your terriers are broken to grey lads

[Penda 3,355]

Id love a pet badger myself fish great stuff

[bobndog 0]

No way that fox is 31lb more like 13 or 14.

 

A tad more maybe, but certainly not 31lb! A dog fox that I shot a few weeks ago was twice that size, it weighed 18lb.

 

From; http://www.jorrocks.com/books/FFFH/25

 

"Although the average hill-fox to-day is not exactly “as fierce as a tiger, and long as a hayband,†some hefty specimens are brought to hand every season, and weights of 18lb. and 19lb. are still by no means uncommon. The heaviest fox killed by the Ullswater was one of 23lb., accounted for on Cross Fell. This fox measured 4ft 4in. long, and had 4in. of white on the end of its brush."

 

Now THAT'S a big fox, and only 23lb!

[Catcher 1 639]

Hi all.Reared a young vixen in 74.Had to bottle feed her for a few week,s.She came on just like any pup.Had her walking on the lead coming into recall.Would walk her all day.If i hid from her she would call the same way you hear them call at night.She got on great with the dog i had then.At that time we had chicken,s and duck in the garden.Never gave them a second look.All the neighbours loved her.Could not walk up the street every one had to have a pet at her.Reared her to 11 month,s.Had to give her up for personal reason,s.She went to a good home.atb. Catcher 1