mudman 14 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Okay may seem like a silly question.....I guess it is....but how often do you come across multi hole fox earths dug out only by foxes....something akin to a mini badger sett but created only by foxes???? I have spent a lot of time out and about in the sticks (not doing terriers) and can honestly say I have never ever come across a fox earth! I have found foxes in: Single holes Land drains Under bridges Straw stacks Badger Setts Scratched out rabbit holes for cubbing Stick piles Log stacks Artificials Under sheds In sheds On sheds In barns In/ under farm machinery But never ever come across a fox earth dug out by a fox that has more than a single hole! So do they exist? (Ex badger setts do not count) Quote Link to post
pablo esc 1,598 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Howd you know if the Foxes didn't make the set? Earth's change and so does the acquaintance. 2 Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Short of somehow being able to communicate with the fox and asking it straight out, I dont think its possible to find out if the earth was dug by the fox, badger or is an enlarged rabbit bury! In my very limited experience, multi entrance earths are far more common than single hole ones anyway.. Quote Link to post
marshman 7,756 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Don't live in the city then where there's no rabbits or badgers then eh ? Next time you go into the city on a train have a look at the railway banks , Urban earths loads of multi eyed earths lol. Edited February 22, 2015 by marshman 7 Quote Link to post
Zilverhaze 1,627 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 my pals got a 3 holer just appeared in his back garden wasent ther last season and not had one of it this season definatly fox Quote Link to post
mackem 23,916 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I know where there are quite a few earths in cemeterys that were dug by fox. 1 Quote Link to post
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 there are two reasonably large foxearths not far from me both have been dug from scratch with foxes. so yes they do definately dig some themselves. but most foxes will use whatever refuge they can find . including rabbit holes badger setts drains and any other holes in the ground you can think of. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,916 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Theres a fox earth in the church grounds at the end of weybridge high street,its been used for cubbing for several years,the soil is very sandy but that was dug by a fox,its gone down so deep that you can find small fragments of cranium and bone in one of the spoil piles thats been excavated. Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) I live some where there are no badgers at all eradicated years ago no chance of repopulation either when a earth just appears you know it's fox in fact on my dog (walk) today on a nice piece of grass bank is the start of a new one I'll keep my eye on it fingers crossed Edited February 22, 2015 by leethedog Quote Link to post
WEDGEY 749 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I live some where there are no badgers at all eradicated years ago no chance of repopulation either when a earth just appears you know it's fox in fact on my dog (walk) today on a nice piece of grass bank is the start of a new one I'll keep my eye on it fingers crossedthat statement is a lot of shit 1 Quote Link to post
whippet 99 2,613 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 never found a fox in a tree , interesting Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 never found a fox in a tree , interesting seen one up a tree in the middle of cover one morning when i thought hounds had put one to ground. Sat tight like a cat looking down on the hounds while they scrambled looking up and running around confused. It got away too, i gave it too much of a fair chance. Survival of the fittest, i can't argue with that. 1 Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Had one jump down from a hawthorne hedge right at me when exercising the pups while they had disappeared down the ditch. I ducked, it landed beside me and went on. Got one pup, found his sister 4 fields away no collar on never dug to before and she wasn't with the fox that had jumped from the tree. Sat for nearly 2 hours until my mates close by had finished work and could get out to help me with tools to get her out. Killed them out of roofs standing with my back to the wall jumping out windows floorboards and any gaps possible. Why would they need an earth, they find homes anywhere? Hoking a hole in a hedge/bank out for shelter isn't going to be an issue. 1 Quote Link to post
Hareydave 1,214 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 couldn't see a fox starting an earth from scratch..young badger start plenty when there turfed out in the breeding season 1 Quote Link to post
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