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March 7th, 2014, 01:23 PM
#11
I been close to a lot more fox than coyotes in SW Ontario.
I get that coyote numbers are up but there are still lots of fox around. Don't beat yourself up about it, I want to take one really nice fox and one really nice wolf and tan them myself. Fox are beautiful but so far deer, coyotes, grouse, wood ducks and many others. You taking a few fox will not cause problems to the population.
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March 7th, 2014 01:23 PM
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March 7th, 2014, 02:17 PM
#12
Has too much time on their hands

Originally Posted by
Fox
I been close to a lot more fox than coyotes in SW Ontario.
I get that coyote numbers are up but there are still lots of fox around. Don't beat yourself up about it, I want to take one really nice fox and one really nice wolf and tan them myself. Fox are beautiful but so far deer, coyotes, grouse, wood ducks and many others. You taking a few fox will not cause problems to the population.
Do you have any stats on the fox population and how well they are doing ? I just don't see the numbers I use to see.
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March 7th, 2014, 02:22 PM
#13

Originally Posted by
yellow dog
Do you have any stats on the fox population and how well they are doing ? I just don't see the numbers I use to see.
I have seen more in the last few years than I did when I was a kid, but I see a lot more coyotes now too.
I don't know the stats but I think that the emphasis on people going out and hunting coyotes is helping them along.
Saw a really nice healthy one up near Mississippi Mills near Ottawa, no coyotes seen yet on that property but beavers, weasels, mink, turkeys, fox, pretty much everything but coyotes.
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March 7th, 2014, 02:22 PM
#14
Anecdottaly speaking I to feel as though Fox numbers are way down. Used to see them fairly regularily, its been 4 years since I've seen one. I'd love to see more, maybe one day have a chance at some kits.
Jan 10,2010
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March 7th, 2014, 03:28 PM
#15
Ben, thats a beautiful looking picture.
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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March 7th, 2014, 05:50 PM
#16
Has too much time on their hands

Originally Posted by
Fox
I been close to a lot more fox than coyotes in SW Ontario.
I get that coyote numbers are up but there are still lots of fox around. Don't beat yourself up about it, I want to take one really nice fox and one really nice wolf and tan them myself. Fox are beautiful but so far deer, coyotes, grouse, wood ducks and many others. You taking a few fox will not cause problems to the population.
Not seeing any in SW Ontario and have talked to a few hunters in this area saying the same thing. Nice picture JBen hope to see a few like that around here but with the Coyote population being so high I doubt it.
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March 7th, 2014, 06:41 PM
#17
Speaking of this, actuall saw another fox running across a field on the drive out to my spot this am. There must be more of them around or just more active.
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March 8th, 2014, 06:46 PM
#18
Around my way there are quite a few fox. You can tell when out looking for coyote tracks there are quite a few.
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March 8th, 2014, 07:13 PM
#19
[QUOTE=yellow dog;765987]Not to many fox around really too bad it wasn't a coyote.[/QUOTE
well we have quite a few around here. I am south of sarnia and we have many litters around every yr. Sorry but I shoot them here when I see them up in the yard after my ducks on the pond. Last summer I knew of 4 different dens within a couple miles radius of my house. Mostly in lane way culverts and one in a stump pile. Also Dover twsp out towards Mitchell's bay has plenty of fox, lived that way for 15yrs and always had a few litters raised every yr in the sand bank in the back field.
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March 8th, 2014, 09:42 PM
#20
In the Niagara region our fox numbers are way down.
When we run the hounds on the coyotes theres only one spot that we have seen foxes at.
The coyotes have done a good job killing them.