Fox behavior questions

Clovis · Jan 19, 2017

Got a question for the trappers and fox hunters here.

Found a small dead yearling/fawn today. Something had covered part of it with leaves and sticks. I think we only have foxes in the area but I had only heard of this kind of actions from coyotes, wolves, or bears. Do foxes cover dead critters for later snacks?

jumpsfromplanes · Jan 19, 2017

See, I thought this was about Fox News... I got nothing.

SRD · Jan 19, 2017

Coyotes are everywhere.

outrider58 · Jan 19, 2017

Black bear

Clovis · Jan 20, 2017

SRD said:
Coyotes are everywhere.

I've been told there have been no confirmed sightings locally of coyotes.

Also been told if you have foxes, you won't have coyotes and if you don't have foxes you have coyotes as the coyotes don't like competition. I've got foxes everywhere.

Clovis · Jan 20, 2017

outrider58 said:
Black bear

Several years ago a black bear in the area made the news. It was the only one and I doubt we have another.

I think from looking at the deer, it died while it was asleep and something covered part of it for a pile of food for later.

outrider58 · Jan 20, 2017

67temp · Jan 20, 2017

Clovis said:
I've been told there have been no confirmed sightings locally of coyotes.

Also been told if you have foxes, you won't have coyotes and if you don't have foxes you have coyotes as the coyotes don't like competition. I've got foxes everywhere.

They may not like the competition but I have seen both on one of the properties I hunt. They are both there but they just avoid each other. It's like having an annoying loud mouth coworker, you just deal with each other.

Clovis · Jan 20, 2017

outrider58 said:

I am not familiar with how to post pics. If someone could direct me to instructions I will try.

Schipperke · Jan 20, 2017

jumpsfromplanes said:
See, I thought this was about Fox News... I got nothing.

Biggfoot44 · Jan 20, 2017

And I thought it was about picking up women back in the '80s .

They may not particularly enjoy the competition, but there are both in my area. ( Meaning the 4 legged critters.)

Glaron · Jan 20, 2017

outrider58 said:

just post blonde chicks. nobody will know.

Mark75H · Jan 20, 2017

Clovis said:
I've been told there have been no confirmed sightings locally of coyotes.

Also been told if you have foxes, you won't have coyotes and if you don't have foxes you have coyotes as the coyotes don't like competition. I've got foxes everywhere.

Definitely both in Edgewater. Saw both types of fresh tracks in snow last year in the same yard.

Mike3888 · Jan 20, 2017

I saw 2 the Monday after the snow storm right off 50 below the outlet stores. I believe they are pretty much in every county, just some county's have more.

Tankfixr · Jan 20, 2017

They're brazen too.

Saw one last Saturday morning trotting down the middle of Edmund Street in Aberdeen like it owned the place. When the neighborhood dogs lit off, including my own, it pulled a U turn and disappeared into the wood line behind the elementary school.

Doco Overboard · Jan 21, 2017

Behavioral Similarity to felines
Foxes hunt like cats—instead of hunting like their endurance hunter cousins, foxes are stealth hunters (foxes stalk and pounce like cats and sometimes play with their prey).
Foxes hunt the same prey as cats.
Foxes hunt in a solitary manner like cats (as opposed to the group hunting methods of other canids).
Foxes kill their prey in a cat-like manner—most canids grab and shake their prey, but foxes use their long, slender (again, cat-like) canines to bite to kill.
A fox's method of posturing (fur raised, back arched, stiff-legged prance, and batting pounce) is similar to a cat’s method.

Clovis · Jan 21, 2017

For years here if you shot a deer and could not find it that night and came back the next day and found it, it would have the back end eaten out. We have always assumed it was foxes. Now I don't know...it could be a coyote.

The deer I found the other day has been moved about 5-6 yards and nearly eaten and what is left has been covered with a few leaves and a couple of twigs.

I have read foxes will cache food and I think this may have happened here, but not completely sure.

Clovis · Jan 22, 2017

FINALLY.

243hunter · Jan 22, 2017

Clovis said:
I've been told there have been no confirmed sightings locally of coyotes.

Also been told if you have foxes, you won't have coyotes and if you don't have foxes you have coyotes as the coyotes don't like competition. I've got foxes everywhere.

The reason you don't have a high fox populations when you have coyotes is because fox is on the coyote's menu.

CrawfishStu · Jan 22, 2017

Bobcat?

any tracks nearby.

I've seen foxes tear little pieces off of a deer and flee. Tails. Tarsal glands. Ears.

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