Foxes as road kill

cavan shooter

Just saw a dead fox (Fresh) on the road a while ago, and sitting on the bank waiting for it to get up were two cubs.
I shoot them, but that was sad and that's not the first time I've seen this, anyone seen similar behaviour???

I told the wife and she said that I should go back and get them, then whewn she saw me with the rifle she went mad?? Can't win?

sirlampsalot

cavan shooter wrote: »

Just saw a dead fox (Fresh) on the road a while ago, and sitting on the bank waiting for it to get up were two cubs.
I shoot them, but that was sad and that's not the first time I've seen this, anyone seen similar behaviour???

I told the wife and she said that I should go back and get them, then whewn she saw me with the rifle she went mad?? Can't win?

i spend alot of time on the road between monaghan and cavan and you wouldn,t beleive the amount of deadfoxes there is along that road,shame really alot less lamping for some man there...

It wasn't me!

Seems a very heavy death toll this year alright. However, was just out collecting someone a little while ago, and on my way, I saw a fox cub, about as big as any of this year's bunch, sitting down grooming itself in the opposite lane. With stuff like this, is it any wonder they're getting mashed by the dozen?

clivej

Yes I've seen a lot more this year on the road dead. Is it an indication of a better year for the fox's to raise cubs? More food about for them?
Better season for us to come :D???????????

whitser

august and sept will see the roads full of squashed reds..what a waste.:(

flanum

i blame the governments road safety campaigns! just not getting through to those foolhardy foxes!

bitemybanger

Stop and get the tail for your local gunclub, ive 5 or 6 tails from roadkill, it all adds up;)

It wasn't me!

Banger, I think Confucius probably has interesting things to say about guys who kneel on busy roads to take tails off foxes.

Trojan911

bitemybanger wrote: »

Stop and get the tail for your local gunclub, ive 5 or 6 tails from roadkill, it all adds up;)

Ditto.... . I've often been seen kneeling by the road (in a suit) whipping off a fresh tail. €4 is €4 at the end of the day.....

meathstevie

bitemybanger wrote: »

Stop and get the tail for your local gunclub, ive 5 or 6 tails from roadkill, it all adds up;)

The new M3 is going to be some job for that in the first few weeks it opens..fox not a clue what's going on..SPLAT... . Not advocating stopping in the hard shoulder of a motorway for a foxtail by the way..you might get your own tail flattened.

bitemybanger

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Banger, I think Confucius probably has interesting things to say about guys who kneel on busy roads to take tails off foxes.

No shame me but yet to hold up traffic, usualy quiet backroads but will stop almost anywhere for a good fresh one:D

tikkamark

bitemybanger wrote: »

No shame me but yet to hold up traffic, usualy quiet backroads but will stop almost anywhere for a good fresh one

:eek:God conceal yourself man plenty of toilets about the place:D

I chopped one off a dog fox freshly killed on the coast road outside doolin in clare got some odd looks from passing tourists!

riflehunter77

Trojan911 wrote: »

Ditto.... . I've often been seen kneeling by the road (in a suit) whipping off a fresh tail. €4 is €4 at the end of the day.....

Well the goverment keeps going on about a recission so 4 euro is 4 euro. Maybe we could get the green party involved :D

clivej

riflehunter77 wrote: »

Well the goverment keeps going on about a recission so 4 euro is 4 euro. Maybe we could get the green party involved :D

I know I'm new to this but what is the €4 for the tail all about???
Son and myself have shot about 8 fox's this month and he cuts off the tail and gives them to his shooting buddy.:cool:

whitser

if i have young dogs at home i'll often pick up a road kill fox for them. let them rag it,especially when its out of season and i wont be getting any otherwise. young pups benifit greatly from a rag in the garden, the smell will stay with til they are old enough for the real thing.

Cpt.Blackadder

I saw 4 dead foxes, 2 badgers and 4 hare/rabbit(was hard to tell) driving from Galway to Kerry last weekend all stone dead on the roads. Also plenty of hedgehogs being killed on the roads around Galway city as well.

Saw a Sika buck, alive, as well:D but was in Killarney golf club:(.

But all the road kill was a bit of a depressing thing to see on a drive.