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foxes

  • 15-02-2009 8:35pm
    #1
    wildfowler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭


    hi lads
    do foxes take the same run every night or does it change from night to night


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  • #2
    endasmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭endasmail


    as far as i know they do tend to cover the same areas and take the same routes
    this can be seen from the tracks they leave going up and down embankments and through certain fields


  • #3
    meathstevie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,777 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    They're very much set in their routines. They learn by simple trial and error and tend to stick to what works, including the route of their nightly ramble.


  • #4
    wildfowler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭wildfowler


    hi lads
    its just iv seen a fox crossing the road in the same spot twice last week. so i set a snare on the run just in side the hedge but no luck . i havnt seen the fox since either and the snare hasnt been touched.


  • #5
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    wildfowler wrote: »
    hi lads its just iv seen a fox crossing the road in the same spot twice last week. so i set a snare on the run just in side the hedge but no luck . i havnt seen the fox since either and the snare hasnt been touched.

    Just curious, why do you want a live fox?


  • #6
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Trojan911 wrote: »
    Just curious, why do you want a live fox?

    If he's snaring it, I doubt he intends keeping it alive.


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  • #7
    wildfowler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭wildfowler


    i dont want a live fox. but i dont what him taken my pheasant poults either when i release them


  • #8
    Callow Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭Callow Man


    wildfowler wrote: »
    hi lads
    its just iv seen a fox crossing the road in the same spot twice last week. so i set a snare on the run just in side the hedge but no luck . i havnt seen the fox since either and the snare hasnt been touched.

    He must have picked up your sent!!! Give the aftershave a miss next time wildfowler:D


  • #9
    wildfowler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭wildfowler


    Callow Man wrote: »
    He must have picked up your sent!!! Give the aftershave a miss next time wildfowler:D
    i knew buying that joop was a bad idea:D


  • #10
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    wildfowler wrote: »
    i knew buying that joop was a bad idea:D

    At least it wasn't "High Karate" .... :D

    I am not a fan of snares but if there is a way you can check it twice a day, i.e. through binos, without going near it & leaving your scent about you might have a better chance of leaving the area sterile of any human scent.


  • #11
    Valmont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    I thought a snare caught them around the neck and then killed them as they tried to escape?


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  • #12
    Callow Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭Callow Man


    Valmont wrote: »
    I thought a snare caught them around the neck and then killed them as they tried to escape?

    This is what should happen in theory but on occasion they can be snared around the front or hind leg. An old neighbour of mine told me that in the past he has seen a fox chew off his own leg to free himself from a snare, dont know if there is any truth in this but I'm sure its possible.


  • #13
    kermitpwee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭kermitpwee


    Callow Man wrote: »
    This is what should happen in theory but on occasion they can be snared around the front or hind leg. An old neighbour of mine told me that in the past he has seen a fox chew off his own leg to free himself from a snare, dont know if there is any truth in this but I'm sure its possible.

    True its not a myth by any means.


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