At 01:02, I spotted 1 way to the south. I watched it until 01:15 when he moved further south & disappeared. At 01:30, I decided to check the shelled corn field. After not seeing anything, I slipped down the 4-wheeler trail to a spot where I have sat in years past. There is another trail that goes south & curves back to the east around a small pond. I took off down that trail until it branched out going SW. Decisions, Decisions…….. I decided to take the SW trail. I had only walked a few minutes when I spotted a fox moving across in front of me. It stopped just long enough for a snap shot which hit a large female in the rib cage. Not the best shot but, upon clearing it, there was little damage & it was easy to skin. It was 01:56.
I got back to my spot at 02:10. At 02:46, a fox came in from the south & played hid-n-seek with me. It stopped for a marginal shot, which I took. It jumped at least 1’ in the air, flew to the nearest tree, & flew up the side about 40’ before stopping.
Crack + Thud = Young Male.
At 03:26, I saw movement off to my right but never saw what it was. I thought it might be headed to the field so decided to wait 15-20 minutes & then check the field. At 03:41, I saw 2 moving to my right but they moved off to the north. At 04:09, another 1 showed up to my right but disappeared.
At 04:23, a fox moved along the south edge of the woods. It reduced the distance by 1/2 but there was too much stuff between us. It got even closer but there was always something between us. It eventually headed back south at 04:50 & I headed home at 05:00
The 2 misses must have been really close 2 cause both bushies to go nuts like they did. Today was my 1st 3 fox day this year. Both were very young males. They barely had any steak & their potatoes were almost non-existent. I would guess late summer early fall hatch. I know have 28 foxes, 1 grey, & 1 red & would normally call it a season but the weather is supposed to be decent the rest of the week so I may hit the woods a few more times to add to the freezer cache. You can never have enough squirrel meat on hand.
One of the males had an off color tail. I have never seen a fox with a tail like that. I took a pic with a “normal” tail for comparison.
