Either close up the holes in the coop or a conibear.
When the gloves come off
Your best way to deal with a chicken stealing fox in an urban sprawl area
Leaning towards night vision but fox is not a regular
Cable restraints have been out a month hoping on a slip up but almost as if fox is too bold, rushes from long distance, not ambushing from close
And I know trappers on here will agree there’s a pattern find the pattern
I am struggling this round might hit once a month
Then turn around and hit twice in a week
I might blanket the area but foot holds aren’t an option and I refuse fly bait
This ole boy can tell ya what SSS stands for, not taking chances in a more urban environment
Throw me your best boys I’m not on the ropes but headed there
Leaning towards night vision but fox is not a regular
Cable restraints have been out a month hoping on a slip up but almost as if fox is too bold, rushes from long distance, not ambushing from close
And I know trappers on here will agree there’s a pattern find the pattern
I am struggling this round might hit once a month
Then turn around and hit twice in a week
I might blanket the area but foot holds aren’t an option and I refuse fly bait
This ole boy can tell ya what SSS stands for, not taking chances in a more urban environment
Throw me your best boys I’m not on the ropes but headed there
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Either a conibear or a conibear
Lock up the house cats you dont want to get rid of and bait up some cubbies
That would be 0 cats locked up.Lock up the house cats you dont want to get rid of and bait up some cubbies
….pay yo fo'cast dues and ill talk to the count.:elmer:
While I disagree with 0 posted
Situation dictates I be delicate
At this point my thought is find other fox scat and freshen it with urine off a main trail or perhaps something totally out of place a sweet beaver lure
My point of contention is how far off the trail
When you come home and the front door is kicked in you are going to approach with caution
How do I get a cable around the boy while avoiding the dogs and not spooking him
Which leads me too a second thought
Anyone drove one out with yote droppings and urine
Situation dictates I be delicate
At this point my thought is find other fox scat and freshen it with urine off a main trail or perhaps something totally out of place a sweet beaver lure
My point of contention is how far off the trail
When you come home and the front door is kicked in you are going to approach with caution
How do I get a cable around the boy while avoiding the dogs and not spooking him
Which leads me too a second thought
Anyone drove one out with yote droppings and urine
No, but I think that would be worth a shot. It just might work.Which leads me too a second thought
Anyone drove one out with yote droppings and urine
My first thought is what is the location like? You mentioned urban sprawl but I don’t know exactly what that means. How close is the timber/cover? Is he having to travel a fair ways away from cover before he hits the house? Is it brushy on all sides? Just on one side?
Chances are he isn’t traveling real far from cover or you don’t have your fair share of yotes in your neighborhood. Any fox that has any smarts and is still breathing keeps a close eye on the local yotes. That said I doubt you would keep him at bay real long with yote crap and urine. Maybe for awhile but unless you’re freshening it on a regular basis and moving it around he will soon realize the game you’re playing.
Not knowing the general area of the chicken house I can’t be much help yet. First thing I’d do is fix whatever hole he’s crawling in so he cant get in anymore. If you can’t find it put up a couple trail cams. That might fix the whole problem. Once a mon or twice a week suggests opportunistic instead of necessity to me. Take away the opportunity and take away the problem. I’d have to catch the little smart aleck now regardless as a matter of principle though.
Chances are he isn’t traveling real far from cover or you don’t have your fair share of yotes in your neighborhood. Any fox that has any smarts and is still breathing keeps a close eye on the local yotes. That said I doubt you would keep him at bay real long with yote crap and urine. Maybe for awhile but unless you’re freshening it on a regular basis and moving it around he will soon realize the game you’re playing.
Not knowing the general area of the chicken house I can’t be much help yet. First thing I’d do is fix whatever hole he’s crawling in so he cant get in anymore. If you can’t find it put up a couple trail cams. That might fix the whole problem. Once a mon or twice a week suggests opportunistic instead of necessity to me. Take away the opportunity and take away the problem. I’d have to catch the little smart aleck now regardless as a matter of principle though.
I bet fishy is a free range chicken guy.
It's at my sisters, has to leave cover at least twenty yards out, set cables at the closest points and it's been unsuccessful. They put out a trail cam and what I assume is a he appears randomly, he will snatch a chicken off their back porch at 2 in the afternoon and then not be seen again until a week later at 1 am on the trail camera. Clearly he's become quite bold as he will stroll right through the yard in the middle of the day. Urban sprawl I mean there is a house less than every hundred yards along this gravel road, not sure I think they all have five acre lots. I am thinking there is too much people presence for Yotes, keep thinking someone will get lucky and hose him with a shot gun, so far his luck has held. Not having a pattern and with several dogs in the neighborhood, it's making for a tough time to catch him. Think they've lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 chickens, slowly and steadily since this spring.
We had the same problem and he eventually started showing up in daylight and got too bold but I was able to use a firearm
foxes don't hurt the chicken population, just sayin 
Wall = habitatfoxes don't hurt the chicken population, just sayin
Cage = habitat
Taller wall = better habitat
Better cage = better habitat
Put fencing that surrounds the area and funnel the fox to the one opening. If it wants in bad enough and there is only one way in, that's the place for the trap.
Preferably one that is allergic to chickenGet an outside dog
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