Thread: Trapping foxes.

You have a Landrover, get a pink coat, knee high boots, a black velvet helmet, some dogs, and the Aulro Maleny Hunt can ride the hills crying Tally Ho the fox.

There is precedent. A WWII RAF Hurricane squadron was commanded by a fanatical fox hunter and in North Africa he found desert foxes. So in full fig mounted on jeeps with a supply of Arab mongrel dogs whipped in by small arms fire, the squadron would to horse and away, Tally Ho!!

Gday mate where are you located?

Maybe one of our licensed firearm holding members would like to help you out?

If it was close I would jump at the chance to get my rifles out for a hunting session.

Shot one fox from a farm house window once while having breakfast the bugger thought he was afe walking over to the chicken coup not like with a 12Gauge close by and handy.

thanks Ralph.

I'd kill anything feral to protect our native wildlife...
between foxes and cats, they kill hundreds of natives each every year...

Don't get me started on bloody cats

If you enjoy the idea of actually hunting the fox then that is fine, but you will waste many an hour waiting. Then, when it does turn up you can shoot and miss (gun or arrow), so you have to start all over again. It is fun, but not at all productive.

One of my neighbours knows how to whistle a fox, but I never seem to be able to do that.

We have had the most luck with traps and baits. You need a permit but we used to do 1080 (?). Traps and baits work all day/night to the extent that they work.... If you do use something like 1080 you've gotta make sure your dogs can't get into the poisoned area of course.

Good luck with it. We have temporarily given up, after losing over 30 chooks and 15 geese. Very disheartening to wake up and find yet more dead birds.

Cheers
David

Foxes are meant to be smart but they are easily outsmarted if you know their weakness. They like food ( dont we all), especially an easy feed, like a wounded rabbit or the like. Fox whistles mimic wounded rabbit noises and the fox is irresistably drawn to it. With his mind on his stomach he is an easy target. They will often be drawn by the sound of gun shots too as they think there will be wounded rabbits, but thats a different thing.

Jeff

we use rabit traps to trap them but boil them first and lay them very carefull the boiling removes any scent thats not natrual ie human. maybe lay some scraps out lamb/pork fat chicken carcas in the one spot often and get him comeing in often then nail him with your bow but remember if you take a shot and miss you wont ever get another shot they learn very fast if his been wistled before and shot at a wistle wont work on that fox again some foxes when wistled will just about land in your lap you have to yell stop so they dont come right up to you . if you were closer i would gladly fix your problem fox i have a good colection of skins and make hats

Well, it was rather unsporting of me, i admit, but, disposal of said fox is the agenda. i caught him in a foot trap thismorning, and an arrow through the heart made a quick end. i was amazed, at myself, for being able to get him in a trap. i just set it at the edge of the chicken coop. he was obviously to busy thinking of "chicken tonight" to smell the trap... it's still being rusted, as recommended by the trap website, and then i have to boil it in logwood dye, then wax! i will now start setting traps around the property, as i guess he has a family here, we live on 80 acres of rainforest and bramble. thanks everyone for your comments. PS still waiting for the u beaut fox whistle in the mail.