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Fox vs Wolf
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01/16/18 11:08 PM
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Obviously wolves would kill the fox if they ever went at it. But here’s the question, can Wolves catch a fox? How big of a problem are wolves on fox predation?
It got me wondering because fox aren’t out killing moose, elk, caribou, or deer. So wolves can survive with fox picking up the scraps. But coyotes will take down big game and a population of coyotes can take away food from the wolves. So wolves chase away the coyotes, but do they try to chase away the fox?
With a well tree’d bush with a lot of undergrowth and deadfall can the fox sneak through quicker than a wolf, letting him get away?
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Re: Fox vs Wolf
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01/17/18 12:07 AM
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I don't think wolves bother fox too much at all,they tolerate them like they do ravens.I have had fox ripped out of snares and eaten by wolves because of the easy opportunity.Fox in the bush depend a lot on wolf kills in winter to make their living.Lots of times I take fox at jackpots where wolves have already been snared.Fox snares in close,wolf snares back a ways.Fox don't seem to be scared of the wolves.
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Re: Fox vs Wolf
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01/17/18 12:58 AM
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Wolves eat fox out of snares here all the time. If you have fox in a snare and a wolf goes near, that fox is toast.
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Re: Fox vs Wolf
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01/17/18 08:01 AM
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Absolutely as stated above. None of the wolf tracks I have ever cut here take any detour for fox tracks. If they cross fresh coyote tracks it's a different story.
Now that the wolves have knocked the moose out and the deer down so far here, they spend less time driving out the coyotes, a few seem to be slipping back in. Perhaps the wolves are becoming much more concerned about finding enough food?
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Re: Fox vs Wolf
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01/17/18 03:14 PM
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There was a winter night in the late 90's when I heard a tremendous wolf conglomeration raising heck. Next morning down off a old back road there was some large cast off wood panels, We found where a pack had chased an old dog coyote in under things and had worked like heck to drag him out which they did and killed him. 7-8 big puncture wounds in the back of the coyotes neck. Seems they bit and shook him breaking the neck. Skun it to figure all this out but it was too wooly a hide to be worth anything.
They made no effort to eat or tear it up beyond the killing chomps.
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Re: Fox vs Wolf
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01/17/18 09:06 PM
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Thanks guys! That’s kinda what I figured.
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