Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: Miley]
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01/17/19 05:22 PM
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Did you happen to weigh that brute?
Eh...wot?
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: Miley]
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01/17/19 07:14 PM
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"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: beachcomber13]
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01/17/19 07:21 PM
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Whole or on a board? No big deal if that's on a stretcher. Well pi$$ on my parade, its measured on the board. I guess nothing to see here.... lol
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: beachcomber13]
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01/17/19 07:47 PM
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I got one that measures 36" nose to base of tail hanging in my office. it weighed almost twenty pounds and is the biggest red fox I've caught to date.
34" is a nice-sized red.
Eh...wot?
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: Lugnut]
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01/17/19 07:53 PM
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I got one that measures 36" nose to base of tail hanging in my office. it weighed almost twenty pounds and is the biggest red fox I've caught to date.
34" is a nice-sized red. On a stretcher?
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: beachcomber13]
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01/17/19 08:13 PM
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Oops, sorry. 38 on a board would be big, not counting tail. Beachcomber , I think 38" nose to BASE of tail would be a GIANT fox , no ? 34" nose to BASE of tail is a big fox IMO .
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
[Re: Miley]
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01/17/19 09:11 PM
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I've got 15-16 red fox on boards in the fur shed right now. All are average-sized 9-11 lb. females and 10-12 lb. males.
I'm going to measure them tomorrow, will post the results here.
Eh...wot?
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
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01/17/19 09:51 PM
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Miley that fox has EVIL looking eyes !!! lol . Nice one . I see you're in Suffolk . I spend my entire summers living out of my truck like a bum fishing (surf and kayak) the south shore of the island . I live 150 miles north of Shinnecock bay and fish there three days a week and then Jones , Moriches , Democrat etc. EVERY beach (especially bay sides) from Captree/Jones and east has fox tracks in the sand EVERY morning . Shinnecock is loaded with fox . I'll see several a day from the kayak while I'm in the bay . I always said I'd spend some time out there during the season trapping some but I haven't yet . I remember some famous dude tried to raise Guinea Hens to eat the ticks but the fox ate them all LOL . They should be pretty prime /heavily furred up right now . Thank you! We probably passed each other on the beach! I fish the south shore, cupsoge ,east side of Moriches .smith point. Love them stripers but when the big blues come in May , Im throwing top water . My favorite! All you see on the barrier beach are fox ,coon and deer tracks. No trapping allowed though. Im sure youve had fox rooting around your truck trying to steal bait. Guess they learned that from the seagulls! Lol
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Re: 34 nose to base of tail red
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01/18/19 08:49 AM
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When NAFA says over 28" is XL you might think 6" more would be bigger than XL. For sure bigger than I've caught. I hear ya but when I see what NAFA calls an XL coon in my trap, I think, awww, its still a baby, think I'll let him go. You guys are right, 34" is a big fox..for many areas. I would think fox run smaller in SE Pennsylvania because most probably don't live long enough to see their second birthday due to so many trappers. Fox live longer in less pressured areas and many run around at 16 pounds. I often catch 36" fox in the woods so when I was thinking BIIIIGGG, I was thinking BIIIIGGG. Buzzard posted a Red on here about six or seven years ago, believe it went 40" on the board. Miley, I use to catch some BIIIGGG coons when I lived in Lake Panamoka.
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