One of my fox this morning, a young male, was bit up pretty bad on the butt. I figure it was another fox because a coyote would have killed it.

At first I thought it must have happened while he was caught and couldn't properly defend his flanks. Thing is there was no blood on him despite pretty deep wounds and there was no sign of another critter at the set. Also, there is another set a few feet from where I caught him. Chances are real good I'd have caught the other critter or at least seen sign if there would have been a knock-down, drag-out fight going on there last night.

What do you guys think?






You can see infection setting in.

Pull some hair from his anal area and stick it in the remake.

Good way to get those biters

Hung in a fence?

Osky

Yes , seen it a lot when I trapped foxes . Usually catch the culprit the next night. One goes into distress and the other one attacks it. Double set close by normally scores.

coyotes usually yanked mine out of the traps and dropped them a few feet away,,yup foxes are fickle. Had a pr in a cage yrs ago for urine.....brother and sister and he stressed out and killed her.

Never would have thought of that.

Eagle?

I doubt it was a bird of prey.

I'm pretty sure it was another fox, I've seen this many times. What makes this different is I don't think it happened while he was caught in my trap. Most times I'll catch the other fox in my other set a few feet away (I always set at least two, often times three and sometimes four sets close together for this very reason).

Also, there was no blood on the fox or on the ground at the set. No sign of another critter either but it was a dirt two-track so there might not have been sign in the hard ground.

I think it happened somewhere else.

Looks like a arrow hole from a expandable head.Had a coyote last year shot in the rump with a arrow looked just like that.

Dang PineDoggin, you may be on to something. Now I hafta go get the carcass out of the bone pile and take a closer look.

Looks like another fox. There wouldn't necessarily be a sign of a fight when it involves a trapped fox. I don't recall seeing blood on my bit up fox. Mine looked just like that and I usually catch a big male at that set in the next day or 2.

Caught a red last year in front of a trail cam...couple hours later a second one came in and they had a little backyard brawl in the catch circle..all caught on film. If not for the camera, Im not sure you would have known anything happened based on just tracks or sign. Luckily, the caught red held his own and was not tore up like yours. Love them cameras....

I had a grey fox dead in the foothold trap. Skinning revealed one chomp across the back.
Never know for sure what chomped him.

That was most likely a coyote Ol' Smoke, I've had them do that do reds. They grab them and shake, break their backs/necks same way a dog kills a groundhog.

This morning I caught one in the set a few feet away from where the bit up one was yesterday. Another young male.