Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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So my buddy claims he was sitting in his deer stand yesterday and a pack of five Fox came through. Has anybody ever heard or seen of this. I can understand in the spring when the mom is with her pups but I would have thought they are split up by now I shudder at the term pack of fox but yes....family groups disperse at different times everywhere......still it seems very odd here. Its the way i have doubled and tripled.....also at breeding time. 5 now would be very strange here where I am.
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 08:52 AM
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So my buddy claims he was sitting in his deer stand yesterday and a pack of five Fox came through. Has anybody ever heard or seen of this. I can understand in the spring when the mom is with her pups but I would have thought they are split up by now I shudder at the term pack of fox but yes....family groups disperse at different times everywhere......still it seems very odd here. Its the way i have doubled and tripled.....also at breeding time. 5 now would be very strange here where I am. So what is a group of fox called ? If it's in the dog family.
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 09:01 AM
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[quote=greenetrapper]So my buddy claims he was sitting in his deer stand yesterday and a pack of five Fox came through. Has anybody ever heard or seen of this. I can understand in the spring when the mom is with her pups but I would have thought they are split up by now I shudder at the term pack of fox but yes....family groups disperse at different times everywhere......still it seems very odd here. Its the way i have doubled and tripled.....also at breeding time. 5 now would be very strange here where I am. So what is a group of fox called ?
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 09:07 AM
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Correct name for a group of fox is a Skulk It was most likely a mother fox with YOY that have not dispersed yet. But I would still call it a pack. They are k-9s
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 09:07 AM
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There are many names for a group of fox : skulk, leash, earth, charm and yes, even pack. Take your pick.
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 09:07 AM
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A few years ago I was hunting the muzzle loader season (late November) and seen 4 come out together into the field I was set up on, I always figured it was a group of pups that were still sticking together for whatever reason
Anyways they spread out in the field and went to mousing and stayed around till I got up to leave at end of shooting time when they all bolted in different directions
I seen foxes several times later but never more then 1 or 2 together after that
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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That is a known behaviour in red foxes.A Male and female pair may have other adult females as helpers raising young and hunting.The female helpers are related to each other.The group can stay together for over a year. Male red foxes disperse in fall much farther than females and the females often return to become helpers.
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Re: Pack of fox ? Really
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10/18/20 03:21 PM
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Few years back I had a large family/skulk of kit foxes join me for coffee and breakfast at camp while deer hunting. One of the coolest experiences I've had. At one point 3 were within 10' as the others hung around the dens or a little further back
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