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Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151264
01/23/21 06:13 PM
01/23/21 06:13 PM
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Posts: 510
Utah
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Utah
25 years ago I trapped 50 plus red fox within a ten mile radius of my home. We used to see them regularly. Now we see one or two on a good year. I'm not sure why this happened. We're certainly not over run with coyotes in the area. Lot more racoons though. Let's just blame them.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151270
01/23/21 06:26 PM
01/23/21 06:26 PM
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Lancaster County
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Steady in Lancaster county. York has Yotes moved in heavy, probably bad new for reds.


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-Muddy River Wildlife Studio
Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151281
01/23/21 06:38 PM
01/23/21 06:38 PM
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Montana
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Montana
Low now, probably the lowest I've seen them here in my 21 years here.
Caught 5 this year and even let 2 of them go.


Let me sugar coat this
Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Law Dog] #7151295
01/23/21 06:49 PM
01/23/21 06:49 PM
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Idaho Falls, ID
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
Grey fox can climb trees to escape yotes.


Plus they usually live in more brushy areas and get into smaller holes like rock crevices to escape coyotes.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151300
01/23/21 06:58 PM
01/23/21 06:58 PM
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
Saw one this fall, First one in years. Used to be very common.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151302
01/23/21 07:00 PM
01/23/21 07:00 PM
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Swords Creek, VA
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Used to have high numbers of grey's and reds on my farm and the other places I trap. Very few reds now and I haven't caught a grey in probably 5 seasons. Eric

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: HobbieTrapper] #7151314
01/23/21 07:16 PM
01/23/21 07:16 PM
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East of the Mason-Dixon Line
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Originally Posted by HobbieTrapper
We got a couple here.


Yup, one or two.


Who is John Galt?

You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training.

Semper Paratus
Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151320
01/23/21 07:22 PM
01/23/21 07:22 PM
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Pennsylvania
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I've been trapping in PA on and off for 50 years. Yes, I am old. I trap early season in Potter County and after deer season in Westmoreland, Fayette, and some in Somerset Counties. Obviously, I witnessed the change from no coyotes to plenty. The red fox suffered more than the grey fox. Grey Fox were never that prevalent, but I have not noticed much of a decline. I do catch 5 coyotes to every Red Fox and still catch the occasional Grey, particularly in thickets.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151348
01/23/21 07:45 PM
01/23/21 07:45 PM
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People's Republic of NJ
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caught nine in 7 days with five cable restraints. last year. didn't run a big line. just remade same set after i caught each time. numbers are high in my area when yotes are low id say. seems little lower this year but still good. last few years yotes have been low in my township area due to mange killing them off few years ago IMO but idk really...just know they were crazy high numbers now not many yotes and tons of fox. don't bother me none. not a fan of yotes anyhow. kinda like watching the foxes run around and eat the chipmunks here during bow season. don't ever see many grey's. wish i did.


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Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151384
01/23/21 08:11 PM
01/23/21 08:11 PM
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Oregon
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Oregon
what are these so called red foxes? we used to have them when I was a kid. The last one I saw was when I was in high school. Dad remembers the first coyote he ever saw here when he was in high school (1st possum too ) The nephew just got a picture on a game cam that sure looks like one though and the neighbor across the street said that about 2 years ago he saw one in his pipe yard next to the barn. I hope they have a chance at making a comeback -- myself and the neighbors are obviously not doing a good enough job on the coyotes.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151421
01/23/21 08:37 PM
01/23/21 08:37 PM
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Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
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We are over run with both reds & greys here in
Eastern Lake Ontario country in northern New York.

The reds are also covered with mange which knocks
their numbers back each season.

We also have a ton of cayutes so go figure.

$5.00 for put up red fox is not incentive enough to trap them.

Not many people are trapping around here but we are
also over run with predator callers shooting them up.

walleyed


"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association
Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters

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Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151430
01/23/21 08:45 PM
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Pa.
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Originally Posted by Grandpa Trapper
Originally Posted by Bigbrownie
I’m in Western Pa....catch three coyotes for every fox. In my canine sets, out of ten catches, seven will be coyotes, one red and two grey fox.

We had a decent number of reds here before coyotes took hold 30 years ago.


Which county do you live in? I trapped Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Warren and Forest counties when I lived there,

Butler

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151458
01/23/21 09:05 PM
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All of ours ran over to where Hobbie's at... haven't seen one in awhile...

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: coop] #7151495
01/23/21 09:21 PM
01/23/21 09:21 PM
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Eastern Shore of Maryland
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Originally Posted by coop
All of ours ran over to where Hobbie's at... haven't seen one in awhile...


Coming right up that power line ROW from Millsboro on their way to PA. lol


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Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151512
01/23/21 09:29 PM
01/23/21 09:29 PM
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Numbers of reds are lower this season than in the last 7 or so. I believe it was the drought that killed YOY reds.
Catching adults in normal numbers, YOY numbers are way down this year. Always have grays.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151522
01/23/21 09:32 PM
01/23/21 09:32 PM
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Marion Kansas
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Mostly just a few around towns. Did start seeing one or two around my farm 2 years ago. Then the neighbor saw them mating in the road ditch a year ago and shot both then called and asked if I wanted them. Never have trapped a fox in my life.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151545
01/23/21 09:42 PM
01/23/21 09:42 PM
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Louisiana
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I’ve never had fox on trail camera here. Rarely, and I mean rarely encounter fox tracks. I’ve only seen less than a half dozen in my life, which is strange, because there used to be a lot here. My grandfather even had some as pets in the 60s.


I suspect the mixed timber and field types changing to almost everything outside of bottomland hardwood being pine played a part in the decline. If I had my way, I’d plant a variety of trees, but I don’t, so loblolly pine it’ll stay.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151583
01/23/21 10:10 PM
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My coyote to fox ratio one year was 2 fox to 1 coyote (20 fox, 10 yotes :2015), this year it was 4.5 coyotes to 1 fox in the same region. Not sure why that was other then maybe I hit a pocket of fox that used the same trail over and over.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151587
01/23/21 10:14 PM
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Maine, Aroostook
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Very healthy red population in northern Maine. Tracks everywhere.

Re: Red fox numbers in your area [Re: Grandpa Trapper] #7151639
01/23/21 10:53 PM
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Eastern Shore, MD
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Red Fox are plentiful around these parts. I had 3 doubles this past week at the same location, same 2 traps side by side. Luckily, very few coyotes around.

Guys that previously had a lot of Fox, and coyotes ran them out, how long did this process take? Hate to see the coyote take over the red fox .

John

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