The area I am in MN I average 3 red fox to 1 coyote. Then 2 coyote to every gray fox

Pics from last couple days. Very fortunate to still have an abundance of Red Fox. Never gets old coming around the corner seeing them bouncing in a trap!

John

Nice. I’m doing pretty good for a half arsed effort. Any greys John?

Picking up few greys. I set mostly for reds in crop fields/transitions. Helps avoid coons and possums. I do like to set woods roads here and there to pick up grays. Have one location for grays set right now that I’ve nabbed a couple. Very down sized trapline, just setting enough to keep the property owners happy . Wish the Fox market would improve!

John

I hear you. I’m liking the greys. Still a novelty to me. None where I came from.

Last season I caught 39 coyotes and 5 reds and two grey fox. So far this season I have caught nothing but coyotes and bobcats. Definitely nowhere near the numbers of fox we had 20-30 yr ago

Our reds tend to stick to abandoned farms or cities to avoid the coyotes. I've been releasing the lion share of them I catch each season for a while now. I'm starting to see them out in the open in traps in locations where I've never encountered reds before. Our cat population seemed to really take off this year as well. I'd say the price for coyotes has probably drove both of these populations up in my area. No one liked coyotes before but they have been the main target with prices the last couple seasons as well.

Pretty greys Mud. Our area has a great grey fox, grade wise. I’ve had two make top lot at NAFA , and most graded selects. I’ll be shipping most to a tannery this year.

Wade how are the denning habits of the coyote compared to red fox on agricultural land in your area? Most reds here den in open fields, on high sandy ground. I’m interested to see how this changes as the coyotes influx.

John

Here the red population has been stable for the last decade or so but low. It depends a lot upon where one lives here. If you live in an area with a lot of small fields, fence lines, abandoned buildings, sloughs, wood lots etc. the reds can hold their own. As the fence lines get buried, woodlots disappear and fields get larger the coyotes have a better habitat. When the yotes get mange here the fox disappear for a while and then come back. I live in an area where coyotes outnumber reds but reds are on the radar more than a few miles to my west.

Bryce

Nice John!

JoMiBru... stick that 3rd or 4th DH in there too... makes for a better pic...

in Ohio the coyotes have eaten nearly all of the gray fox. I really miss seeing and catching them. The reds are thin but holding on. Like most places they have adapted to live around old farm buildings and more on the edge of suburbia. When caught I release the reds.

reds have made a big come back here the last few years , still a lot of coyote around , think maybe they have learn to avoid the coyotes

I'll see your doubles and raise with a pair of triples!

See.. I told ya so...

Forty years ago grays were common in my area of southeast Pa. The first couple of fox I caught were grays.

I haven't caught or seen any sign of one in thirty years. I still catch them and reds in about equal numbers in north-central Pa.

Yep

Lately there has only been small pockets with some fox in east central Wi. In my particular area, we've got a couple of young guys that have been pounding some big numbers of coyotes with thermals at night the last 3 years.
It has definitely made a positive impact on the reds. I see tracks pretty regular and get a fair amount of trail cam pics of them as well.

I would think populations of fox in northern and central Wi. would be decent seeing many pockets in those areas are over run with wolves??? I would assume in those areas, the coyotes are the prey species?

A gray / red double

Im in Northern Chester County PA; lots of reds!! My Dad in in the Philadelphia suburbs and has reds feeding at the bird feeder, eating scraps. Lots of mangey ones too. Too bad prices are so low....