STAKE OUT??????? I need help on how to do it, I NEED TO KILL THESE FOX

[GrumpyOldMan]

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I am totally in agreement with you but it will take some time, money and alot of effort to get the hot wired fence up (which I am hoping will be a birthday present!)

Until then, any less predators are a plus and I am willing to give it a try!

You go get um girl.

Night scopes are VERY expensive. I’m not sure of how much of a light source you have there but on bright moonlit nights you shouldn’t have much trouble with a “good” light gathering scope. Most quality scopes will fit that bill. They aren’t “cheep” but a lot less expensing than a night scope.

Only way to do a good stakeout is to know / figure out the area the critter likes to take your brides and time frame it’s on the prowl, then sit and wait from concealment. Then pop the sucker.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

LOL shooting in the dark... that is what I was wondering about. I guess a trial run is in order. I tried the traps and baited with a just killed chicken, and was careful of keeping my scent off the trap (which is the biggest trap available)

They just won't go for it. I even hired a trapper early this year and he only got the cats.

I have seen them and they are big for fox. I guess all the free food around here! Also have caught coyote on the spy cam.

I think I am going to have to get a baby monitor so that I can hear it when I am sleeping when the birds start alerting.

As for an early b-day...hmmm I wonder if I could get away with that? It is worth a try!

 

[moetrout]

Pedator hunting is not easy. I am a hunter and I consider pedator hunting as something for the more advanced hunter. It is not easy. You are trying to hunt something that hunts itself. My suggestion would be to find a hunter that would be willing to take them out for you. This way would be more effective and you would be helping a hunter. You get rid of foxes/yotes and they get a new place to hunt and the game they shoot.

If you really want to do it yourself then get educated on the game laws in your area. Using a cull as bait or any live bait for that matter is most likely illegal. In Michigan it certainly is. Also if you are hunting at night additional game laws usually apply. Like no centerfire rifles and additional laws on when you can and can't use a light. For a fox a .22 rimfire might do, but if it is a yote I would want something bigger.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I don't think the game laws will mind me shooting fox on my own property or coyote. I spoke with some Police when 2 dogs came and got into 5 pens and massacred 15 birds.

I told them I shot one of the dogs and they said I should have shot them both. As for live bait, the chickens I own are really live bait, LOL

 

[Chicky Tocks]

We've just recently come to know that we have at least two, maybe more red foxes living in and around our woods. There's been so much clear cutting in our area, that we have just about the last patch of woods for the wildlife to live in around here! Bad news for my chickens. We've tried taking them out with a .22 but they're too fast, and also we have houses around us. A .22 bullet can travel for around a mile, so we don't want to take that chance.

Here's what I've been reading about and it sounds like a winner to me! Look into the red eyes. It's night protection anyway, when most predators strike. I've seen the foxes around here in mid-day though.

http://www.solarpredatorprotection.com/

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Canines are hard to trap, and even harder if they have seen or tripped a trap before. Try a high candle power flashlight with a tight beam attached to your rifle. You can see the light beam thru your scope enough to see the cross hairs and make an accurate shot. You will find your fox to be a creature of habit also, they will come around the same time of day. That was this ones mistake.

Steve

 

[carrlr]

I'd try setting up a trail camera. You'll find that most nocturnal animas are creatures of habit and will travel the same routes at the same times. You may have to vary the camera location until you get activity. That should help you to set-up in a good location. Also, i believe foxes and coyotes can't see red lights. You could attach one to the barrel of your gun and use it to "light-up" the predator, or at least it's eyes before squeezing one off. Just a thought.

 

[aprophet]

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[moetrout]

That's a sweet gun you have there Steve! Is that an AR? What caliber?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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It's a Colt match target competition model, 5.56 mm aka .223

Steve