Posted: 7/5/2025 7:22:24 AM EDT
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@Cooper1 Did foxes kill livestock, or a family pet? I've never shot a fox for killing my chickens, and I don't hate 'em for being carnivorous. I do learn from my mistakes, and did improve the fencing around my coop. I miss living in the country, and don't enjoy suburban life.  Best of luck with your fox problem! |
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Originally Posted By Oldgold: Most wildlife can’t see red light per se. But, they know something changes when the red light comes on. I’ve seen it happen too many times. Ditto. It’s still light to them. All the old predator hunting red light instructions say to light them up with the edge of the red light beam and not “burn” them with the hotter center of the cone of light. I have killed my share of chicken killing foxes but they were all day time shoots in the act. Yesterday just after sun up when I was putting all the flags on the porch I had a adult coyote come out of the wood line on to my lower hill lawn and loop around and head back. He never appeared to notice me or take heed of the house. Pretty sure he was looking for a fawn for breakfast. |
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Originally Posted By Cooper1: I live in an urban/ suburban neighborhood. I watched 2 of them on my security camera from the night before. Surrounded and took one of our kittens. Around 1am they come out. Also eating my veggies.  Wouldn't have that problem if the kittens were inside.  Foxes do fox things; you had an option to be smart about it and chose not to take it.
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Originally Posted By Oldgold: Most wildlife can’t see red light per se. But, they know something changes when the red light comes on. I’ve seen it happen too many times. I have an old pair of Brunton binoculars that have a red coating on the lens. Just looking at animals with those binos spooks them, they see something they don't like. I know it has to be the coating since I can glass with my Vortex binos without that affect. |