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Post by bubcat on Jul 29, 2004 19:44:24 GMT -6
Bob W;
" Mostly it APPEARS they are coming back as what few fox are here are very visible since they must live right close to humans to survive."
That's the way I see it as well. And I have seen coyote seem to go out of their way to kill a fox, red, or grey.
Grey fox seem to fare a bit better. I kind of agree with BK on that "......Perhaps because of their temper, or that they climb well?"
I don't shoot fox over my carcass baits. They make good bait as well. After I kill a few coyotes, they get timid, avoid the bait for as much as a week. BUT, let a couple fox move in on a deer or moose carcass, and the coyote will come back to kill the fox if he can. And the grey's salvation is A. that he can climb. And B) he is at least four times as cautious on a bait as a red seems to be. Always looking, sniffing, taking off to circle the area. He's skittish. Red fox hardly lifts his head, just starts eating. I see one or two get killed killed every season during the night hunt. Takes a coyote about two seconds to kill a fox once he gets ahold of it.
I don't think the timber wolves like coyotes, it's what I read and hear, We don't have timber wolf here that I know of. The eastern canada or red wolf will breed a coyote, so I guess they get along OK.
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Post by Rob220swift on Jul 30, 2004 4:17:33 GMT -6
I have all 4 in my area and the yotes, greys and red fox have been fairly stable in distribution and density. The wolves are fairly prevalent now and I'm sure they will take yotes when the opportunity exists either for territorial reasons or due to competition for food. In this type of environment, woodlands with virtually no farming, I have not seen the coyote/fox situation some of you describe.
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