before i start ranting.
an apology first to greatbritishhoney, sorry mate
now lets start ranting, on soap box and away we go.
there are two sorts of foxes in the uk. country foxes and urban foxes. EVERY THING EVER WRITEN ABOUT FOXES IN THE LAST 200 YEARS IS FOR A COUNTRY FOX ONLY, again country foxes only.
when i lived in the country in south warwickshire the only time you ever saw a fox was with a rifle scope or a pack of hounds was up its bum. they only hnt at night and hide all day and are very shy of humans. classic fox behaviour and well documented.
now lets talk townie foxes. whilst mowing the grass around my bee shed last year in the next plot 18 foot away was a vixen and two clubs out for some sunshine and this was at 3 pm and she had been there most of the day. humans dont frighten then at all
if you can think of all the human fouling of ally ways on a saturday night and they still walk the ally ways, so wee dont work neither does dogs as most dog urine is in the local park which the foxes scavange at night for ducks and geese and chip wrapers and fried chicken boxes, to see foxes in the park or in the streets in the day time is normal.
brummie foxes are so confident that i am sure they travel arround on the busses and would if they could sign on to get benifits, wife and 34 cubs to feed, they would get a house easily.
why have i used chicken wire then?
cause i cant afford to buy weld mesh, second hand harris fence panels are easily £30 to buy when they are in bits because people do buy them and reweld them then sell them so they are off the menu too.
burring chicken wire is a waste of time it rots out within a year with the soils around here .
my pen has a three foot high pallet made bottom to which a another 4 foot high chicen wire top is put with a single layer over the roof because i will get a fox attack mainly durring the day, to stop him digging under the pallet sides i have put a 5 foot wide double layer of carpet all the way around the outside of the pen as a foot path and anti dig barrier.
smells dont put him off, human hair was a waste of time so is wee.
the old pair who lived at the allotments tried several times to get into the pen and failed so gave up on it. they died this year in the snow so the new one tried and got in, my fault not his i missed a hole and he did not.
once they have got in they will never leave it alone untill they are gone for good. i trapped mine but no i cant shoot it as the allotments are not liecenced grounds for any thing.
i have not shot a fox with an air rifle i was just quoting an idea thats all but a very good one.
poisoning foxes is cruel but very effective, make your own mind up.
trapping is easy if you do as i said with a wheely bin( natural home) and a piece of string, i dont like to leave traps like that alone, and i do what the rules are.
once its caught yes you can transport it to some where to shoot it, and thats they best idea here. the rspca DO RELEASE FOXES into the country side, why i dont know as they will starve in a week. it is against the law but the rspca and the rspcb are both operating above the law when ever it feels like it and you cant do any thing about it.
knocking the fox on the head is my choosen meathod if i was to catch one.
flip the bin onto its wheels and then drop slowly a shopping basket or some such thing down on top of him to trap him down, wear welders gloves and then get hold of his scruff of the neck, pull him out and give it the largest and quickest blows you can, if dont right it should cause instant death.
councils are a complete waste of time as foxes and badgers are NOT on any pest lists, and idiots in towns think either are cute and harmless, tell the lady with the scarred child that one.
if in any way shape or form you were to do any of the above i would do it late at night and on my own to make sure no one sees, not of course that i would ever do that
