Fox populations near you

[Catscratch]

When I was a kid I trapped a lot. Could catch fox any time we wanted if we trapped in town. Could catch Yotes outside of town. Never catch one where you'd catch the other.
I'd venture to say it's very difficult to guess their populations by observations. I wouldn't see one for years, but could trap several in a short amount of time. I "see" more bobcats than I do foxes and I consider them somewhat secretive to the casual observers out there.

 

[Teeder]

Habitat loss. Loss of mouse & rabbit habitat. Simple as that.

I wish they would work over the vole population around my apple trees.

 

[West_Fork]

Looking good here. I have no reference for population trends. I have been watching this one for over a year. I notice the area east of me, separated by a 1000' deep-wide gulch has lots of coyotes.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

Not many reds around and I haven't seen a grey in over 20 years.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Ever since this thread I’ve started paying attention. I realized how rare they are around me. Got two this week though.

 

[Electrodigical]

I got to check my cams this weekend, out since labor day. I got dozens and dozens of pics and video of foxes. (all grays this time) Think as many pics of them as I did deer. I DID get one turkey, which considering all the fox, fisher and raccoons, I'm lucky there's any.

You'd think "well at least they're keeping the rodent population in check". Not really, I caught 10 mice in the cabin in four days.

 

[356]

Driving to the farms tonight I saw two different foxes and it got me thinking. We have not seen a single fox on a trail camera or in person on our farms in Northern MO in at least 8 years. We have quite a few coyotes but almost no one traps or predator hunts.

Is this typical? What are others seeing for foxes in the midwest?

While late to the thread, I looked back on our NW Mo pictures and have had very few fox pictures the past couple of years. They used to be problematic—harassing and eating our chicken. At the time, I would see fox every week or so. It’s been months since I saw one in person, and even longer since I saw one on camera.

The fox population seems inverse to the coyote population, which is swelling. I spoke with some Missouri hunting buddies who run cameras and all report less red and grey fox activity.

 

[PatinPA]

I've been amazed by the amount of foxes I've seen this year. Not sure if it's the same 2 over and over but I've seen them hunting together along the creek from the stand. Every camera pull I have them on multiple camera almost every day. All reds. Also had a fisher and a bobcat on camera.

 

[b116757]

I've been amazed by the amount of foxes I've seen this year. Not sure if it's the same 2 over and over but I've seen them hunting together along the creek from the stand. Every camera pull I have them on multiple camera almost every day. All reds. Also had a fisher and a bobcat on camera.

Likely the same two they set a home base and work out of it pretty heavily for sure this is the case when they have kits but I suspect that’s just the way foxes normally operate as long as there is enough food readily available to them they stay home.

 

[Foggy47]

I seldom get a pic of a fox.....and it's been years since I saw one. Likely get 50 to 1 pics of coyotes over foxes. Even have more bobcat pics than foxes. I think the coyotes pretty much took over beginning in the 1980's. Had lots of foxes prior to that time.

 

[letemgrow]

They’re pretty common in town right now. The coyotes seem to stay more on the fringes.

I’ll take a fox over a yote any day for vermin control.

Talked to a neighbor a mile south of me that also has fox around their house.

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[PatinPA]

I got this video earlier in the year. Mom looked to be mangy.

 

[H20fwler]

I’ve got a pair at each woods.
I hear the ones where we live high pitch yips now and then. Rarely see them, very shy.

Usually it’s from a stand when I get to watch them the most. They get a pass always.

 

[bueller]

I seldom get a pic of a fox.....and it's been years since I saw one. Likely get 50 to 1 pics of coyotes over foxes. Even have more bobcat pics than foxes. I think the coyotes pretty much took over beginning in the 1980's. Had lots of foxes prior to that time.

Same here in central WI. Very few pics of fox while I get coyotes and bobcats basically daily.

 

[Electrodigical]

 

[swat1018]

In the mid 80s I had huge fur checks trapping and calling fox, a mix of grays and reds. Rarely saw a coyote and never caught one. Now, I can catch 75 coyotes a year and may catch 3-4 red fox, that I always release. I haven't seen a gray fox in probalby 15-20 years. Central Indiana.