Black Fox

[Bogder 9]

Just come back from a walk / mooch where my 8 month old Collie x Greyhound put up what appeared to be a mature Black fox??? which was away under some security fencing after a 25 yd scurry. Should I be going to the doctor and requesting a change in medication or do they exist.

[victor 10]

thay are real, ive never caught one but friends have shot them.

[chartpolski 24,377]

Melanistic (black) fox;

 

 

 

 

Cheers.

[Bogder 9]

Just come back from a walk / mooch where my 8 month old Collie x Greyhound put up what appeared to be a mature Black fox??? which was away under some security fencing after a 25 yd scurry. Should I be going to the doctor and requesting a change in medication or do they exist.

 

Thanks for the response guy's I will now cancel the appointment with the doctor....

 

Cheers

[fresh earth 47]

How the hell do they breed do other fox's not get spooked by the colour ?

[Huntmad 1]

i seen one last week don see them oftem but theres a few around

[beaver76 1]

I seen 1 new years day while digging a fox we seen him commin towards us taught it was a dog at frist until it turned to run never seen 1 before.No need 2 see the quack lol

[chartpolski 24,377]

How the hell do they breed do other fox's not get spooked by the colour ?

 

I don't know if they breed, or not; but a normal colour fox carrying the melenistic gene will produce black foxes.

 

Cheers.

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Seen a Black and white fox, looked like a skinny sheep dog, but def. a fox.

[minion 29]

Well there's something you dont see every day. I don't really hunt foxes but see loads and have never saw a black fox.

[Guest hunterside]

not seen a black 1 but there was a blonde ish coloured 1 nocking around near me a few seasons ago not seen it since, i was on some where i shud'nt ave been it made me jump as i thought it was the keepers dog

Edited January 4, 2010 by hunterside

[welshwizard 33]

Hi there, I saw a Black Fox in the Conwy area of North Wales about two weeks ago, this was a 8.30am. He was definately on his way home, and he looked like he was late. He was half way accross a field, I ducked down behind a wall, and then decided to give him a squeak. I could not get a run on him as there was wall and a barbed wire fence between me and him. I squeaked and he stopped still for a second, then turned on his tail and then he was off like a shot. That fox had definately been squeaked before, shame. If they cannot get them with lurchers around here, they rifle them. No Sport in that, if you cannot get them with your dogs, leave them alone.

[AL BUNDY 45]

not seen a black 1 but there was a blonde ish coloured 1 nocking around near me a few seasons ago not seen it since, i was on some where i shud'nt ave been it made me jump as i thought it was the keepers dog

used to see one regular it was golden lab colour .we were after deer and you only got one shot and then leave so it was never fired at.

[comanche 3,059]

One of the first foxes I snared was a silver- tipped black and a few weeks later I was out with a Keeper from next door when we saw the "shadow "of a fox in the lamp . Took a few seconds to realise it was a black fox . This one turned out to be properly melanistic. It was posssible they were from the same litter. I had the skins from both for a while until the boss shut the farm collie in the Shooting lodge overnight and he chewed them up .

Wierdest coloured fox I've seen was a sort of sandy merle . Not unlike a Cape Hunting dog . It was seen once coming out the side of a pheasant Drive and the Guns having been told to ignore ground game let it go .Plenty of witnesses though.

Edited January 4, 2010 by comanche

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Seen a sandy one outside a mates front door, very light in colour, middle of the day, it wasnt mangy either.

this was in the snow as well.