dytkos 17,783 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Come in from a couple of hours out local, very still and bright. Walked for 2 hours saw 3 rabs and a fox all a long way away. Got almost round and saw a rab by the hedge about 50 yards away, I slipped my bitch anyway as we hadn't had a run. It was a green 'un and went back into the field. As she put a (wide) bend into it a fox popped out of the hedge and joined in! It came right between the rab and the dog then must have thought WTF and away back to the safety of the thick hedge, as did the rabbit Not the first time I've seen it mind. Cheers, D. 2 Quote Link to post
Flacko 1,741 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Never double up on the lamp mate lol Flacko 8 Quote Link to post
ruggers13 268 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 thats madness lol atb Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Id love to see that! Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,132 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 ive seen a fox course a rabbit in the lamp once or twice over the years. i saw a rabbit behave in a way ive never seen before last night. even the dog thought WTF i reckon. i sent the dog down the beam to a rabbit squat in the middle if this small paddock i was in. the dog gets to the rabbit and puts his strike in and has he does the rabbit jumps in the air and does a sumersalt lands back on the ground and starts to run (nothing unuasal there). the way it run now that was the strange bit, it was running left and right on the spot using about 3 foot of ground to do so. whilst the rabbit is running like a nutter on the spot and going nowhere the dog gets his self turned round and picks the rabbit up. i could just see by the dogs behavior that he didnt expect it. 1 Quote Link to post
Joe1888 672 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Nice one, I've yet to experience that.. Quote Link to post
bird 9,861 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 never seen that, had them just watch watch from the edge while the dog running them.like most had them come in bit closer when the dog caught it and the rabbits making a noise . but if a fox try join in on the chase on the rabbit, and like you say dave was quite close to me dog,Buck would changed course and had the fox and prob one dead fox if that close lol, he dont like to share noting he a jealous hunter really regards other dog.the old fox you got to hand it to them,they are very clever animal and good opportunist ,thats why there still here the countryside would be a poor place without them deff 3 Quote Link to post
Red Center 165 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 never seen that, had them just watch watch from the edge while the dog running them.like most had them come in bit closer when the dog caught it and the rabbits making a noise . but if a fox try join in on the chase on the rabbit, and like you say dave was quite close to me dog,Buck would changed course and had the fox and prob one dead fox if that close lol, he dont like to share noting he a jealous hunter really regards other dog.the old fox you got to hand it to them,they are very clever animal and good opportunist ,thats why there still here the countryside would be a poor place without them deff I think Oz is a perfect example of how clever and adaptable the fox really is. Different climate, wildlife, terrain and they still thrive. Yeah I reckon if a fox run up on your big brute named Buck he wouldn't live to regret the decision either haha Quote Link to post
bird 9,861 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 never seen that, had them just watch watch from the edge while the dog running them.like most had them come in bit closer when the dog caught it and the rabbits making a noise . but if a fox try join in on the chase on the rabbit, and like you say dave was quite close to me dog,Buck would changed course and had the fox and prob one dead fox if that close lol, he dont like to share noting he a jealous hunter really regards other dog.the old fox you got to hand it to them,they are very clever animal and good opportunist ,thats why there still here the countryside would be a poor place without them deff I think Oz is a perfect example of how clever and adaptable the fox really is. Different climate, wildlife, terrain and they still thrive. Yeah I reckon if a fox run up on your big brute named Buck he wouldn't live to regret the decision either haha yeh it would be prob its last run deff, a bloody cat locked on to his head when he 12 month old he never seen one that close before ,it hurt him and bloody hell he only bit once and that was the end of that feral. yeh foxes are survivors no dout about it, and in your country with what you got out there crocs,snakes,dingos, they do well to do so.do dingos take many foxes ? or do they only take sick ones. Quote Link to post
Red Center 165 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 never seen that, had them just watch watch from the edge while the dog running them.like most had them come in bit closer when the dog caught it and the rabbits making a noise . but if a fox try join in on the chase on the rabbit, and like you say dave was quite close to me dog,Buck would changed course and had the fox and prob one dead fox if that close lol, he dont like to share noting he a jealous hunter really regards other dog.the old fox you got to hand it to them,they are very clever animal and good opportunist ,thats why there still here the countryside would be a poor place without them deff I think Oz is a perfect example of how clever and adaptable the fox really is. Different climate, wildlife, terrain and they still thrive. Yeah I reckon if a fox run up on your big brute named Buck he wouldn't live to regret the decision either haha yeh it would be prob its last run deff, a bloody cat locked on to his head when he 12 month old he never seen one that close before ,it hurt him and bloody hell he only bit once and that was the end of that feral. yeh foxes are survivors no dout about it, and in your country with what you got out there crocs,snakes,dingos, they do well to do so.do dingos take many foxes ? or do they only take sick ones. Yeah where there are a lot of pure bred dingos there are no foxes. They kill feral cats too. Most foxes don't go north enough to worry about crocs. A group of scientists did an experiment and let 7 foxes and 5 cats go in a 5 sq km enclosure with 2 dingos, the foxes were all dead in a week and the last cat was killed after two Quote Link to post
bird 9,861 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 never seen that, had them just watch watch from the edge while the dog running them.like most had them come in bit closer when the dog caught it and the rabbits making a noise . but if a fox try join in on the chase on the rabbit, and like you say dave was quite close to me dog,Buck would changed course and had the fox and prob one dead fox if that close lol, he dont like to share noting he a jealous hunter really regards other dog.the old fox you got to hand it to them,they are very clever animal and good opportunist ,thats why there still here the countryside would be a poor place without them deff I think Oz is a perfect example of how clever and adaptable the fox really is. Different climate, wildlife, terrain and they still thrive. Yeah I reckon if a fox run up on your big brute named Buck he wouldn't live to regret the decision either haha yeh it would be prob its last run deff, a bloody cat locked on to his head when he 12 month old he never seen one that close before ,it hurt him and bloody hell he only bit once and that was the end of that feral. yeh foxes are survivors no dout about it, and in your country with what you got out there crocs,snakes,dingos, they do well to do so.do dingos take many foxes ? or do they only take sick ones. Yeah where there are a lot of pure bred dingos there are no foxes. They kill feral cats too. Most foxes don't go north enough to worry about crocs. A group of scientists did an experiment and let 7 foxes and 5 cats go in a 5 sq km enclosure with 2 dingos, the foxes were all dead in a week and the last cat was killed after two well that says it all then,regards dingos. how big are they , they look from pics about a collie size,but pics can give not a true feel of a thing.? Quote Link to post
j1985 1,983 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 See it twice, one was a yearling and ended up dead. The other came steaming in just as my bitch caught a bunny on the field outside my house, She dropped an gave chase then went back for the bunny after losing the fox in cover. Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Had that happen to me also. It was the last rabbit that fox ran though..! Quote Link to post
Wales1234 5,489 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Was digging on the weekend and turned and a fox was sitting behind me literally 10 yards !! Bare in mind a hound pack had been through not long before lol Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Had it happen twice to me, both times when the same lurcher was lamping. The first time I sent her out to a rabbit unaware that a fox had also targeted the rabbit. As the lurcher went in, so did the fox, then realised what was happening and fled towards me, sidestepping my feet at the last moment just as the lurcher picked the rabbit up. The second time she went out after a rabbit and a fox that had been stalking the same rabbit jumped up and tried to flee. First time she'd seen a fox, and when she came back to me she was carrying it carefully by the scruff just as she would have done a rabbit! She was only around 14 months old. The fox, which must have been a large cub, started to struggle and she dropped it, totally surprised. She went on to become a very good fox dog in her second season. Quote Link to post
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