Anyone Seen Any Cubs?

[shropshire dan 467]

After receiving a call off a farmer today saying he's seen 3 cubs out in the field this morning I'm just wandering if anyone else has seen any about. I thought it was rather early this year really. But he said he seen 3 cubs and mum out at 7 am this morning, going out tomorrow morning at 6am to see if I can bag them with the .22-250, setting up 150 yards from the den. Fingers crossed eh

[Rabid 1,936]

Yep, I saw two on Tuesday just gone.

[walshie 2,804]

They've been out for a couple of weeks here.

[shropshire dan 467]

Fair play. I've always started seeing them towards the end of April beginning of May.

[walshie 2,804]

I was just saying the other day they seemed really early this year.

[shropshire dan 467]

They certainly do mate. I'm hoping to nail the vixen first tomorrow and quickly dispatch the cubs.

[slipper 116]

Haven't seen any bud bear in mind it's been a really mild winter so that alters things a bit

[abarrett 462]

I saw a cub dead on the a5 5 weeks ago had to go by again to check ( hoped it was a cat )

I lamp with the ratmanwan we have suspended operations due to dependant Cubs

And his ever growing kind heart we have now resulted to rats great bit of sport

He has a site that upto yet we have never shot less than 100 rats per session

In fact he had a tot up last week since January we have had over 1000 rats

Can't bring ourselves To shoot a fox it might be a vixen and potentially leave Cubs

So rats for a bit longer

[shropshire dan 467]

Cheers lads. It's only a couple of perms where they want all foxes shot whether they are cubs or not

[Tremo 138]

Cheers lads. It's only a couple of perms where they want all foxes shot whether they are cubs or not

 

I'm in the same boat chum. All foxes have to go, regardless. No sign of cubs around here yet though.

[shropshire dan 467]

Yeah a sad thing but it's got to be done. I got 2 cubs and 1 vixen this morning no sign of a 3rd cub with them though. Nailed mum 1st with a neck shot then nailed the cubs quickly as they walking round scratching their heads lol

[just-A-snap 1,269]

Hackney in London is full of them, can be seen any time of day, night, in the streets, gardens and green spaces, yes any time of the day or night, they have not fear it looks of humans and of cars most of the time.

[shropshire dan 467]

Madness isn't it how different the urban foxes are apposed to the wild rural foxes.

[Dutch hunter 2]

Here in the netherlands the young cubs are just outside the dens. I gues they are a bit later then in uk.

 

My colleage from the uk told me last week that they shot some cubs that where half grown allready so there's a bit difference with the netherlands.

 

Get home on friday from my offshore trip so i'll be going foxing regulary. Report it here.