A different silver

[cebeu]

This little one is very different than the previous Silver I've posted numerous times, much smaller, more silver than the other. Has been hangin' around of late and very friendly. Couldn't get a "good pic" because of the skittish movement but...check it out...no zoom...hung out with me for awhile in the garage this morning. I just thought this was a pretty cool shot...those eyes kill me.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/foxagain.jpg

[opie011]

That's cool.

[Heep72]

Wow.....beautiful!

[Byte Stryke]

Nice shot

[rondog]

What is that, a fox? Helluva photo! I take it, if you have foxes hanging around you don't have any pets, huh?

[cebeu]

What is that, a fox? Helluva photo! I take it, if you have foxes hanging around you don't have any pets, huh?

Yeah...a silver fox. I do have dogs, two, both rescues and one like yours, a full-blooded beagle bitch and a second that's a beagle / golden retriever mix (had her DNA tested to find out just what heck she really is). They get loud on occasion but in general the fox population and my dogs have no problems interacting at a reasonable distance. The beagle goes insane on occasion though when the instinct kicks-in, can't help herself. No rabbits up here but holy s***...get the beagle on rabbit scent and it's all over...a tick hound has nothing on this gal once she starts bellowin'.

They have four beds around the house but here they are being stubborn and hagglin' over the same space.



http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r14/cunroe/beagles.jpg

[rondog]

A Beagle man! God love you! We have two and they're the dearest little dogs I've ever known, love 'em to death. I wish I had a place where I could let 'em run rabbits without fear of losing the dogs, they would so enjoy that. Every yard in our neighborhood has rabbits, and walking the girls is a chore because the scents drive them nuts. And our girls prefer to snooze together too, they like each other's company.

I'd still be very leery of the foxes though, they'll eat your dogs if given a chance. No matter how "friendly" the foxes get, if one went after one of my dogs I'd blow it in half with a 12ga.

[Fentonite]

Wow - beautiful. There's a big black fox that likes to snoop around our mining claim, but could never get that close. Awesome pic.

[spyder]

That is awesome!

[Ridge]

He gunna eat you!

[Dunecrazzy]

And why is he still alive? Or is he ?

[cebeu]

And why is he still alive? Or is he ?

And why wouldn't he be "still alive?" Yeah...he is...and he's going stay that way pending accidental death or natural expiration. So will all the others around here.

[rondog]

And why wouldn't he be "still alive?" Yeah...he is...and he's going stay that way pending accidental death or natural expiration. So will all the others around here.

I kinda feel the same way, I have no desire to kill any wild critters unless they need killin'. Only things I've killed in many, many years are squirrels, and only the ones trying to tear up my bird feeders. I could dig living in the sticks and having critters come to visit.

[patrick0685]

that really cool, back in East TN where we lived the deer and turkeys were all over the place...non that close but with 100 ft at times

[b52buff]

Nice picture for sure!

[theGinsue]

Really cool shot. I saved it to use as my computer background.

[Cman]

Thats cool. Had a red fox that used to visit my back yard for about 6 mo till it got killed on Academy.

[spleify]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[talon]

Thats a cool pic.Did you say you took that pic in your garage?If so then that fox has a pair since half the foxes I've seen run away the moment they see me

[jplove71]

That is a very cool photo! You should submit it to National Geographic.

[Bailey Guns]

Awesome picture...thanks for sharing it.

We had several foxes that hung around the property a few years ago. We really enjoyed watching them. Of course, the foxes drive the Terriers nuts.

I don't know about Beagles, but a healthy Jack Russell is a pretty fair match for a fox. Coyotes are a different story, for sure. We keep pretty close tabs on the JRs when they're running loose.

We found a fox who'd been hit by a car taking refuge in our barn. Poor guy's back was broken and all he could do was drag his hind-end around. I had to shoot it and I almost would've rather shot myself. I didn't sleep for about 3 days...his face reminded me of one of my dogs.

[coop68]

very cool, your lucky you get to see those kind of foxes! thanks for the picture!

[Buzzkill69]

Very cool pic, foxes are neat animals. It reminds me of these two (male and female) red foxes taking up shelter in a storm drain across the alley from my work years ago. They got used to seeing us humans after a while and would come to within 4 or 5 feet of us. They would play and chase each other around as though they knew they were pure entertainment for us. The male would act like he was playing tag with us sometimes. He would run up all fast and then quickly stop right in front of you for a couple seconds then take off like you were going to get him (even though we never moved).

Then one morning we were loading our trucks and we seen the female pacing back and forth and the male was gone. I'm guessing he got hit by a car because of the heavy traffic near by. She stayed for another day or two and then she took off. I don't think I could kill (unless I had to of course) something that can have that kind of personality and relationship with people. I've hunted deer and game birds before so I'm not a tree hugging animal rights freak or nothing like that. But these foxes were like two super hyper, intelligent dogs that were funny as hell sometimes.

[jerrymrc]

We still have a bunch of reds on post. A few years ago I had to walk around the the Hospital at 5am and when I got to the front lawn there was a family playing in the fresh snow. I stopped and watched for 10 min. They would get about 15' away but it was quite a sight seeing them playing in the snow.