albob Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 i was out shooting sunday night lamping and i spotted a fox and what appeared to be a possible young cub in tow,it was a quick glance,so i did not id it postively. they was about 150yrds away and they disappeared to my right quickly and then within a short time they appeared to my right about 50yrds away and shot into the woods on my left. nothing strange in that but,the other eyes i seen,were a badgers and it was chasing the fox.the badger came out of the woods in seconds and did not look happy and then ran back into the woods,after looking round. never had chance to see if the fox had anything in it`s mouth,as i presume the badger must have chased the fox because it had taken it`s young.i cannot think of any other reason for this strange sight. anyone know why or can shed some light on this fascinating encounter. thanks al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Interesting, they tend to stay away from each other! Or more accurately, leave each other alone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 i thought that to,as the fox would not like an injury from a badger. i still think it has something to do with them having young,as there is a few badgers about and i presume they would clash at some stage. al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 It's not unknown for pigs and charlies to scrap. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 It's not unknown for pigs and charlies to scrap. FM Possibly so, but what about badgers and foxes ? Its unlikely that a fox would willingly get involved in a scrap with a badger, as it would be seriously outweighed and "outclawed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 I've once saw a fox run away from an Angry mummy badger with young'un in tow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted May 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 that comes close to what i was thinking bleeh.as the event was quick,i did not have chance to look for a young un with the adult badger or the fox got a little to close to the badgers young. al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesman Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Those badgers are quite exposed where they are, so it could be easy pickings for the fox if mummy was out digging the course up. She had 3 young with her the other night though so maybe none were taken. Those baby badgers would give the fox a run for it's money now. They've grown quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Possibly so, but what about badgers and foxes ?Its unlikely that a fox would willingly get involved in a scrap with a badger, as it would be seriously outweighed and "outclawed". Don't speak about Lurcherboy like that! FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted June 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Those badgers are quite exposed where they are, so it could be easy pickings for the fox if mummy was out digging the course up. She had 3 young with her the other night though so maybe none were taken. Those baby badgers would give the fox a run for it's money now. They've grown quickly. funny thing is wes,is that this badger is from another sett,that you may have not seen or forgot(or i may not have shown you..ooops).not the badgers at the top end,these are in the woods in the middle of the course.so different ones. the other thing is,that if the fox took a youngun on the run(which is a safer way of taking one and less chance of injury)then it may not be such a problem for the fox. al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="385"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted June 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) interesting that dazza. the badger took the fox,unaware that the badger was going to do that and to me that looks like a young fox,would like to see the same on a more older fox.bet their would be a difference. still i bet it scared the hell out of that poor fox. al Edited June 5, 2010 by albob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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