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Hello. Found a load of cubs the other day playing in the sun, close to their earth.

Watched for a while but couldn't find an adult with them. So I started to shoot, got 3 but the others wisely legged it.

My question: how likely is it that the others will return over the next few days to that same spot?

Is it worth my ambushing this sight over the next couple of weeks trying to pick them off?

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Yeah, they were in the same field again today. Still no sign of an adult, just cubs charging around. Surprised they were stil there tbh, playing in the open like nothing had happened to their siblings a couple of days prior?

Thanks for the replies so far chaps.

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Yeah, they were in the same field again today. Still no sign of an adult, just cubs charging around. Surprised they were stil there tbh, playing in the open like nothing had happened to their siblings a couple of days prior?

Thanks for the replies so far chaps.

Did you take the rest ??

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2 more, I sat there watching them for ages but they weren't in one group. A pair in some reeds and then another group separate to them in and out the hedges nearly 100 yards away.

I'm guessing that's most likely it now? If any are still alive surely they can't hang around after I've shot at them twice and there's 5 of them gone?!

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No they never saw me, I made sure of being good and hidden, they never even looked in my direction. The only thing they may have seen if they were hanging around was me collecting the bodies about 20 minutes later.

I'd imagine they may not put the two together though.

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No they never saw me, I made sure of being good and hidden, they never even looked in my direction. The only thing they may have seen if they were hanging around was me collecting the bodies about 20 minutes later.

I'd imagine they may not put the two together though.

Id think they may still be about. I had three adults off the same highseat three nights in a row.

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Excellent. Out of curiosity how long until cubs will be old enough to leave and go off to live on their own? Surely it's getting on in the year now no?

Thanks for the replies

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Excellent. Out of curiosity how long until cubs will be old enough to leave and go off to live on their own? Surely it's getting on in the year now no?

Thanks for the replies

I find really depends on the birth date .

I've shot big cubs recently and are almost adult size and seem relatively independent, but on flip side shot 2 the other night along with the vixen and they were still really small for the time the year :)

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I think a lot is down to which foxes you shoot and when...bear with me..

 

If there is a dominant vixen on some ground and she tolerates subordinates (her own cub for example) she will be the one to breed. If you shoot her when she is heavily in cub there is a fair change that her daughter will then breed and as such you can end up with very late cubs. I find that food availability also massively affects litter sizes and density. I shot cubs from at least 4 litters on 1 400 acre farm last year but there is a lot of food.

 

...in summary...very much like humans..some small and thin and some big and fat :lol::lol::lol:

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