walshie Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 I reckon we've seen a ghost fox. We went out after a few foxes last night and had a decent night. 4 decent sized vixen cubs and an adult dog between us. A couple of them were covered in ticks. We've seen this "ghost fox" before and he/she/it was there last night too. It taunts us by tracking alongside us, but never offering a safe shot. Under the lamp we can both see it clear as day and each time we try to track it to somewhere where we can take a shot, it's not visible through the thermal. Light it up - there. Thermal - not there. Now either it's coincidence that every time we look through the thermal it ducks behind a tree at that exact moment, and reappears when it sees the lamp, or...... ghost fox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 You want to think yourself lucky we had a certain person claim to keep seeing them in trees. I suspect he had been at the beer. but I have met him and nothing surprises me with him🤔😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longstrider Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Foxes do climb trees .. Had a couple of dens on my permissions where the only entrance was via a hole at at least my head height (I'm 6'4") in a rotten-cored willow. They had got down the rotten pith of the tree and found it to be easy to dig out. Only one of the trees had a fallen branch wedged in it to make a ramp for easy access. The other was a good jump of about 5 feet before the fox could have a good foothold on anything other than the bark of the trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 08/08/2019 at 14:48, bumpy22 said: You want to think yourself lucky we had a certain person claim to keep seeing them in trees. I suspect he had been at the beer. but I have met him and nothing surprises me with him🤔😂 I didnt notice whether it was wearing a white sheet like Walshies fox On 08/08/2019 at 13:38, walshie said: I reckon we've seen a ghost fox. We went out after a few foxes last night and had a decent night. 4 decent sized vixen cubs and an adult dog between us. A couple of them were covered in ticks. We've seen this "ghost fox" before and he/she/it was there last night too. It taunts us by tracking alongside us, but never offering a safe shot. Under the lamp we can both see it clear as day and each time we try to track it to somewhere where we can take a shot, it's not visible through the thermal. Light it up - there. Thermal - not there. Now either it's coincidence that every time we look through the thermal it ducks behind a tree at that exact moment, and reappears when it sees the lamp, or...... ghost fox! I think the best bet is for all members of the shooting party to stop drinking before going out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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