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    That's a really good point there...

    If you will rephrase your question to "What do I do about introduced, non-native predators" ... The discussion is probably a lot more relevant... While "Foxes" are certainly a problem - feral cats are 10x worse.... And often foxes can be quite beneficial to let live in that they prey on feral cats.... Cane toads can be worse than both of these put together... Though frog legs are much better eating.

    Wild game cameras are pretty reasonably priced and will give you a fantastic chance to look at what's going on and who the real culprit is... You may be blaming foxes for the neighbor's cat's bloodsport..

    The next thing you will find is that these "Remedies" are often very seasonal... Traps are often most effective right after Momma fox evicts the kits... Whistling and game calls is often most effective right at breeding season... Second most effective when momma fox evicts the kits... Third most effective during prey-birthing season when baby rabbits, pigs, and chicks are young and squealing.. Food based poison things are often most effective during seasons when food is scarce... Etc.....

    Often - you can also take advantage of multiple solutions simultaneouly.. For example - a good fluffy chicken feather or fluffy squirrel tail dangling from a low branch at the same time as a calling... Catfood bait piles left for a week and then hunted 1 single night.. Female fox urine scent lures hung out right before breeding time.. Etc...

    The worst thing you can do is to leave the same stuff put for months and months... For example - remove the trap as soon as you don't catch anything.. And leave it gone till the next springtime when the young dumb foxes come sniffing around your trash can... Don't bother calling calling calling all through the middle of the summer.. Wait till the young rabbits are dropping and call then... And don't keep at the same strategy after you are "busted" by foxes...

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  3. #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arron View Post
    You must have some interesting wildlife on your block. What species have benefitted from your fence?
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    Pottoroos, betongs and three species of wallaby, Swamp, Tamar (one variety), and red neck. It is a registered sanctuary and we supply wildlife to other SA sanctuaries from time to time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by artful bodger View Post
    Thankfully there are no foxes here in Tasmania.
    I think that the most recent and authoritative information is that there certainly are and they were introduced maliciously a few years ago. Many of the Tassy wildlife experts are in denial I'm afraid and in time you will find that you will start to see them. If they are in relatively low numbers then you will never see them. Scat has been discovered in Tasmania, which is the definitive test.

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    I haven't chased foxes for many years, but in the W.A. wheatbelt when younger, I've certainly dispatched many hundreds of them to Fox Heaven, with various forms of armament, plus spotlight.
    Used to go out virtually every night during lambing season, in the old traytop Landrover, and give 'em curry. It was a very rare night we came home with zero kills - and if we did, it was because the old LR was too gutless to catch them.

    They are the most cunning animal on the face of the Earth, they can pull every fast trick in the book, and they can disappear in milliseconds - even in daylight.
    You will never get rid of them, they are a scourge on the nation, and they are impossible to eradicate from your property - and impossible to eradicate from Australia.
    You could shoot or trap a dozen of them around your property, and another dozen would soon turn up to take their place.

    I've had cheeky foxes come right up to the missus and myself, as we laid back on a deserted town beach at 10:00PM. They know humans likely mean food scraps.
    They live in every city in the world, even in the middle of London. They only need a small patch of dirt to dig a very big den, and breed like .. ummm .. foxes.

    https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/...s-foxes-093016

    For an 1100 sq m block, the best fox solution is the netting boundary fence suggestion, buried to at least 300mm.

    Just to give you an idea of the fox problem - 177 people in total, probably less than half, actual shooters - got together down at Boyup Brook (W.A.) just on 2 mths ago, and they took out 701 foxes in ONE night.

    https://www.facebook.com/BBIncBlackw...07368002868268

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    I used to whistle them up to the back of the Ute and knock them off with a pick axe handle... True story..

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