A total "fox"

**DOC** · 03-25-2011, 08:26 AM

TUESDAY EVENING I HIKED OUT ACROSS SEVERAL FARM LOTS TO TAKE PICS OF AN OLD TRUCK AT SUNSET. I GOT DISTRACTED BY A FOX DASHING ACROSS THE SOD FARM, BASICALLY GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS ME BUT ABOUT 200' AWAY.

WHEN I WALKED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TREE LINE, THE FOX WAS SITTING THERE LOOKING BACK AT ME.

I HAD IT'S ATTENTION FOR ABOUT 4-5 MINUTES BEFORE IT WENT INTO THE WOODS. IT WAS GETTING DARK AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A DECENT PIC W/O A TRIPOD. THE FOX IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS PIC...YOU CAN SEE IT'S EARS AND FACE...

THIS MORNING, I HIKED BACK OUT TO THE SAME AREA AND SCOPED OUT THE "FOX HOLE" AND FOUND IT QUITE EASILY ABOUT 10' FROM THE EDGE OF THE FARM LOT IN THE WOODS....

I MADE A FEW NOISES WITH MY MOUTH AND THEN LEFT. I TOOK A FEW PICS OF THE SUNRISE BY THE OLD TRUCK. AS I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE I LOOKED ACROSS THE FIELD AND SAW THE FOX SITTING BY THE EDGE OF THE WOODS! SO I GUESS IT WAS HOME AFTER ALL. I QUICKLY SNAPPED ANOTHER SHOT...

I THEN EMPTIED A BAG OF "SNIFFERS" DOGGY TREATS ONTO THE GROUND (MY DOG WOLFING DOWN AS MANY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE LEAVING). WE WALKED AWAY TOWARDS THE TRACKS AND I TURNED AROUND TO SEE THE FOX FOLLOWING US! IN THE PIC BELOW I MARKED WITH A * WHERE THE FOX WAS IN THE PREVIOUS PIC AND HOW FAR IT CAME BEHIND US BEFORE TAKING OFF INTO THE WOODS AGAIN...

WILL UPDATE IF ANYTHING COOL SHOULD HAPPEN WITH FUTURE VISITS.

**Merlin** · 03-25-2011, 08:39 AM

It probably wanted to eat your dog.

**DOC** · 03-25-2011, 09:04 AM

Foxes are carnivorous?

**The Commish** · 03-25-2011, 11:02 AM

Where is that, I'd like to take a shot at shooting him...(with a camera, lol... )

**Curly** · 03-25-2011, 11:05 AM

Omnivores - species that eat both plants and animals as their primary food source. They are opportunistic, general feeders not specifically adapted to eat and digest either meat or plant material primarily.

**lubby** · 03-25-2011, 11:14 AM

the face on that fox reminds me of my friends pomeranian...by the way they named him Fox LOL

**DOC** · 03-25-2011, 11:17 AM

It's in jamesport about a mile from where i live.

**DOC** · 03-25-2011, 07:43 PM

This evening on my after dinner walk thru the nursery, the dog stopped between two rows of bushes and stared. When my eyes focused on the subject it appeared to be another fox staring back at us. When it took off between the rows, it didn't look red....grey maybe....so i'm thinking there's a red and a grey in the area. Maybe i should walk with a good sized sturdy piece of branch driftwood?