ameeyal
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A quick question, i did a fun ride organised by a local hunt yesturday, i rode down a track and saw a fox kept in a pen in some woods, does anyone know why a fox in kept in a pen. Thanks.
Question about foxs
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Goldenstar
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Some people do have pet foxes that's a possible reason .
Apart from that I suppose it might be a female acting as a lure so they can easily shoot the dog foxes ,bit like a Larson trap with birds .
There's no reason for a hunt to have a fox in a pen .
Apart from that I suppose it might be a female acting as a lure so they can easily shoot the dog foxes ,bit like a Larson trap with birds .
There's no reason for a hunt to have a fox in a pen .
jrp204
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Was it in a trap? It will look like a small pen.
ameeyal
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I dont know if it was something to do with the hunt, but its a very "hunting" area.
The pen was a 15 foot square pen, the fox was sunbathing on top of its housing. That was in a wooded area. { away from the public}
The pen was a 15 foot square pen, the fox was sunbathing on top of its housing. That was in a wooded area. { away from the public}
HeresHoping
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He wasn't sunbathing, he was having a post lunch siesta, having eaten all the hen pheasants that were being kept in there.
Exploding Chestnuts
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Juni141
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Exactly what I was about to say HH!! No doubt that was a pheasant pen and he was feeling pretty pleased with himself....and full.
cremedemonthe
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lol, very good and probably true
twiggy2
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I thought pheasant pens would be empty this time of year as they are released before the shooting season not after it
Countryman
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It would not be anything to do with the hunt. If you are sure you saw a fox than it will have been caught in a trap - that can look like a cage or pen - , most likely by a gamekeeper, and will have been shot by now.
RunToEarth
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In March? I really doubt it.
HeresHoping
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Dearie me, I was being tongue in cheek.
I suspect, in reality, it was a dead one, laid out and awaiting removal. I can't believe a fox would allow a whole troop of horses go past without ducking for cover.
ahorseandadog
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Either: it was in a trap, it had eaten all the pheasants or it's a female used to attract male foxes to kill.