Foxes are frequent road kill victims on Tuggeranong Parkway and no doubt
elsewhere in Canberra. Predation by cars is insufficient though.
I saw one in my yard about a year ago when I returned home from a COG
meeting. It ran out from my neighbour's ex jungle backyard (now bare earth).
In June 1977 I went with a friend to his family's sheep farming station near
Darnick (southern inland NSW, about 200 km NW of Mildura - I recall they had
Aust Dotterels on their front "lawn".) The story - whether true or not - was
that in drought years they got more money from fox skins than from the
sheep. I went out on a fox shoot (and a cat) the foxes readily come into
such a whistle to be shot........
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 3:39 PM
To: cog list
Subject: more on foxes
If you really want a quick take on whether there are foxes in your
immediate vicinity get one of the old rabbit-squeal whistles. These make
the sort of piteous noises that a rabbit makes when a rabbit has been
injured or is in a rabbit trap and hurt.
If you do it with a spotlight or in good moonlight you will catch sight
of the foxes running full pelt in your direction.
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