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01-07-2017, 05:20 AM
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1285 Fox
I thought some of you might find this intersting.
Some of you may have seen this on facebook, for those who haven't, how's this for a seasons catch?
I love the last comment.
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01-07-2017, 06:36 AM
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Thats a busy busy man too bad they dont fetch a good price auction ..thanx for sharing keg
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01-07-2017, 07:13 AM
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Quite a picture ,a lot of work and time in getting them. Im betting Martys barn pic of coyotes beats this guys paycheck by a long ways .
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01-07-2017, 10:08 AM
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That guy sure goes hard, would be interesting to know some of his fox trapping technique. Now I know why we get such poor prices for our fox.
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01-07-2017, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
That guy sure goes hard, would be interesting to know some of his fox trapping technique. Now I know why we get such poor prices for our fox.
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He posts a bit over on Trapperman.
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01-07-2017, 10:23 AM
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1285 in one year? On a 100 mile trapline? That is unbelievable. WOW is right. you wouldn't think there could be that many foxes in that amount of area. What an awesome pic.
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01-08-2017, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by waterninja
1285 in one year? On a 100 mile trapline? That is unbelievable. WOW is right. you wouldn't think there could be that many foxes in that amount of area. What an awesome pic.
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I wonder if there are even that many Fox in all of Alberta.
It's not like I see one or more every day. If I see one a month I've seen a lot for that month.
And the tracks suggest I'm seeing all there is out there.
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01-09-2017, 08:12 AM
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Keg, your Northern area probably has high wolf and coyote numbers. My guess is they are keeping the fox numbers in check. The Parkland areas in Alberta appear to produce high numbers of fox by guys targeting coyotes and catching fox in their snares.
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01-09-2017, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Keg, your Northern area probably has high wolf and coyote numbers. My guess is they are keeping the fox numbers in check. The Parkland areas in Alberta appear to produce high numbers of fox by guys targeting coyotes and catching fox in their snares.
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I lived in Wetaskiwin for 18 years, the rest of my 62 years on this planet have been spent in this area.
Things change. I don't know what it's like around central Alberta. Wetaskiwin, Camrose, Pigeon Lake, these days but I know that when I lived there there were far more Coyotes there then here.
And I know that the Coyote population here is about the same as it was when I was a kid.
And right now we have very few Fox and a ton of Wolves.
I don't see any connection between Coyote numbers and Wolf numbers.
The wolf population here was low up into the 1980s. Now it's very high, but the Coyote numbers seem about the same now as they were then.
I'm not sure about Fox, they haven't been around long enough for me to even start to draw any conclusions about their interaction with Wolves or Coyotes.
There were no Fox in the Wetaskiwin area when I lived there and next to none here back then either.
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01-12-2017, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KegRiver
Things change. I don't know what it's like around central Alberta. Wetaskiwin, Camrose, Pigeon Lake, these days but I know that when I lived there there were far more Coyotes there then here.
And I know that the Coyote population here is about the same as it was when I was a kid.
And right now we have very few Fox and a ton of Wolves.
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Keg, ever since you posted this I've been searching for an article on the internet that I read a couple of years ago. It explained in detail of how coyotes migrated in Alberta. According to the story, there never were any coyotes in northern portions of Alberta because it was all wolf territory. Amazingly, at least to me, not even 100 years ago there were very few coyotes even as far south as the Edmonton area where I am. All of the coyotes that we have now migrated from the plains in southern Alberta and worked their way north as more and more land was developed and the wolves pushed out. This may explain why you have fewer coyotes where you are as opposed to more southern regions.
I'm going to keep trying to find the article/info because it's pretty darned interesting.
PS. IMO it's just a matter of time before raccoons make the same migration and establish themselves farther and farther north.
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01-12-2017, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by KegRiver
I thought some of you might find this intersting.
Some of you may have seen this on facebook, for those who haven't, how's this for a seasons catch?
I love the last comment.
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really ?????????
"Gullable" readers.. picture isn't real ... modified internet photo...jezzzzzzzzzzz
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01-12-2017, 06:39 PM
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Maybe you just need to view the picture from a different angle, Al.
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01-17-2017, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by AlbertaAl
really ?????????
"Gullable" readers.. picture isn't real ... modified internet photo...jezzzzzzzzzzz
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That pic and the man are as real as they come , Phil just broke the 1000 fox mark again this year as of a few days ago
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01-18-2017, 12:10 AM
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I ran into Mr brown at the NAFA sale a couple of times... super nice guy! A hard working guy and a knowledgeable trapper. He gave me his pict and I got it blown up and is on the wall in the depot.
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01-18-2017, 05:51 AM
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Impressive for sure, it's to bad they aren't worth much
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01-18-2017, 05:55 AM
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Hard work pays off eh!
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