<<once we trap a few foxes, what is the prognosis for more to show up? is there something we can do to prevent more? or once it starts our only option is to pen? >>
If foxes (or coyotes) are moving in, they will continue to move in. Something along this line came up at the Masters of Foxhounds Seminar this spring--actually about coyotes, which many hunts hate having move in. Several said the only way is to hit them hard when first seen--when the young ones looking for their own territory drift in. (They even went so far as to offer a bounty in their hunt territory, which apparently worked well. <g> Not such a great option for us though, hu?) Trapping may do it, but they are very clever; and they are quite hard to shoot.
If you pen, remember to bury the wire--also that you may have to have wire over the top, since some foxes learn to climb. A nose-height electric wire around the base may help, too, but it means keeping it free of grass/weeds.
Rhonda
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