Coyote/fox crossbreed?
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I have had the extreme good fortune to have actually seen a dark phase fox once, I am not sure if it would be considered a silver fox or not, but it was the most unique critter I have ever seen. Strange thing was it was right in town too, my wife and I had just had dinner and there was a small "natural" area right around the corner, this fox crossed the road in front of us from a residential area to go hunting for rodents in this overgrown area. We spun the car around and went back to watch him, and he never paid any attention to us at all, just went about his business catching mice, it was very cool, especially for my wife who is a city girl and has not had much opportunity to see this sort of thing before. One of those times I really wish I had my camera with me!
Coyotes too I think are getting bigger. I can remember as recently as 20 years ago shooting and trapping coyotes that were 25-30 lbs and being told these were big. Now it seems they average closer to 40-50 lbs. Like someone else said, Mother Nature is not done yet.
Coyotes too I think are getting bigger. I can remember as recently as 20 years ago shooting and trapping coyotes that were 25-30 lbs and being told these were big. Now it seems they average closer to 40-50 lbs. Like someone else said, Mother Nature is not done yet.
The original name Cross fox was used for a red fox with a cross on its back of the hide, the cross being a darker shade of red sometimes with black, but none the less in the shape of a cross... and they fetched top dollar in their day... its not refered to a cross breed, unless ive missed something.
Fox come in many colours, they are not interbred with coyotes or wolves. The cross fox is just a colour phase of the typical red fox.
There was a female that had her den behind the 25 metre range at the old Greisbach base and I had the opportunity to watch her and her pups over several months. In one litter from that same typical red female I saw a couple of pups that turned out mostly grey (and as adults likely looked like the cross pics shown earlier in the thread) and at least one black pup. They all had the typical brown colours of a pup, but several started to change by the time they were about 2/3 full size.
Plenty of the cross phase and standard reds in southern Alberta. Saw the occassional black as well. North of Edmonton I have never seen a true red. I have seen some very dark coloured fox, mostly grey and speckled with only hints of orange, when hunting between Edmonton and Athabasca.
Escapees from fox farms will likely interbreed with the red fox. This occassionally brings in a few colour variations from dogs like the Norweigan Blues, Blacks and Silvers.
There was a female that had her den behind the 25 metre range at the old Greisbach base and I had the opportunity to watch her and her pups over several months. In one litter from that same typical red female I saw a couple of pups that turned out mostly grey (and as adults likely looked like the cross pics shown earlier in the thread) and at least one black pup. They all had the typical brown colours of a pup, but several started to change by the time they were about 2/3 full size.
Plenty of the cross phase and standard reds in southern Alberta. Saw the occassional black as well. North of Edmonton I have never seen a true red. I have seen some very dark coloured fox, mostly grey and speckled with only hints of orange, when hunting between Edmonton and Athabasca.
Escapees from fox farms will likely interbreed with the red fox. This occassionally brings in a few colour variations from dogs like the Norweigan Blues, Blacks and Silvers.
The original name Cross fox was used for a red fox with a cross on its back of the hide, the cross being a darker shade of red sometimes with black, but none the less in the shape of a cross... and they fetched top dollar in their day... its not refered to a cross breed, unless ive missed something.
I should have been more clear. I wasn't trying to say the fox was a grey fox cross breed...I have seen a number of "grey/black" red foxes....etc...
My sister got some neat videos when she was working up north- a video of a silver fox outside Yellowknife, and another video of some type of fox that her wildlife source couldn't properly identify when she was in Inuvik.
Check out this one from NL. It kept coming in to a coyote call. I had to throw sticks at it to clear it out of dodge. Everyone I know here call them silver/red hybrid. This one was very tall compared to most foxes that I have seen.
Sticks??? I would have thrown 55 grains at it
The original name Cross fox was used for a red fox with a cross on its back of the hide, the cross being a darker shade of red sometimes with black, but none the less in the shape of a cross... and they fetched top dollar in their day... its not refered to a cross breed, unless ive missed something.
We caught a few back in the days when trapping made sense. I seem to remember 70-80$ for a red fox. The crosses would get around $120. Some of them weren't obvious until you blew on the fur and exposed the black/silver underneath.
Sticks??? I would have thrown 55 grains at it
Unable..need a trappers licence, I did think about shooting his tail off for tying trout flies...
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I had shown the better half this thread when it started and we were talking about the lack of foxes around. Anyways, today the dog was doing his I see animals bark so I went out with a rifle. sure enough, it could have been this ones ugly cousin!!
