The Best Places to Find Foxes

EDITOR'S NOTE: My longtime friend, Tad Brown, the product-development manager for M.A.D. Calls in Columbia, Missouri, a subsidiary of Outland Sports in Neosho, Missouri, enjoys hunting all types of game, particularly varmints. Brown trapped to earn part of his living at one time.

Question: Tad, why do you find foxes around cemeteries?
Answer: In the back of every cemetery is a pile of brush caretakers trim. Caretakers throw wilted flowers brought by people to the funerals on the brush pile. The discarded flowers and the brush cuttings provide cover for mice and rabbits. When graves are dug, the excess dirt usually goes into a pile. Predators love to get up high and look around. You won't find a dirt pile in fox country that doesn't have a bunch of fox tracks on it.

Question: So cemeteries are good places to hunt foxes, especially little country cemeteries, right?
Answer: Exactly, because cemeteries out in country or on the edge of a town are productive places to hunt foxes. My hometown has a cemetery on a river bluff, and the hillside consists of brush and rocks. Foxes love to come up and hunt the edges of that cemetery.

Question: What's another likely place to find a fox?
Answer: Abandoned homesites also are great spots to locate foxes. Predators are attracted to old homeplaces. The tin on an old barn provides cover for rabbits, mice and small ground-nesting birds. Foxes know that, and they spend a lot of time hunting the old trash piles at dilapidated homeplaces.

To receive a free copy of "10 Free Tips for Calling Foxes," write Tad Brown, % Outland Sports, 4500 Donovan Drive, Neosho, MO 64850, ATTN: Kim Thurman.

Tomorrow: More Places to Find Foxes