Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:54 pm
My solution is a silenced 22 lr and subsonics.
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Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:56 pm
A better solution all round might be bribery. Put out some tasty food in the neighbours' gardens: that way charlie gets his scran, the neighbours get a new pet and your garden gets left alone...
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:50 pm
If you read the original post, it is because the neighbours feed the little darlings that there is a problem. Likely thing is that the affected garden is en route from home to dinner, or just taken as part of territory.
Unless you want a serious war with the neighbours, my advice is to not shoot or trap them, just deter them.
If you remove the riginal ones that are the problem, you are just inviting more to move in, as sure as eggs is eggs, the food will still be put down.
To remove foxes, and do it effectively, you really need the co-operation of most if not all the close neighbours.
In any case, non lethal methods must always be the first option in such cases.
Unless you want a serious war with the neighbours, my advice is to not shoot or trap them, just deter them.
If you remove the riginal ones that are the problem, you are just inviting more to move in, as sure as eggs is eggs, the food will still be put down.
To remove foxes, and do it effectively, you really need the co-operation of most if not all the close neighbours.
In any case, non lethal methods must always be the first option in such cases.
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:03 am
Thanks folks,
I will be popping down in a couple of weeks so I think a boot laden with chicken wire, tent pegs and tie wraps might be the order of the day.
I will be popping down in a couple of weeks so I think a boot laden with chicken wire, tent pegs and tie wraps might be the order of the day.
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:50 am
Salut,
I used to have a big fox problem . They used to drag in bin foraged food and even a dirty nappy ...Yuk
My tiny garden is mainly covered by decking. I started to wash it from time to time with deluted Detol. It is a cheap product, it takes me abt 10 mns to brush the surface with detol -water, the smell is not unpleasant and it seems to have done the trick.
I used to have a big fox problem . They used to drag in bin foraged food and even a dirty nappy ...Yuk
My tiny garden is mainly covered by decking. I started to wash it from time to time with deluted Detol. It is a cheap product, it takes me abt 10 mns to brush the surface with detol -water, the smell is not unpleasant and it seems to have done the trick.
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:55 am
meles meles..meles meles wrote:Shame brer Fox isn't so well organised as us badgers: he needs to get himself listed as a protected species...
There are some who would like to see Badgers lose their protected status
:shock: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tions.html
Jenks
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:48 pm
We isn't amongst 'em !
*makes note to remind Propaganda Department to get lots more books featuring cute cuddly badgers into primary schools*
*makes note to remind Propaganda Department to get lots more books featuring cute cuddly badgers into primary schools*
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:09 pm
As long as they ain't coughin'
Re: Urban foxes-advice needed
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:05 pm
I have some very nice sub-sonic .308 ammo I made, with a decent mod it's almost silent 