Car 1, Fox 0

[Brian F]

String I just can't see you standing there with an shotgun saying:

"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting WABBIT!"

Hehehe...you'd be surprised. The only loaded gun in her house is hers. She's actually quite comfortable with a shotgun.

And, yes Ted, you have reason to be scared.

~Yeti

[Bugbear]

Hehehe...you'd be surprised. The only loaded gun in her house is hers. She's actually quite comfortable with a shotgun.

And, yes Ted, you have reason to be scared.

~Yeti

I don't want to end up as a sporran... or a sweater.

[kevinkinney]

OK. In the interest of full disclosure here's what Detroit does to Mother Nature. Gruesome picture at this link:

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This was a Gray Fox, or Urocyon cinereoargenteus. It's a slightly smaller and more wily cousin of the more common Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes. The Gray prefers more tangled undergrowth, rugged terrain, and has a more aggressive manner with both prey and its own predators- coyotes. The fur is generally darker, as seen above, and lacks much of the silky texture you might think of when picturing a fox....So, if it looks like I'm having a bad hair-sporran day, then it's not my fault.

Gray fox are one of the few canids left who actually climb trees. If we had a few more of these in our neighborhood, the utility companies might win their war against the cable-chewing gray squirrels. The other climbing canines I know are my sister's 3 Blue Heelers. They're just plain odd.

I'm sad for this poor animal, but promise to treat it with the reverence that it deserves.

No more gruesome images. I promise.

Kevin.

[TheSp8]

The roadside has been the source of many projects. I have a red fox (brain tanned) and a badger (alum tanned) that were roadkills. My family is never surprised by what they may find in my freezer. I wish you the best of luck working that pelt and rendering it into something of near eternal beauty.

YMOS,
Tony

[SFCRick]

congrats, I think the Fox will mak a great sporran

[Jerry]

If they do not leave my chickens alone, I may have a couple of other pelts available. However, so far these would be raccoon. The foxes around here know better than to challange my skill with a 12 ga Claymore.

[Howard Clark]

Kevin that is the most sanitary gruesome picture I have ever seen

Good luck in your endeavor !

I think a raccoon would make a lovely mask sporran. You'd have a mask with a mask.

[kevinkinney]

You know.....

...somewhere in Western Pennsylvania, a winter-weary piper is watching the tube and thinking "..Hmm, that pesky groundhog might make a nice..."

I've just started referring to my cat Beeswax as Thorfinn #96 when he whines about being cold and hungry in the wee hours.

Kevin.

[string]

Kevin that is the most sanitary gruesome picture I have ever seen

And that is almost exactly what I thought on seeing it. You can ask Yeti if I am telling the truth, but then, my ideas of gruesome might be different than that of others.

P.S. Ted, you are safe, angora (rabbit hair) makes me sneeze.

[Bugbear]

P.S. Ted, you are safe, angora (rabbit hair) makes me sneeze.

Oh, good, I was worried... This is a new totem for me, and I don't want to end up in the hasenpfeffer.