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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Weatherbyfan on September 01, 2011, 10:06:59 PM

Title: RARE BLACK FOX
Post by: Weatherbyfan on September 01, 2011, 10:06:59 PM: I saw this rare black fox while hunting the high country today , i was able to get with in 12 yards and decided to take pics instead of shoot it so that someone else may beable to enjoy seeing it some day.
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Post by: jdb on September 01, 2011, 10:11:47 PM: saw one years ago on foundation ridge
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Post by: ouchfoss on September 01, 2011, 10:16:37 PM: Wow! Never heard of a black fox. Heck of a find to get pictures of, and nice pictures too! :tup:
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Post by: sooperfly on September 01, 2011, 10:18:25 PM: Nice! :tup:
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Post by: pips4bucks on September 01, 2011, 10:32:10 PM: Great pics! Never heard of a black fox. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: jnevs23 on September 01, 2011, 10:43:05 PM: Ive never seen one either. I would have been on here telling everyone I saw a baby wolf
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Post by: Klyne3 on September 01, 2011, 10:54:19 PM: very cool pic!
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Post by: Maverick on September 02, 2011, 01:13:59 AM: That's good you didn't shoot. The hide isn't worth tanning yet. .We killed a black one last year.
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Post by: boneaddict on September 02, 2011, 04:58:16 AM: Very cool weatherbyfan, and thanks for not just blasting. (or letting one fly)
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Post by: Knocker of rocks on September 02, 2011, 06:12:44 AM: The top photo cracks me up. He looks like the devil.
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Post by: GoldTip on September 02, 2011, 06:36:28 AM: Very cool, thanks for sharing the pics!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2011, 07:03:11 AM: Sweet... not all that rare... just a color phase red fox ...they planted these guys all over the San Juan Islands...
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Post by: predatorpro on September 02, 2011, 07:27:48 AM: cool pictures! but like bowhunter said they arent as rare as youd think, i know some areas where they are thick
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Post by: Weatherbyfan on September 02, 2011, 07:53:20 AM: A couple more ,
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 02, 2011, 07:59:16 AM: That's awesome Weatherbyfan. Neatest WA animal pic I've seen in quite a while. I also like your choice of weapon for the shot. :tup:
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Post by: Hunter Dug on September 02, 2011, 08:00:35 AM: so cool i want one.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2011, 08:04:01 AM: no doubt you got some awesome pictures ....its nice to see sheet like this and I am happy there are more people running around the woods with camera in hand :tup:
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Post by: str8meat on September 02, 2011, 08:22:41 AM: i have seen them too up high on a ridge line that looks similiar to that pix you have. very cool :tup:
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Post by: jyerxa on September 02, 2011, 09:02:40 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2011, 07:03:11 AM
Sweet... not all that rare... just a color phase red fox ...they planted these guys all over the San Juan Islands...

I know there use to be a real rabbit population up there and mangy inbred deer with out any natural predators. Do you think that is why they planted them?

And yeah! Those are great pix! :tup:
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Post by: yoshida on September 03, 2011, 01:27:59 AM: wow! looks like an angry black cat
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Post by: firefighter4607 on September 03, 2011, 01:45:14 AM: Great pictures!! I didn't know of black foxes either. Years back my dad and I saw a gray fox around Mount Adams.
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Post by: Raul Duke on September 03, 2011, 07:03:25 AM: awsome pics, thanx for sharing. Cool looking fox. :tup:
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Post by: seth30 on September 03, 2011, 08:05:13 AM: :tup:Never seen a black one, lucky find! If I remember right they are Territorial, are you going to put up a trail camera over there for more photos?

Seth
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Post by: mulehunter on September 03, 2011, 08:20:30 AM: Very cool. Can't wait go out see few.

Mulehunter.
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Post by: Huntbear on September 03, 2011, 08:45:53 AM: Awesome pics!
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on September 03, 2011, 08:49:56 AM: I saw one west of Yakima in the Narrowneck Gap area in the 80's .Very cool to get that close and get some pics.
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Post by: buglebuster on September 03, 2011, 09:25:05 PM: Awesome pics brad!
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Post by: Sneaky on September 03, 2011, 09:47:51 PM: Am I the only one who would've whacked it? :chuckle:

Awesome pics good job!
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Post by: Raul Duke on September 04, 2011, 09:45:57 AM: No , your not the only one.

wow, a black fox, how cool. Let me take a picture :click: , aw nice pic. :BOOM: That will make a nice mount for my mancave. :chuckle:
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Post by: pullemcg1 on September 04, 2011, 10:20:29 AM: Great pics Brad!! Rare find.
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Post by: Goomsba on September 04, 2011, 11:59:27 AM: Nice find, Great Pic :tup:
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Post by: quadrafire on September 06, 2011, 04:04:32 PM: WOW that is cool!!!
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Post by: Weatherbyfan on September 06, 2011, 06:33:36 PM: Thanks for looking , im glad you are enjoying it.
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Post by: whitey on September 07, 2011, 10:23:49 AM: Thats a freakin chupacabra !!! :yike:
Whats next Zombies.. :o
My Lord grab the guns.. :dunno:

Well maybe it was only a wild looking fox. None the less very cool pictures. The little b@$tard looked evil forsure.
P.S Cool deal for not blasting it. :tup:
You do have some cool pictures for the wall.
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Post by: stickbuck on September 08, 2011, 11:51:12 AM: Those are some sweet pics! That is one of the coolest foxes I have ever seen a pic of. Nice work!!
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Post by: deerdog on September 19, 2011, 05:11:08 PM: Nice pics, Brad :tup: I have seen about a dozen of so of them when I lived down there. I called them slivertip foxes, cause of the white on the tip of their tail and most I seen had white on the tips of their ears also. Any deer yet??
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Post by: C-Money on September 20, 2011, 11:37:49 AM: Awesome pics! Classy to not blast the little guy!
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Post by: demontang on September 22, 2011, 11:45:11 AM: Ive seen them up rainer in the later months, I would have had a hard time letting him walk. :tup:
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Post by: jamesjett on September 27, 2011, 11:58:12 AM: I also saw one last summer. Flipping burgers on the BBQ and he
came in to the campground...He hung around for a bit then took off.
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Post by: mulehunter on September 27, 2011, 04:42:48 PM: Very cool Jamesjett

Mulehunter. :tup:
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Post by: Bonedar208 on September 29, 2011, 04:23:00 PM: San Juan Islands is the place to go if you like foxes. Heres one of the black ones I got over there.
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Post by: jamesjett on September 29, 2011, 05:53:45 PM: Great pic! Thanks for sharing!