Hundreds of dead foxes.

[Skeptic]

Not sure if this is real. It turned up on an Australian sporting shooters website, but someone noticed that the car is left-hand drive. (We're rightsided). The comments said it was due to a fox bounty, but I wonder if it is something like a tannery or similar, with a lot of pelts gathered from different locations.

No environment could support so many of a top level predator.

[ChasFink]

Originally Posted by Skeptic

Not sure if this is real. It turned up on an Australian sporting shooters website, but someone noticed that the car is left-hand drive. (We're rightsided). The comments said it was due to a fox bounty, but I wonder if it is something like a tannery or similar, with a lot of pelts gathered from different locations.

No environment could support so many of a top level predator.

A quick google search of the image leads to the name of Phil Brown of Pennsylvania, and there seem to be a number of images of him with lots of dead foxes. He is claimed to have trapped more than 1200 foxes in one season.

I can't find much more than a lot of links on hunters' message boards, so I wouldn't want to say it's absolutely true, but it seems to be.

[Beachlife!]

Originally Posted by Skeptic

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No environment could support so many of a top level predator...

It entirely depends on the range of the hunter and time-frame.

BTW, the fox is not a top level predator. It is generally one step down, below big cats, wolves and coyotes.

[Gutter Monkey]

Originally Posted by ChasFink

A quick google search of the image leads to the name of Phil Brown of Pennsylvania

A google image search for 'Phil Brown trapper' or 'Phil Brown foxes' or 'Phil Brown pelts' brings up a fair few more photos.


Edit: here's a trapper forum thread where Phil himself posts lots of pics, his forums name is PSB1011.
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbt...all/Phil_Brown

[SatansHobbit]

Originally Posted by Beachlife!

BTW, the fox is not a top level predator. It is generally one step down, below big cats, wolves and coyotes.

It is in Australia. The introduced species have had a field day with no large land carnivores to compete with them.