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paleotn

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2. A fox, he's not.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 10:41 AM

Feb 2021

A couple of Winters ago, my wife spotted a shape moving around in our back field at dusk. I got out the binoculars and it was a fox, listening, sniffing, listening and then.....pounce! Dig, dig, dig, then munch, munch, munch. He or she got one. Notorious chicken thieves, but still one of my favorites.

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All pooches could take a lesson from this superior rodent hunter! [View all] True Dough Feb 2021 OP

... In_The_Wind Feb 2021 #1

A fox, he's not. paleotn Feb 2021 #2

Mr Nay and I are laughing our asses off! Nay Feb 2021 #3

Cute! MuseRider Feb 2021 #4

Good boi gets an A for effort! catbyte Feb 2021 #5

Ratters..... Hotler Feb 2021 #6

I had a rat terrier that was a ferocious hunter of rodents. Amazing. Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #7

When we got this farm it had been a pig farm csziggy Feb 2021 #13

Had the right idea... DesertAuthor Feb 2021 #8

Welcome to the forum! True Dough Feb 2021 #9

That would be DessertAuthor. tblue37 Feb 2021 #10

Yes, it would True Dough Feb 2021 #11

Bwah HAH!1 - ya got me, ya really got me!1 UTUSN Feb 2021 #12