THE FOX 



When no individual track is visible, as is the 

 case in dry snow, the blurry mark of the fox 

 brush which is frequently seen at intervals in the 

 trail settles any existing doubt. Some foxes, as 

 well as wolves and coyotes, drag their feet to the 

 same extent as does a dog that walks badly, and 

 because of this the tracker may disregard as im- 

 material the prominence or absence of the drag 

 made by the toenails. 



Hunting foxes with hounds is undoubtedly the 

 most popular method. 



Calling him like the wolf and coyote yields 

 good results for the still-hunter, but of all 

 methods I prefer to shoot them during the rut- 

 ting season, which occurs in January. The rut- 

 ting season of coyotes is during February, and 

 that of wolves from January 1st until April, 

 approximately speaking. I have seen wolves 

 " run " as early as December 28th, and have 

 killed pups about two weeks old after the mid- 

 dle of June. 



It is on snowy, blustering days that, in the 

 depth of the woods, the fox is holding high car- 

 nival, and his and her tracks run in all directions. 



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