Hunting (199)
modermencork, Cork Ireland66 Threads 1,108 Postssofarsogood74: NEWLY BORN Calf......That is what I said....Not a calf months old.
They must be small calfs in Dublin.
sofarsogood74: Do you know how big lambs or clafs are when they are born? They are small, soft, slow and weak with parents that cant defend them. Easy to kill and drag away for any fox.
a lamb maybe yeah but a calf? no way..calves weigh around 50kg when new born and are a handful for any man let alone a fox..stick to city life because you haven't a clue about country life at all
sofarsogood74: Newly born lamb bigger than fox???? What have you been smoking?
And size has nothing to do with it....look at any wild K9 and they regularly take prey far bigger than them.....it is the fact the young are defenceless.
And size has nothing to do with it....look at any wild K9 and they regularly take prey far bigger than them.....it is the fact the young are defenceless.
had a quick googley goo and the general consensus is that it is rare but possible or a fox to take a new born lamb...probably go for a sick one that the mother will not defend
I wasn't poo ha-ing your post...I was just a bit wtf...but maybe it is possible!
anyway we have more lambs and calves than foxes in Ireland so the odd one wouldn't be a big deal would it?
modermen: I know a lot of sheepfarmers andhave never heard of a fox taking a lamb never mind a calf, they go for the afterbirth and thats it, maybee a pack of foxes but the only hunt in singles and sometimes with pairs or maybe the mothers cubs go hunting together, personaly I would be very wary of a mother calf they get unpreditable protective never mind a little fox trying to run off with a calf 5 times its weight.
that bit make me laugh out loud...it sounds like something from a cartoon
modermen: They must be small calfs in Dublin.
WTF has size got to do with it? It is how defenceless it is not what weight it is.....They see a calf on the ground newly born....they kill it and eat as much as they can. They dont throw it in their back and carry it home.
sofarsogood74: Foxes are hunters...they will kill and eat any animal that is weak and defenceless.....that can be a newly born, sick, old or just small animal. The size or weight doesn't matter...it is how defenceless it is.
Would they eat an unconscious man
sofarsogood74: They do kill newly born calfs so you should learn more about your country side.
What you all are doing is putting a human brain in a fox.....the fox sees a defenceless calf on the ground.....it will kill it....simple.
What you all are doing is putting a human brain in a fox.....the fox sees a defenceless calf on the ground.....it will kill it....simple.
Calves are rarely born in fields chap..its usually in sheds with people around so maybe in your farming fantasy world the foxes are 6 foot tall and weight 100kgs but in reality they are weak animals..and in the unlikely event a cow calves in a field on her own..she would go out of her way to kill anything that tries to harm it fox man anything..my friend was nearly killed by a cow in a shed..had I not jumped over a wall and booted it in the stomach it would have trounced him against the wall
modermen: I know a lot of sheepfarmers andhave never heard of a fox taking a lamb never mind a calf, they go for the afterbirth and thats it, maybee a pack of foxes but the only hunt in singles and sometimes with pairs or maybe the mothers cubs go hunting together, personaly I would be very wary of a mother calf they get unpreditable protective never mind a little fox trying to run off with a calf 5 times its weight.
Run off? Why would it run off? It kills it and eats it there and then.Well eats as much as it can....hence the farmer finding the partly eaten body......otherwise it would just be a missing calf. You lot are watching too many cartoons. If a fox gets into a hen house it doesn't grab one and run....it kills them ALL!
WittyandWise: Would they eat an unconscious man
Dont know but I know people lost in the outback have been found partly eaten by Dingos. But they dont know if they were dead before the dingos started eating them.....But people in the same situation who were rescued reported being followed by a Dingo or two when they started getting weak.
modermen: Yep cows are very dodgy around their young and unprecitable hormones raging, been a lot of fellas been hurt killed by them, the right job would be to have 1 or 2 foxes on your shoulder as eyes in the back of the head in case the cow attacks.
sofarsogood74: Cows do have calfs in fields during calfing season.....the farmers with lots of cows dont always get them in sheds on time.
And after giving birth the mother is weak and calfs are at their most vulnerable.
And after giving birth the mother is weak and calfs are at their most vulnerable.
Those farmers you know must be total cowboys altogether
and the foxes must be like rottweilers
we used to go hunting rabbits, lamping with 3 qauter hounds catch loads of rabbits,,, the live ones we used to sell, also hunting with terriers and small dogs in the day
pedro27: we used to go hunting rabbits, lamping with 3 qauter hounds catch loads of rabbits,,, the live ones we used to sell, also hunting with terriers and small dogs in the day
I'm going to buy a caun dog, there meant to be great sniffing out stuff going down burrows after them dirty stinking thieving leprachauns.sofarsogood74: Fact is you lot are thinking like the fox kills and brings the calf home.
But calfs are born in fields and when born they are very easy for foxes to kill..few bites to the neck would do it....first bite would probably kill the poor thing with shock. The fox doesn't need to be able to carry something to eat or kill it!
You're watching too many cartoons.
But calfs are born in fields and when born they are very easy for foxes to kill..few bites to the neck would do it....first bite would probably kill the poor thing with shock. The fox doesn't need to be able to carry something to eat or kill it!
You're watching too many cartoons.
Foxes dont kill calves chap..they might eat their tongue out which would inadvertently kill them weeks later and as I said calves are rarely born in fields unattended
modermen: I'm going to buy a caun dog, there meant to be great sniffing out stuff going down burrows after them dirty stinking thieving leprachauns.
3 qauter greyhounds are best for lamping
fox's with the mange are terrible altogether
WittyandWise: Would they eat an unconscious man
Yes they would. When I lived in the forest I woke up one morning with foxes nibbling my toes.......if I hadn't woken up in time god knows what would have happened!
snowlynx: Yes they would. When I lived in the forest I woke up one morning with foxes nibbling my toes.......if I hadn't woken up in time god knows what would have happened!
Did you live next door to Red Riding Hoods Granny?
sofarsogood74: Did you live next door to Red Riding Hoods Granny?
Yeah near there.
snowlynx: Yeah near there.
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