How to find a fox den?

Follow your nose to a fox den. Remember that a fox is a canine and will urinate to mark his territory. Sniff the air around a suspected den to detect the heavy, ammonia-like aroma of fox urine to confirm your target. read more

If there is no water anywhere on a farm, however, you are not likely to find a fox den -- or at least that has been my experience. Now think about drainage and soil quality. Fox demand dens that are dry, and so they tend to prefer areas with good drainage. read more

Red fox almost always den within a few hundred yards of water, whether it is a stream or a pond, or merely a marshy area from which water can be lapped after a heavy rain. Like groundhogs, whose burrows they use for natal dens, red fox are careful to choose den sites with good drainage. read more