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Does anyone know if red and grey fox smell alike and would you let your dogs run them

Are you asking if people would allow their dogs to run red's or just fox in general?

I would run all the fox u can . A Fox race sounds as exciting as running a bear ,sometimes lasting hours , sometimes crossing the road right in front of u with the dogs hot on there a!; If u got the right kind of dogs to run fox u will have no problem catchn bobcats. Lions, bears that really run. So yes, Run fox.

What I'm asking Is if you would consider red fox to be trash or game

I would say trash cuz they don't tree but that's just my thought

That's what I thought and I read two things that say they will with a bunch of pressure but I don't know I buy that either thanks for the replies!

I run grey fox in the summer so the cats have time to raise their little ones..Grey fox in the summer crops are alot like cat races until they get wild grapes and persimons in therir belly then they run alot harder....Will catch cats mid October and the dogs will walk over fox tracks looking a cat by the end of October! Have fun.....

i run grey fox and bobcat year round grey fox a member of the cat family he can climb any tree to the top red fox claws arent designed for climbing but he can climb alittle i suppose my dogs will not run a red cause he does have a different sent ! i suppose its what ever a man wants to do greys run closer than a red and straghter than a cat red runs lots of acres being going out of hearing for a long ways before he comes back it is a real rich race

Thanks for all the opinions it helps a bunch

Grey fox a member of the cat family?

ringo8585 wrote:That's what I thought and I read two things that say they will with a bunch of pressure but I don't know I buy that either thanks for the replies!

If u had enough dogs putting presure on u u would book it up a tree too lol

ga catman wrote:i run grey fox and bobcat year round grey fox a member of the cat family he can climb any tree to the top red fox claws arent designed for climbing but he can climb alittle i suppose my dogs will not run a red cause he does have a different sent ! i suppose its what ever a man wants to do greys run closer than a red and straghter than a cat red runs lots of acres being going out of hearing for a long ways before he comes back it is a real rich race

Ga. Catman, Just so you will know. I had heard ole hunters say all my life that a grey fox was in the cat family. This is not true. Ask any vet. I ask 3 local vets and the vet of the Birmingham Zoo. Auburn, Some big wheel vet in GA. They told me they went to school and they know what they are talking about. They are in the dog family but can climb trees.

Grey fox are not in the cat family. They are members of the Canidae or dog family.

I have not seen a red fox up close but have seen hundreds of grey fox up close and they are definitely doglike. Their toes are not retractable and they still climb very well, though not as well as a cat. In the natural world there are very few trees a grey fox can't climb but they have trouble climbing telephone poles for example.

An older post showing grey fox feet.

http://biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/post1 ... ox#p188432