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I used to have a fox come and watch me when I used to go to my fishing spot, he started when he was a young pup and would be off to the side watching me.
I would catch a little bluegill and toss it to him and would slowly toss one a little closer each time.

He would sniff and run and grab it and run back to his safe spot and eat it up, I would go fishing at the spot almost daily before and after work and he would always be waiting for me.
After a few months he came close enough that I could of reached out and touched him but I'm not dumb enough to do that, but he became my fishing partner and when I would go to that spot to duck hunt I would leave gut piles for him as well.

It was cool having him sit there and watch me and he would sometimes dart away and come back munching on a mouse or some other rodent.

When I lived closer to town I would see foxes cross the road in front of me at night, carrying cats. I believe that the town/wilderness interface is their favorite habitat.
Now I live twenty miles from town. Still see them regularly, track them, hear them. I have a JRT. Couple of years ago, in winter, a fox was hanging around in the winter. The dog went after him, and they chased around for an hour. I'm sure the fox was playing. I'm sure the dog was not. They were both able to stay on top of the snowpack. The fox could easily outmaneuver the dog. When the dog got tired or frustrated, the fox would SIT DOWN and wait patiently until the dog was ready to go. He didn't leave for the forest, which is the pasture boundary, until the dog gave up.

Here's a game camera shot of a fox this fall. Taken at a ranch boundary much closer to town where I had permission to hunt elk:


Here's another pic of a critter from the same setup:


Pics have different backgrounds because it's a panoramic camera.

It's funny to drive into the post office and see the posters for "missing cat" on a regular basis. New folks move in here, let their cats run, and wonder what happened to them.

Those guys had a table set up at a gun show I was at, I think in Akron.

See em all the time in the city that I'm a cop in. Also yotes and we are in NO way rural (30 miles outside of Detroit).

J-

Saw one of them again this morning.  He trotted off and did the "warning call" a couple of times before disappearing between the houses.  I'm really enjoying the fact that they are around.

And to the guy in Des Plaines, I'm in 60181.

I believe the fox in the first pic was actually looking at what's in the second one!

We had a family of foxes live across the creek from us in suburbia for years with zero damage. Made for some cool photographs, this was outside of Raleigh NC

There is lots of concern in urban areas about rabid foxes

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We've got bunches of them.  One gray fox is pretty large and quite bold... he's trailed/stalked me and my 93 lb Golden on a couple occasions.  Dog goes nuts when she sees one.

Seems they mostly go after squirrels, rabbits, and rip open trash bags that people too lazy to use a trash can put out, but that one does concern me a bit.  Haven't seen him lately though.  A loose ankle biter dog would be a nice meal for a large fox.