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Emca80

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I was walking in to work today and a black fox walked out of the brush in front of me. It is the first time I have seen a black fox in Tennessee and it says they make up 0.1% of the fox population in North America. Has anyone one else seen one while hunting or in general in the area? I am in Chattanooga, Tn.
 

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I agree on the coyote.
Silver phase foxes used to be raised commercially. They were about the same color. The only thing is they had white tipped tails.
They are a color phase of red foxes.
 
Same here.
I actually thought the foxes had gone extinct in much of Stewart County for several years. But over the past 3 yrs, I've seen more foxes than the past couple decades. Still low numbers compared to the non-native coyotes, which appear to have displaced our native foxes.
 
Same here.
I actually thought the foxes had gone extinct in much of Stewart County for several years. But over the past 3 yrs, I've seen more foxes than the past couple decades. Still low numbers compared to the non-native coyotes, which appear to have displaced our native foxes.
I hadn't seen a fox in years. Then, like you, we're suddenly overrun with them. No reduction in the coyote population, but a lot of thick regrowth for foxes to hide in. I'm getting both red and grey foxes on cam, and lots of them.
 
I looked it up and there are melanistic foxes, usually based on the red fox. Melanistic fox colors include the silver fox, black fox, and cross fox (black stripe down the back and across the shoulders).
 

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