I SHOT IT: Rare European Black Fox || 17HMR || HIKMICRO TQ50
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- The European red fox was introduced into Australia in 1870s for recreational hunting. Fast forward to 2022 and they are one of our worst invasive pest species. Foxes have contributed to regional declines and extinctions of a wide range of native animals, particularly among medium-sized ground-dwelling and semi-arboreal mammals, ground-nesting birds and freshwater turtles. As a result they are a targeted animal for a vertebrate pest control contract shooter such as myself.
The black fox shot in this video is a European red fox. But they can revert to a trait of the silver fox this being a 0.1% chance. It is not a cross breed with a domestic dog or anything odd like that. This is just a very rare genetic throwback making the animal black.
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Big congratulations on the black fox it was a stunner.
I can certainly sympathize with the “what am I doing?” Thoughts. The amount of times I’ve asked myself that very question. All the very best mate. Keep knocking ‘‘em over.
Cheers mate, really appreciate it. Such an awesome experience to record on video 👍
I have been hunting since I was 13 I’m now 47 and I have never been fortunate enough to see a black fox you were super lucky, as always Nathan great work keep the videos coming.
Very lucky indeed James 👍
I'm an Australian but now living in Phnom Penh Cambodia
My parents owned a sugar cane farm in Cairns, we had a huge problem with foxes,
Back in the 1970s
As Foxes are from the canidae family or Canine Family, 100% pure Chocolate as used in baking, but not the chips you can buy it in block size,
A fox needs to eat a piece the size of a human thumb,
100% pure cocoa Baking chocolate is only fatal to the Canine Family, so will affect the Australian Dingo, so if you have Dingos on your property you can't lay chocolate bait,
We found that no human contact with the chocolate, so use a mask and gloves when opening the chocolate breaking it into thumb size pieces and laying it around your property,
100% pure Cocoa chocolate,gives all Canines a heart attack, with a few minutes, we use to lay the chocolate in a cross or star shape, go out the next morning and find the foxes that had eaten it and had a heart attack and died,
So it's something you can do research on.
Chocolate only affects the Canine Family no other wildlife if affected, but if you have family pet dogs then make sure they are housed before the chocolate baiting just before sunset and check the area after sunrise and remove all the chocolate that hasn't been eaten, only if you have family pets dogs if you don't then leave the chocolate out,
With wild feline family as in wild cats, use the common headache tablets Asprin, dissolve 3 tablets in a table spoon of boiling water crush the tablets into dust then add to the boiling water let cool and add to a saucer of milk or car hub cap you need more tablets and more milk, this gives the felines (cats) a heart attack, but won't affect any other animals or wildlife same with 100% chocolate only affects the Canine family not other wildlife or animal are affected,
Back in the 1970s/1980s in the sugar cane farm we were fox and wild cats free, but still had a huge problem with wild pigs and shooting was the only way with wild pigs, yes we tried chocolate, they loved it, always came back for more so we just waited they soon showed up,
Best of luck live your videos love your talking about everything no music, you have a great channel,
As I said before, you do your own research on above and see if you have results,
This is such a professional channel. Well presented and edited and your narration is spot on!
Really appreciate it mate 👍
Nice job Nathan. About 2 years ago I had a unique fox experience. It was about 6am, cold with some mist about. I had made a coffee and walked up our driveway to the highest point on our property. I was sitting on a wooden bench and was checking my phone messages and fb. At some point I felt that something was nearby. I slowly turned my head and there was a fox, large as life, sitting not 5 meters from me. We made eye contact and it scared the shit out of both of us at the same time…lol. The fox took off at a great rate of knots and to this day I have never ever left the house yard without my gun!
Always the way when unarmed 😆
You are quite a f. Ag if you believe you need a gun when spotting a fox. What happened to real man.
Another professional hunting trip, bonus the black fox. Love your work, looking forward to the next installment mate!
Thanks mate
Living in England and been fox shooting for 40 years I have never seen a black fox, many thanks again for your hard work making these videos to care mate.
Thanks Keith, appreciate it mate 👌
I do enjoy your channel, great shooting, excellent tips, great story telling, and a real service to land management in Australia. Thanks and please keep it up.
Really appreciate it Marcus 👌
Hey Nath, This is Darren, your cousin's Andrew & Sarah's older brother. Been a subscriber to your channel for a while mate.
Nice work on the black Fox, I've never seen one before & I've seen a lot of foxes over the year's on the other cousin's farms.... on mums side of the family...up in the New England table lands. Thumbs up mate👍
Well there you go, that's really cool. I don't think we have ever met have we ?? I get up that way sometimes, I have another cousin on the other side of the family not too far away from where you mention 😉
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Haha yeah we have meet, we all use to all have Christmas at uncle Harry & Aunty Louise place at Fern Bay. The last time I saw you... you would of been 3 maybe 4 years old. Andrew is always telling me you & I should go for a shot. We have family that have property out west as well as up the high country.
Buzz me Privately & we could arrange for us to catch up 👍
Email me anytime mate
edgeoftheoutback@hotmail.com
Did you just make black foxes extinct in Australia, Nathan?? Love your videos man. The soliloquy at the end was a very nice touch. I think it helps us viewers to fully grasp the enormity of your work. RUclips's censorious threats to demonetise real videos is a joke when it is saturated with and actively promotes clickbait videos clearly infringing on copyright and has blatantly deceptive content.
Thanks mate. Appreciate the support and understanding of the current battle.
I like how you always state up front the equipment used. Great job!
If I don't, I only end up repeating myself in the comments 😂
Nice work Nathan! I’ve hunted foxes for a lot of years in Victoria, and I’ve never seen one that black, would’ve been great to run into it in winter. Hopefully there’s more of those genetic’s out there, and you can get an awesome pelt. Cheers, and happy hunting 👍🏼👍🏼
they have them in kojonup western Australia as well only place iv heard of them being shot but bloody rare
Fingers crossed Mark and can find another 🤞
Great work!! Ive never seen a black fox before but my partner shot a white fox on the family farm a couple of years ago. Nailed it with her 223. It was early autumn and the pelt was thick for that time of year so we skun it and tanned it. Its currently on display at J&A Shooting supplies in Horsham Vic.
That's cool as mate
Excellent, professional job as usual Nathan. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
Thanks Michael
Thanks for helping the native animals have a chance 👍 great shooting.
Appreciate it mate 👌
Cool fox black are very rare here in the states too!
That farm sure had plenty of Fox, good shooting Nathan. That one fox has a great looking fit. Good shooting to you and yours bud. Thanks again for sharing your adventures. 👍🎥🥇🥇🥇💯
Cheers Joel, appreciate it mate 👌
Hi Nathan, keep the pelt as I have been told by a European friend that the pelt of a black fox makes the best , warmest undies especially as you spend a lot of time shooting when it is freezing. Great hunting as per usual! Cheers.
Bit scratchy around the seams?
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Fox round the gonads eh 🙃 not for me
My nuts don’t need any more heat thank you hahaha
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Really enjoy your content. I'm on a sheep farm in western Victoria and walked up to 2 foxes, a red one and grey / black fox one night competing over a dead lamb. I had a big torch on them the whole time and crept up to around 10mt from them both. The red one left first and the grey one then took over eating the carcass. Of course I didn't have the gun or my phone but an amazing experience. I stepped a bit closer and the grey / black fox then decided to wonder off. The next night they were back but shy of the light this time.
Tricky buggers eh
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Yes, unless a few males are chasing a Vixen then their carefree.
Love your night vision images, what night vision would you recommend for a rural property chasing
foxes? Best budget deal.
Mate so many factors in that one which I can't answer in RUclips comments. That's the realm of my Patreon buddy if you want to dive deep into options.
Fantastic watching you at work and appreciate the blood sweat and tears you go through to give us a great show m8. I can't wait for your next video. 😸
Cheers Brad 👍
Awesome stuff👍
I definitely have never seen a black fox, top shot mate..
I've seen beautiful pictures of black foxes in Europe, but didn't know if we got them here. Wish he'd been cleaner of all that old hair. He'd have been a beauty. Great work. Love it. ❤
Nice work mate. That certainly doesn’t happen very often and possibly a once in a lifetime event👍👍👍
I reckon you're right. No complaints here 👌
Nice one m8, very distinctive colouring there, may be 40 year ago a guy I knew swears he shot a white fox just outside of Dundee on the road towards Couper Angus, he had shooting permissions for pest control, he swears it wasn't an albino as well, nature throws up some real weird off shoots everywhere now and again.
Top notch as usual mate also didn’t know we had black foxes very cool to see.
Seems we all didn't know (myself definitely in that boat too)
I've never seen one here in Finland. Only redfoxes up here where i hunt. The winter fur is awesome here as you can imagine. I can only imagine how awesome that dark guy would've looked like in its prime fur👍 Keep these coming lad!
Thanks mate, I'd love a fur from your country
Hey mate, Kempy here… well done on the black fox 👍
I’ve been cleaning up plenty of foxes with my thermals lately 👍
Into em mate (between those dust storms)
Love your work Nath, keep'em coming
Thanks mate 👌
Good and enjoyable video Nathan,.. especially that " black fox". I quoted " black fox" because here in Canada and up north, ( a long way from me ) my Father-in-law, who spent
his life as a hunter, trapper, etc. in Labrador, would call that one a "silver fox" as the tips of it's hair/fur were white, as you can see here. Now according to my Father-in-law, ( back in the 1970's ) the skin/fur of silver foxes was quote valuable ( depending of course on the condition ) at some $700CAD ( again, at that time ).
This is the second time in my life that I've seen a fox like this one.
I always appreciate the work you do in getting and producing your videos, so for this I say, Thank you!
Thanks mate. Your father inlaw seems to know his stuff. Apparently this is a silver fox genetic throwback. Very cool eh.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Sure does look cool! I'd say that fox would look super when it's coat is full and healthy!
Is there any market anymore for furs? Just asking, because I know absolutely nothing about this business.
The fur market is dead mate. I've heard of a guy in Canberra but apparently he rips everyone off.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Oh, one of those chiselers!
Just played the end yarn to the missus, we had a good laugh. You've a great gig mate. Cheers.
Thanks mate. Bloody cows 🤦♂️
I love this channel I have gotten all of my guy friends subbed and we talk about it all the time. Keep up the good work
Awesome to hear mate. Really glad you and your friends are enjoying the content 👌
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK oh we are!! All the way from Michigan in the states haha
Wow. a black fox, never heard of them 😮 Do they smell the same as regular fox, or more like blueberry? 😂😂
Please don't feel frustrated when things don't go to plan, we appreciate every feral you drop regardless. Thank you for another great video, and doing the best for our native wildlife and farmers 👍
Thanks Marty
Well done with the black fox 👏 I've never seen one before
Me neither but pretty cool eh.
Greetings from Europe! In Hungary, where I'm live and hunting, we call this kind of fox: coaly fox. Also rare in Hungary.
Welcome. Yes my research has indicated its a 0.1% throwback to the European Fox genetics 👍
Always like your shooting mate. To many invasive species there and here in Florida also.👍✌
Nice work again Nate👍,cracker of a fox pitty hes moulting would have been a nice mount, keep it up mate
Thanks Andrew, that's the plan 👌
Another ripper video! Can't wait for the next one
Thanks mate
Another cracking video Nathan, especially with the 17hmr, I received my FAC (UK) yesterday, so I'm off shopping, and yes I'll be getting a CZ457 17hmr, bet they taste nice, sorry couldn't help myself 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That black fox is awesome! Shame you couldn't take the pelt. I've had wild black rabbits and orange/blonde rabbits, but always regular red foxes. Didn't even know they could have black fur.
Rabbits will get colours if they have a healthy population. This black fox apparently in a 0.1% genetic possibility.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Wow, that's incredible. Truly is rare then, I may never even see one.
I saw one the other night while baling straw . Thought it was a fox but dismissed it because it was black . Now I know .
Quairiding , Western Australia .
Well done Nathan. I've never seen a black fox ever. Never knew they existed until your video.
Yeah it blew me away when I turned the white light on.
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK I am not surprised that you have experienced that. Good job champ.
Love to have seen that black Fox in the middle of July ... Another great video Nathan 👍
Would have been awesome eh
I have never seen a black fox I didn't think they existed.
Good vid.
I'd only seen pictures myself until now.
Love the channel Nathan and keep the great videos coming. Is that a Hikmicro thermal you have there? I notice you also run a Pulsar thermal and would be keen to hear your thoughts on them?
I think I was running a HIK at that stage. Unfortunately it had issues, so I switched back to the Thermion series.
Grew up in the Southern Highlands of NSW until my early 20's and had a 12 year stint in the Central West. I've seen plenty of foxes ... even in Coogee where I lived for several years but no black ones. The best looking foxes are always the dead ones.
That's it mate 👌
The black ones are rare as all fuck
Great shooting, always enjoy your videos and that accent, I'm from Texas so you can relate!!!
Appreciate it mate 👌. Glad to see you on the Aussie content 😁
That’s the first black fox I’VE ever seen... 👍👍👍
Same eh 😬
Soooo good Nathan, keep up the awesome work!!!
Cheers mate 👍
hahah Love the tittle. Surely has to be a trigger for some Muppet! Thanks for another awesome vid Nathan.
Absolutely trigger bait 😉😉😉
Wow. That black fox is pretty cool. Good shooting too. Never knew foxes could be black.
Very interesting genetic trait indeed 👍
Guaranteed to piss off some hippies with this one👌🤣
We can only dream 😝
Damn hippies….
Easy on the "Hippies" BS. Some of us "Hippies" like to hunt, fish & believe that feral species should NOT be existing for an area They don't belong in. Got to thank your "Landed People" for bringing those species in to be able to have them to hunt. Of course those foxes needed some rabbits to live off of also.
People tend to release their animals when they can no longer support them or they become monetarily a drag. Think Camels, Goats, cats & any of the other ones PEOPLE are responsible for.
Good work. Perseverance and skill results in good night. Entertaining and informative as usual. Thanks.
Thanks David 👌
Another fantastic hunt. Thank you for sharing.
Not a problem mate 👌
I thought the black Fox was a myth until now. Awesome work, Nathan. Slowly reducing the fox gene pool one fox at a time.
Thanks mate, certainly a unique experience 👍
That is a super cool black fox. Too bad it didn't have better fur on it, but it's great you have it on video to look back on! Love the thermal video's!
Thanks Ethan. Certainly a cool memory to document 👍
Never knew there was such a thing as a Black fox..., never ever heard of one and I had a few friends back in the 80's that were professional roo (fox) shooters. Super cool. It will be interesting to know "where" it came from..., history, etc.
Sensational Nathan. Congrats on the black fox. Very very cool 👌
Thanks mate 👌
The educational training aspect you provide in your videos is great.
I think RUclips fail to comprehend that the principles of hunting you provide a n each video allows for more humane pest management.
Well that’s what I’d be telling the RUclips police anyway!!.
Thanks mate, sadly I don't think they listen very well 🤦♂️
Hi Nathan
Another great video Mate
Awesome I have never seen a black Fox stay safe and thanks for sharing
Appreciate it Barry. One to remember for sure 👌
That black fox is a 'SHINY Nickit'. BTW, Greeting from Malaysia. Love your videos mate. Cheers😘
Cheers mate 👌
Awesome vid Nathan and I never new there were black foxes and definitely have never seen one congrats on knocking one off mate cheers Yogi 🤙🤙
Thanks Yogi 👍
Cool. IV hunted foxes in North East Vic for the last 50 year and never seen one. Cheers.
Thanks mate 👌
Nice work.. Second black I have seen. There was one in a shooting mag a while back. Bloke had it stuffed.
I think I have that mag at home, I must dig it out.
Nice work as usual mate. Fox whistle works a treat, my dog came running too!
Mine do the same thing 😂
I've shot hundreds of foxes here in Australia but the only black fox I sighted was in the Netherlands one winter years ago. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it mate. Very unique eh 👌
That's the first Black fox I've seen!
Great shot too.
🤔hmmm eye
wonder if he saw that coming?? Lol .
Don't worry about how humid or uncomfortable it is Nathan you just keep us entertained!🤪👍
Cheers from Penrith as usual
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I'll certainly try mate
Didn't even know 😕 that there were black foxes super cool 😎 congrats 👏 good work.
Thanks mate
Love you channel & videos! I haven't seen a black fox but have seen some black coyotes here in Arkansas, USA.
The coyotes are all I've seen to, online. This was quite the suprise when the light went on 😁
Been popping foxes since 1978... Never seen one that colour. Love your videos.... Great job !!!
Thanks Alan 👌
Congrats on the black fox!!
Bloody nice black fox. Well done!
Cheers Terry 👍
Never every seen a black fox. Awesome mate. Seen black rabbits though
Yeah coloured rabbits are normally a sign of a healthy population. Same mate, I'd never seen a black for before either 👌
No black fox , but I did snare a black snowshoe hare many years ago in Vermont. Brought it to my biology teacher. He had it mounted for display. Very cool 😎
That black fox looked cool never seen one
Thanks for the great vlog as always mate!
No worries 👌
Congrats on the blackie and i agree with David about your shows being so very professional. My equal favourite with bolt action productions and that's really saying something.
Robbo is the benchmark mate. He's a big mentor and I really appreciate the comment 👌
Good Job Mate, We Trapped a pure grey fox in Payne's Find WA many many years ago and have never seen another since.
That's pretty cool Mike
Anyone who does what they love will have THOSE TIMES when they wonder what on earth they're doing... part of being human I suspect.
The other part of being human is HUNTING and sorting out those pesky pests. Keep at it Mr. EotO!
I’d say realistically 1 in 10000 chance of encountering a black fox - incredible!
Thanks for the great content 👍🏻
Ignore the haters and do what you love while you’re able
That's it mate 👌 appreciate it.
Nathan the Wokes will be after you BFM….!Top shooting👍
Oh they already are - bring it 💥
Well done Nathan. Didn’t know they came in black. Bravo from Victoria Australia
Cheers Michael 👌
Once again Nathan a top video, good content and narration, I look forward to more.
Cheers mate 👍
Another great video!
Thanks Daniel
Yeah Nathan, great vid, never seen a black one and my mate Max aka The Fox Whisperer has never mentioned seeing one either and he has killed countless foxes, thanks for sharing your hunt, enjoyed it immensely mate.
Appreciate it Hank. Certainly one to remember 👌
Great work Sire, never seen a black fox either. Bloody strange genetics to get that. Keep up the great vids.
Thanks Peter
Thanks for another great video Nathan.
No worries 👌 glad you enjoyed it.
My uncle shot an albino fox around 20 foot up In a Gumtree and we actually get quite a few black ones down this way at bottom tip of South Australia. We get 10 bucks for the scalp, we've 'entered' quite a few darker foxs.
That's really cool. Love blasting em from trees 😁
Hi Nathan good Onya good to see you are Knocking them on the head keep up the good work Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia
Cheers Cliff 👍
Great video, thanks for the video.
Never an issue John, glad you enjoyed it.
You should put one on the barbi and give us a review mate....
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Very good video Nathan
I have been shooting foxes from 2017 and that year I shot one it was a black fox too and after that I haven’t seen anymore black foxes around 🙏👋🍻
That's very cool. I've had a lot of comments about the black fox and they definitely seem hard to stumble across.
Yes a fox killed 23 chickens in my secure hen run plus two guinea fowl by beheading them all in one night, we found out it managed to slip under the metal gate by scrapping at the earth until it could slip beneath, imagine the damage to our wildlife. I found a fox den once by accident and saw half a dozen platypus bills littered about, needless to say the fox was taken care of. Great video appreciate your work.👍
They certainly do some damage the little buggers.
Saw a black fox and I mean jet black near Jamison in the late 80s . Never seen one since .
Well done Nathan as always, greetings from Northern Ireland we don’t have black Foxes either!
Thanks Bobby 👍. Hope you had a good Christmas mate.
We did thanks Nathan, so different from NSW, but great family time!
Super cool!! I stopped work just to watch the video lol great video mate
😂 That's awesome
Never seen a black fox either.
Great video as usual, mate.
Cheers mate 👌
Keep up the good work mate
Cheers 👍
Not seen one until now, rare as rocking horse poo!
Something like that 🙃
I have never seen a black fox like that, even in a picture somewhere. Very, very cool!I love your channel mate.
Thanks mate. Definitely unique to capture all the footage. And it's not blurry big foot 🧐
@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Not yet anyway LOL Ya see, people always think the pics of bigfoot are blurry, but that's just the way an actual bigfoot looks when you meet one...............
Another awesome video brother and some pretty good shooting as well mate. ... keep up the great work and dont let those "mad cows" get ya
Bloody things hate me
Great content mate
Cheers David