This is a runt female Red kit from a hand full of years ago. Her mother raised 5 kits. In a field drive culvert tube, she being one of the 5. Runt as in roughly 2/3 the size of her litter mates. I stopped hunting reds roughly 40 yrs ago. As their pop greatly declined. And the fact they offered little challenge in getting one. So since those days. I've just observed countless litters grow up. Learning their inter family behaviors as the years rolled on. One key aspect I learned from them is. They often dismiss deep/base sounds vs high pitched sounds. I found that most interesting.
Little Red kit
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Above is an old Female Red that lived 2 miles from our house. She used a field drive culvert tube to raise her litters. I observed her raise 5 litters, 5 years in a row. Each year she had 5 kits. As the kits grew to large for the culvert tube. She dug an Earthen den close to the culvert tube. So the kits had more room. I find it interesting. The older the kits became. The less she seemed indifferent to them. Her kits would scatter from the den site. When they became 11-12 weeks old. One year, two young female Reds. Dug their own den hole & reared 2 kits each. Of course I can't prove it either way. But I believe those 2 young female mother's. Were her off spring from the previous year. I also happen to believe. The alpha male from the old female. Bred his 2 daughters. Either way. I found it interesting. There were 3 active den sites. All within 1/2 mile from each other. I've read many years ago from a few sources. Red Fox can or will den in cluster areas. 3 active den sites within 1 square mile. I would call a cluster.
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