Yikes!
This is definitely a situation where being a good shot with a bow & arrow, crossbow, .22 pellet rifle, throwing knives (if you practice and are good), or maybe even a spear would be handy. Distance is your best friend when dealing with probably rabid animals. Also, know your backstop behind your target is right! Soft dirt with shot from above? Perfect! Rock filled soil? Not so ideal..
A Nocturnal animal like a Fox active in daylight and acting out of character (Foxes are very shy!) by killing someones dog? Danger Will Robinson, Danger! +100 on don't shoot possibly rabid animals in the head at all, since they need the brain for testing to be sure. Rabies is a bad one!
It could have been much worse than a Fox. Imagine a Rabid Coyote, Mountain Lion, or Bear! I imagine one of those is resistant to Rabies though.
I second the call the police and lead them to the Fox/Rabid animal plan, perhaps have them keep kids safe in the neighborhood school buses until the area is clear. Also get the police alerting the neighborhood and media. One rabid Fox easily bites and makes more rabid animals too. Police and State Agriculture Departments learned this big time in the 1920-1960's which I think is when Rabies was a much bigger problem and killed a lot of livestock and more people.
This is definitely a situation where being a good shot with a bow & arrow, crossbow, .22 pellet rifle, throwing knives (if you practice and are good), or maybe even a spear would be handy. Distance is your best friend when dealing with probably rabid animals. Also, know your backstop behind your target is right! Soft dirt with shot from above? Perfect! Rock filled soil? Not so ideal..
A Nocturnal animal like a Fox active in daylight and acting out of character (Foxes are very shy!) by killing someones dog? Danger Will Robinson, Danger! +100 on don't shoot possibly rabid animals in the head at all, since they need the brain for testing to be sure. Rabies is a bad one!
It could have been much worse than a Fox. Imagine a Rabid Coyote, Mountain Lion, or Bear! I imagine one of those is resistant to Rabies though.
I second the call the police and lead them to the Fox/Rabid animal plan, perhaps have them keep kids safe in the neighborhood school buses until the area is clear. Also get the police alerting the neighborhood and media. One rabid Fox easily bites and makes more rabid animals too. Police and State Agriculture Departments learned this big time in the 1920-1960's which I think is when Rabies was a much bigger problem and killed a lot of livestock and more people.
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