"I Don't Want to Live In a Hole Anymore, It Makes Me Feel Poor."

Ever wonder what foxes live in?



Ok, so maybe you don't but I did-

A red fox typically lives in an old groud hog den.  They will dig out the hole and re use it. You can find a fox den in obvious places, such as the middle or the edge of a corn field. They like to have a unobstructed view in whatever they want to look at. In other words- they are pretty ballsy.

"Like groundhogs, whose burrows they use for natal dens, red fox are careful to choose den sites with good drainage.
If you are looking for a red fox den, walk into a cut-over corn field on a very cold day, preferably after a bad weather front has blown in. If you are lucky, you may come across an old groundhog den with the first three feet of the main entrance enlarged and typically dug into a tall oval shape to allow the red fox to bolt out at a full gallop. This excavated front end also serves as a kind of "porch" where the fox can rest out of the wind."http://www.terrierman.com/lifehabitatRedFox.htm

These pictures were taken across the street from our house.  The direction that I normally hear the fox barking at night is just where these dens are located. This one is pretty big and sits on top of a hill with a corn field all along behind it.

Here is the "escape," hole or second hole that foxes typically dig. behind it is the main den hole.

These two pictures are the main den hole. It curves down and runs pretty deep. Red Foxes are pretty cleanly when it comes to their home. Leaving no animal bones or waste in or around it.