JOY COMES IN THE MORNING! THE CHICKENS ARE SAVED! / Mid West Farm Life / Carolyn’s Natural Soap

Well. Joy comes in the morning!  Brian got the fox!  Of course he had help. 

Dave has been coming to stand watch for several weeks and the fox has shown his red coat , pointy golden ears, long nose, and bushy white tipped tail over and over again to Dave and Brian, but neither was able to make a clear shot.  

 

One morning after milking and starting to leave the barn, Brian saw the fox run through the tall grass about 50 yards away.  He quickly grabbed his shot gun and crouched behind the green water tank.  As he gazed into the field, to his surprise the fox was looking directly at him and not moving. Even after a few seconds the fox still did not move but continued to stare at Brian. Brian thought, boy, that fox is so brave. So Brian slowly put his rifle to his shoulder and squinted as he looked down the barrel. As he was pointing the gun he could see the foxes’ golden ears poking out from the grasses next to an old hedge post. Brian took a deep breathe, and pulled the trigger,  Boom !!   When the dust settled, Brian went out to see if he got him.  Well, Brian  shot the biggest hole in the hedge pot and the yellow electric fence insulators were blasted full of buck shot.  (The fox was no more the a piece of grass with the shadow of those yellow electric fence insulators.) We laughed so hard together, when Brian told me how he shot the Fox that didn’t move.  What a life !

We are all resting easy now, as we can let the chickens run and eat, free of fear, at least for a while.

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