Like I said the neighbor said it was a fox that got there dog, but I don't know how close they were or how good the lady is at identifying animals. That doesn't meant the same animal got the goose, but good chance it was. The pond is about 20 ft from my house and the woods border right up against the pond. I would say the woods are about 100 ft away in the front and about 50 ft from the back of the house. There are no fences or pens of any sort on my property. I have walked through most of the woods and fields around me just because but was never really looking for anything in particular. There is 40+ acres around of patches of woods and mostly amish farms. 5 or 6 houses total.
My dogs are on electronic collars and they can not reach the woods unless they break the line. Like I said I am not really worried about them because they are rarely outside, especially when it is winter, unless I am out there making all kinds of noise. I am sure that it is not a big cat, there hasn't been any around here for a long time.
Now I have seen what looks like small dog prints around the house and over by my seperate garage, but there are no dogs of the neighbors and have not heard my dog go nuts with something outside. I didn't really think much about it until the snow last week and saw the same type of prints between the house and my neighbors where the dog was attacked. Everything I see is saying coyote, possible fox but from what I know a full grown canadian goose would not be an easy target for a fox.
I am kind of thinking of trying calls for both and just seeing what happens. A few guys that work and hunt in the area are saying to use rabbit distress calls because they have worked for them in the past. Hope this helps some. I guess my real question is, if I was to start hunting fox or coyote what would be the best way to go about it?
