I totally agree, Addy, and when I first moved out here, I made a point to find out who it was when I saw them driving around the 2 mile by 1.5 mile square (with my road in the middle). They usually hunt only coyotes, and I found out they got the black one, and it was a coyote. But, fair if fair. If you can't hunt a coyote on your own, or with a good dog, driving your truck around and chasing it down is just not fair play, no matter what they are hunting.
When I moved here, I took a month to move most of my small stuff here, moving some every evening after work. I saw fox at least 3 times a week back then, and that was only 5 years ago last September. Since about 4 years ago, I see almost no fox or coyotes out here. those hunters have wiped them out. It's sad, I think. I didn't keep my chickens to move them here, because I could not imagine my grief had I gone out to feed my sweet hens, to find that they had been slaughtered in their pen! I knew I could not protect them well enough so I sold them. Fox will figure out a way to get into a pen when they are hungry. Having dogs here would not necessarily help out. I opted for the safe route.
I think fox are very pretty and very smart. I know they can be destructive, and they can kill cats and small dogs, but they typically go after small rodents. Coyotes in this area have been known to attack and kill dogs that are chained up, to get to their food bowls. Coyotes usually hunt in packs, fox are loners except when a female as kits she is teaching to hunt. All in all, nature has its own way of keeping things fair. People tend to upset that level.
