How does the fox get away from the hounds?
Foxes are extremely clever. They know how their scent will lie and will walk over dry leaves or dry grass where the scent won’t stick. They will go up a creek, so the water washes away the scent. They will backtrack and circle or walk along the top of a fence or a wall to throw the hounds off. They will use the scent of other animals to obscure their own. They have been seen to run through sheep or cattle pens or follow a manure spreader. In Pennsylvania, where we have numerous deer, they often run right through a group of deer to confuse the hounds. Gray foxes also climb trees Top . . .
