Due to an increase in animal damage problems that has resulted from an exploding coyote population, another local government in North Carolina will be requesting that fox trapping be made legal in their area. While trapping foxes is generally not legal in North Carolina, individual counties can request the North Carolina General Assembly allow fox harvest under special conditions.
The Winston-Salem City Council decided on April 19 to ask the N.C. General Assembly to pass an act directing the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission to establish a season in Forsyth County for taking foxes with weapons and by trapping them in Forsyth County. Trapping foxes is now illegal in North Carolina. Any captured fox must be released.
The reason they want to make fox trapping legal is because it’s difficult to attract coyote trappers to an area to solve animal damage problems because they aren’t allowed to harvest foxes they catch while targeting coyotes. Locals believe that more liberal fox regulations would attract more trappers to the area and help with the coyote problem. Plus, there isn’t a shortage of foxes in the area.
Onslow county has way too many foxes. They are preventing me from setting any traps. I have alot of money invested in my trapping gear as it is my favorite hobby, and all these fox are preventing me from trapping. I imagine Im not the only one in this boat. Passing a law to trap fox would be extremely benefitial to this area not only because I’d like to catch them, but its only a matter of time befor theres too many and disease comes in and whipes them all out.