I don't really have any experiences with them, but I just saw my first fox this winter. Flipped me out! It was one of those nights there was snow on the ground, so everything was really bright outside. I was looking out our front window and saw something run under a bush. I thought it looked like a cat, but man, that was a really big cat! Then it came back out and I saw the bushy tail. Wow! I watched it until it ran off up the street.

I am going to wild guess that foxes are pretty shy about coming around close to the house. ??

I just hope you don't have any cats or small dogs around. I have seen them late at night in my subdivision. So cool to see them walk across the neighbrs yard.

That would be my worry - pets. Our dogs are big and never outside unsupervised, but I do worry about running into a fox or coyote on a walk. :(

I've read up a little since a I posted and foxes according to several sites don't really bother small pets like dogs and cats. One site says they never attack dogs and only rarely cats when threatened. Of course we don't have any pets so it doesn't really matter right now. Coyotes are the one's to worry about though. We had one run through the yard and I chased it off back in the fall. They are living fairly close to the house actually! There is an old groundhog hole on our slope which is about 20-30 feet from the driveway.

Here is a link that might be useful: Red Foxes

Just in case you want to see my foxes I just write a post up about them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Red Foxes in the Garden