Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1916 — HUNTER KILLS A BLACK FOX [ARTICLE]

HUNTER KILLS A BLACK FOX

Roscoe Hilton of near Wheatfield shot and killed a black fox last Friday northwest of Kniman, on what is kndwa as the Hart hill. He sold the pelt to a Michigan fur buyer, whq was calling on “Billy” McNeil of Wheatfield, for SIOO. The fur was a little coarse on the back of the animal or the pelt would have been worth several hundred dollars more, perhaps, as black foxes are very rare and their pelts bring a high price. This is probably the first black fox ever killed in Jasper county. This animal had been seen on several different occasions in the vicinity of Kniman and Virgie during the past year, but none of the hunters had been able to bag it. It was with three other foxes when killed by Mr. Hilton, one of which was a silver grey, also "very valuable for its fur. There is said to be quite a good many foxes in central and north Jasper now, and the fact that a silver grey has been seen in that vicinity will no doubt spur the hunters to renewed activity in hunting these fleet-footed animals.