Two Tungamah teenagers have laid a claim to being the best fox hunters in the area after spending the winter catching more than 90 of the vermin.

Cousins Brady Hayes and Ash Saunders have 93 dead foxes pinned up on a fence on Tungamah Rd, just 1.6 km outside the township.

Brady, 16, who can see the roadside fence from his backyard, said it had almost become a tourist attraction.

"It's funny watching the cars slow down as they realise what's hanging up there," Brady said.

The foxes have all come from farms around the Tungamah area, indicating the size of the fox problem facing farmers.

Ash, 15, said the support from landowners was much appreciated.

"We went and asked the farmers if we could go onto their places - and everyone was really good about it," Ash said.

Many farms have had livestock losses, something Ash said he was glad to help with.

"This farm (where the fence is) has lost a couple of sheep, and so have a few others," he said.

The Yarrawonga Secondary College student said the pair didn't shoot any of the foxes - they relied on an old-fashioned method.

"We use the dogs to go get them," he said.

"We go to spots where we think the foxes will be, like burrows or hollows in the trees, and the dogs do the rest."

The dogs of choice are two staghound/greyhound crosses, Basil and Jack, and two Jack Russells, Digger and Bitter.

Brady, an apprentice builder in Yarrawonga, said fox hunting came second nature to many country kids.

"Our pop did it, dad's done it - it's just something we were brought up on," he said.

Brady said despite the massive haul, the boys would slow down for the warmer months.

"We had to stop because the crops were getting too high and we were getting worried about snakes," he said.

"There's probably not too many left anyway."

Brady's mum Debbie Hayes said the pastime had its benefits.

"These boys don't watch much tellie," Debbie said.

Parks Victoria Yarrawonga ranger Andrew McDougall said the boys had done a fantastic job with their fox cull.

"Parks Victoria and the Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network congratulates and supports these young hunters and is planning to recognise their achievements," he said.

The area where the foxes were taken is a known breeding area for brolgas which the DPI lists as `vulnerable to extinction'.

To hear directly from the boys go to a video clip at the Country News website: www.countrynews.com.au

jordan.oliver@sheppnews.com.au