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If intentionally targeting greys , is there locations and or calls that tend to produce more foxes and fewer yotes ?
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I have the best luck at night, using rodent sounds.
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I would second that motion , baby cottontail works good too but calls in everything else. Foxpro has one called " platinum Gray" that has been a real good noise for us...and oddly enough bird sounds, we've done well with a yellowhammer woodpecker sound..at night.... A sample...
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If there is a lot of coyotes, on average fox will be call shy as coyotes eat the hell outta fox...
It all depends on locations. Out west fox inhabit rough rocky stuff where coyotes are too lazy to den in. Out east, different.
Fox vocals are very very effective regardless of locale ...
If prey calling, birds and rodents are best. .
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Hmmmmm . Interesting thoughts !
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I would second that motion , baby cottontail works good too but calls in everything else. Foxpro has one called " platinum Gray" that has been a real good noise for us...and oddly enough bird sounds, we've done well with a yellowhammer woodpecker sound..at night.... A sample... I’ve had good luck with the yellowhammer woodpecker call too.
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Bird sounds. To start grey's eat a lot of birds, both ground nesting and tree nesting. I always start with soft bird sounds in tight cover and have a fast guy on a shotgun5-10 minutes and nothing shows turn up the volume or switch calls platinum Grey is a terrific sound
And don't get too worked up over light color. I've seen no noticeable difference in animal reaction between scanning with a red, Green or white light. We typically scan with a red lens because it's what we have but our "kill light" is a bright as the sun white spotlight. We use that because we have found that we pick up scope reticles and shotgun red dots alot faster on target with it
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My experiences with greys, they like thick cover and often times den in larger brush piles. I have found them to be cat like, responding to soft calls and very curious.
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Grey fox pup in distress works really well.
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Grey fox pup in distress works really well.
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Ran into one the yesterday morning on the way up the mountain to hunt deer. Didn't know what it was in the dark, just two eyeballs on the hillside above me in the flashlite. Used pursed lips to squeak him right in, even with an LED light above him. Really went for the rodent sounds.
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Greg nailed it, at least for out west fox calling. If I go anywhere in southern Arizona that has rocky, cut up terrain and sand washes, a few minutes with any call that has fox vocals, fighting sounds, I can damn near be guaranteed a fox or foxes will show up. I seldom go calling for them, but the couple times a winter I go out specifically for fox, I leave wondering why I don't do more of it, beautiful animal and fun to call, lots of close action with fox.
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Baby cottontail and bird in distress sounds have worked best for me
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Any non-electronic calls? I figure I would try cottontail. Any specific recommendations?
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I call them all the time with hand calls. It's usually cottontail, squirrel distress or woodpecker. Wherever I am there are fox, bobcat and coyote. If there is a fox around he will be there quick. They are aggressive little dudes, come on quick and hang around longer than a coyote will.
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Grey fox pup in distress and get ready to shoot. They like thick brushy areas here, same places you would hunt rabbits.
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My son has killed over 50 since September 1st. He uses mostly fox sounds. Biggest problem we have is finding a load that will kill them and not blow them up. So far only shotgun guys that bill
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My son has killed over 50 since September 1st. He uses mostly fox sounds. Biggest problem we have is finding a load that will kill them and not blow them up. So far only shotgun guys that bill The .17 Rem with 20 gr. Vmax slowed down to about 3500 fps is the shizz....
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ingwe, that is a pile of foxes!!! Pretty little devils!!
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ingwe, that is a pile of foxes!!! Pretty little devils!! Yeah, and that was just the first night...
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