Best sounds for fox?

For Greys I like the Grey Fox Pup Destress, its hard to beat. I also run a bird destress alot for them.

For Reds I like the bird desress and a cottontail destress, I blow the cottontail just a little more high pitch than I do for coyotes if im after Reds. If I can get close in on my set up for them I like rodent sounds to.

Brent
 
I agree with KeeKee on the Gray Fox Pup in Distress being tough to beat. It is probably the best "electronic" sound for "gray" foxes. After that about any rabbit distress tape or digital rabbit sound will work followed by the ole woodpecker/bird in distress sound.

As far as mouth blown sounds, I prefer the high pitched end of the Sceery AP-6 or the Johnny Stewart PC-3(both are bite type calls)or High pitched open reed calls.

I am a recent Sceery AP-6 convert /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif, man I like that call and so do they.
 
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Softer higher pitched sounds such as lip squeaks and bird distress. Watch the volume , you can blow these critters out of the country.Jimmie
 
Less is better, when it comes to volume on the Sceery AP-6 when calling either of the fox species. The friend who introduced me to this call, didn't mention that then. But I did find out for myself that if I simply breathe through this call instead of blowing it, it sounds much more enticing and more like "DEATH" and that is what it takes. He agreed when I ask him about it later, "less is better."
 
I agree 100% with Jimmie and Pruson on the less is better plan. Here in Alaska, voles and mice are the most common meal for Fox, so I use the vole/mouse sounds. Lip squeaks are great and if you've mastered them, that's all you'll need if you can get into the stand stealthy. The bird distress (woodpecker, starling, chickadee) and snowshoe hare all work too, but vole/mouse is the Fox go-to for me. Sceery AP-6 but the Stewart PC-3 for the deeper, raspier snowshoes, I can't get the AP-6 to go deep enough, but still an awesome call. I just picked up a new open double reed THO custom that will go from mouse squeaks to the raspiest snowshoe I've heard.
 
Hey Snowcamoman, glad you liked the call. Hope it works for you.

I like the bird distress sounds for Red Fox, and there is one call I picked up years ago that seems to work very well for them. It's made by Woodswise and really, that's all I know about it. All Predator Calls has some woodpecker distress sound calls on their site that I would think would work well too.

On the E caller I like the yellow hammer woodpecker, and the baby cottontail and high pitched cottontail sounds from Johny Stewart.

Man, you guys got to stop this. Our fox season doesn't open until October 1st. I love to call the red fox /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
The yellowhammer by JS is a great sound. Only 22 more days until Fox opens here. Anybody have luck with the JS Meadowlark sound? It sounds like a good one, but not one I've tried yet.
 
Rodent Distress, Fox/Woodpecker, Baby Cottontail and any of the bird sounds. Really, any distress sound will work so don't get caughtup using the same sounds in the same areas or you'll educate the predators, especially coyotes....
BTW: A hunting logbook is a great help!
 
You'll note that every one uses the soft higher pitches as their favorites even in the e-callers.They also keep volume down. One thing mentioned is the call shy aspect, this goes with the e-caller.

Always be willing to change it up with the calls. Mouth calls capable of doing what you need are few in reality. The two bite calls mentioned, sceery ap6 and the JS pc3, are tops at this type of calling.The critter call is also very good at this as well, you can get the high pitch and keep volume down.

Enclosed reed calls best capable for this are the customs made in two pieces with an o ring on the reed for adjustment. Reeds can be tuned for raspy course cottontail to make the coyote's happy and a slip of the oring can change pitch to a baby cottontail or bird to more suit the cats and foxes. It can even be moved out enough to make the rodent squeaks.The more I play with this type of call the more I realize it is perfect for the begining caller. Adjust for the sound and simply blow the call. Jimmie
 
Jimmie,
You bring up an excellent point with the enclosed reeds. I just picked up a EW call that has the adjustable reed with the O'ring. Ernie makes a beautiful call and it's really easy to make all kinds of bird,mouse,rabbit sounds with it. It's the perfect call for a beginner or even an experienced caller who likes the closed reed style calls. Soft and High, that's the way to go for Fox it seems.
 
Jimmie and snowcamoman

Can you guys be more specific on those "closed reed adjustable calls" you mentioned. I would like to find a closed reed call that will reach the higher pitched sounds that I like for foxes. Freezing up isn't really a problem in my geographic area, besides that is what they make handwarmers and pockets for.

You said custom made, where can I find one? It will be hard to get me to lay down the AP-6 but I would like to experiment.
 
Besides Ernie I believe THO makes one and Tony Tebbe is experimenting still.I believe it would be possible to take one wiht a jackrabbit reed and do a great many sounds. Jack reed would be close to snowshoe hare in sound for northern callers. Jimmie
 
i like the gray fox/cottontail fight tape by johnny stewart but be ready grays come in lookin for a fight
 
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I see we confused you a bit. Open reeds will do the job.Open reeds are just that, hte reed is exposed in the open on the mouth piece.They can produce a wide variety of pitches and sounds with some practice including canine distress of several types.

The closed reed calls with the adjustable o ring were what we talked about for the beginer.These are custom only calls as far as I know.To produce sound with these you simply blow into the mouthpiece. Most of the closed reed calls in factory models are not variable pitch, one or two sounds in a certain pitch is all they do.

The sceery ap6 and JSpc3 calls mentioned are what we call bite calls. Pitch is adjusted by biting down on the mouth piece. They can get very shrill and will produce almost all sounds except howls.They can be used at any volume you wish and apeal to a wide variety of animals.

I hope this clears it up for you. Jimmie
 
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