calling in thick fog?

co_yotehuntr

co_yotehuntr

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Las week i was able to get in a couple stands at my favorite spots. it was my first time out and it was very foggy. i could only see a max of about 100 yards and figured if i saw one it would be in range. I sat at each stand for about 25 min with a mixture of calls and did not have any luck. Is there something with the fog that sound will not carry or was it just my luck. I usually always have luck at these spots and im sure no one has called out there yet this year, my buddy's parents live out there and they have said that they have seen more coyotes than ever, do you think it was something with me, just the day, or fog may have played something?
 
Love calling in the fog. Went out w/ my brother-in-law in open country and called one into our laps (20 yds). Problem was neither one of us had flip-up scope caps (I do now) and with all the moisture we couldn't see the dog. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif BIL took a poke at him anyway but didn't connect. Personally I think the fog is a bonus, just be prepared to shoot quickly and don't let your lenses get wet. 2nd shots will be pretty hard to comeby.
 
We've done real well in heavy fog on fox. Your head has to be on a swivel and shots will be close and quick. Some we have whacked were darn near suicidal. I love hunting in fog.
 
Hunting in the fog depends on the terrain and conditions. 100 yards visibility does not seem like thick fog to me. If it was holding at that range hunting could be good. Steep ground seems to lend towards more lifting & setting of the fog making it risky finding your target.
One time some friends and I were elk hunting in the fog. It was just at daylight we were in our vehicles 200 yards apart. I could hear some elk talking so I stepped out and dropped one at 100 yards maximum visibility. Immediately I went to work along with calling my wife to come up. When my wife and a neighbor arrived my friends 200 yards away were flabbergasted that they had not heard the shot from my .300 Win Mag. Many things played into this like maybe they started the car for heat but the fog played a big role.
 
I hunt in eastern oregon in open sage brush with rolling hills and juniper. i was set up at a base of a hill and the fog was not standing it was moving all day some times i could see better than other times but never could see more than 100 yards i figured i would either hear the coyote or see him at short range either way i knew it would be a fast shot. that was my fist experience calling in fog i am fairly new to calling and have called in just about everything you can think of and that was my first time in fog.
 
I've had good luck in the fog. I love how they coyotes seem to appear out of no where. I shot this one after about 20 mins on stand just getting up to leave and looked over my shoulder and there he was just on the edge of visiblity.

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I like calling in the fog with a shotgun. If I can only see 30 yards I know they are in range if I see one. My problem with hunting in the fog is, I start seeing things that are not there.
 
I was out on Friday calling in the fog in eastern Colorado. I like calling in fog, especially because I can move from stand to stand with a reduced chance of them seeing me.

I called the first one into about 30yds, which my son shot. The next stand, I called one in to about 50yds, which my buddy missed.
 
I love calling in the fog. It gives it this "surreal" fealing. Love watching them just appearing out of the fog.
 


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