hunt0168
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We’re in a winter thaw right now which is awesome. We have been pounded with snow for the last month. A couple days of above freezing and rain has compacted the snow so I had to get out.
First set at a horse boarding property got vocal responses from 2 different directions. Unfortunately both were distant and not properties I have access to.
Second set was a bit of a detour set. I couldn’t park due to huge snowbank at the place I wanted to try. I have permission across the road so I parked by the barn and made a setup. Big cut cornfield surrounded by timber to the east and brushy draw and hedgerows to the north. To the south is another brushy creek that separates this property from a small mobile home park. Winds were east southeast which was almost directly in my face. Not ideal, but with the brushy draw to the north I was hoping they would use that to try and get the wind. I let out some MFK Bougie Lonely howls and I see two heat signatures pop over the rise to the north. Perfect!… almost
I get in the gun and it’s a pair of gray fox. Okay… better than nothing. They both sit and stare towards the caller at about 175 yards. I don’t shoot fox so I let some more coyote vocals rip. They’re just sitting there watching for something to happen I guess. I’m scanning around and pick up another signature coming from the south brushy creek. I could tell immediately it was a red fox. It stops down in a low spot by the creek.
With nothing apparently interested as far as coyotes go I threw out a little distress to see if the foxes wanted to play for one, but mostly to see if coyotes were hungry. One of the grays advanced to about 125 yards and again took a seat. As I was scanning back towards the north I pick up the red sitting and staring at the caller at about 45 yards in front of me. As I continue to scan north there’s another red down by the creek pacing back and forth.
Cool stand, but no coyotes. A bunch of years back it would have been a different ending, let me tell you! Lol.
One more set after this one yielded nothing. Snow got super crunchy as the temps dropped so rather than alert everything for miles I called it a night. It was a much needed night out calling regardless of the outcome.
First set at a horse boarding property got vocal responses from 2 different directions. Unfortunately both were distant and not properties I have access to.
Second set was a bit of a detour set. I couldn’t park due to huge snowbank at the place I wanted to try. I have permission across the road so I parked by the barn and made a setup. Big cut cornfield surrounded by timber to the east and brushy draw and hedgerows to the north. To the south is another brushy creek that separates this property from a small mobile home park. Winds were east southeast which was almost directly in my face. Not ideal, but with the brushy draw to the north I was hoping they would use that to try and get the wind. I let out some MFK Bougie Lonely howls and I see two heat signatures pop over the rise to the north. Perfect!… almost
I get in the gun and it’s a pair of gray fox. Okay… better than nothing. They both sit and stare towards the caller at about 175 yards. I don’t shoot fox so I let some more coyote vocals rip. They’re just sitting there watching for something to happen I guess. I’m scanning around and pick up another signature coming from the south brushy creek. I could tell immediately it was a red fox. It stops down in a low spot by the creek. With nothing apparently interested as far as coyotes go I threw out a little distress to see if the foxes wanted to play for one, but mostly to see if coyotes were hungry. One of the grays advanced to about 125 yards and again took a seat. As I was scanning back towards the north I pick up the red sitting and staring at the caller at about 45 yards in front of me. As I continue to scan north there’s another red down by the creek pacing back and forth.
Cool stand, but no coyotes. A bunch of years back it would have been a different ending, let me tell you! Lol.
One more set after this one yielded nothing. Snow got super crunchy as the temps dropped so rather than alert everything for miles I called it a night. It was a much needed night out calling regardless of the outcome.
