Contest ? for preds?

[Bushmaster]

My Brother and I are in a contest next weekend, hope to just put points on the board.

Do what I use to do up untill late 90's. Fill gas tank, take a LONG drive all day (day light) (Things look different come night) looking for good spots to call, write them down making a chart of like 40+ call spots. When you get home rewrite the long list chart in a pattern to drive in a same direction making your rounds so as NOT to need to go out of your way for miles. Understand? Put a sign in window your COYOTE hunting for LEO's.... Never say your Fox hunting, Some land owners etc... Don't care for yotes, but DO NOT like ya shooting Fox. Good luck. The sign HELPS.... Things get tricky when a LEO see's ya coming out with guns at 2:00am etc... TRUST ME, BEEN THERE !!!! One more thing ALWAYS take a buddy hunting preds at night, Things can go wrong in deep winters, I got out of truck to cross ditch at road side once only to find out I went 4ft. down with water under snow flowing in me, My buddy laughed like hell but had to pull me out, And had drunks on other nights pull over by our truck etc... Had few LEO times they went wrong with guns drawn on us etc... Be safe and THINK at night times 1:00am hours.... See and hear some awesome stuff though, shooting stars etc... Weird sounds etc..

 

[dubleuhb]

Do what I use to do up untill late 90's. Fill gas tank, take a LONG drive all day (day light) (Things look different come night) looking for good spots to call, write them down making a chart of like 40+ call spots. When you get home rewrite the long list chart in a pattern to drive in a same direction making your rounds so as NOT to need to go out of your way for miles. Understand? Put a sign in window your COYOTE hunting for LEO's.... Never say your Fox hunting, Some land owners etc... Don't care for yotes, but DO NOT like ya shooting Fox. Good luck. The sign HELPS.... Things get tricky when a LEO see's ya coming out with guns at 2:00am etc... TRUST ME, BEEN THERE !!!! One more thing ALWAYS take a buddy hunting preds at night, Things can go wrong in deep winters, I got out of truck to cross ditch at road side once only to find out I went 4ft. down with water under snow flowing in me, My buddy laughed like hell but had to pull me out, And had drunks on other nights pull over by our truck etc... Had few LEO times they went wrong with guns drawn on us etc... Be safe and THINK at night times 1:00am hours.... See and hear some awesome stuff though, shooting stars etc... Weird sounds etc..

We have been doing that, in fact my brother is out right now doing just that. Tomorrow I will do the same, have to go knock on a few doors.
We have a plan already, just getting as many spots as possible. Living up here in Niagara county we have lots off apple orchards, they don't care for predator hunting, mice and rabbits girdle young trees, fox and coyotes eat rabbits and mice. I stopped asking those places.

Like I said though, we are just hoping to get on the board, got the caller's, lights the rifles are sighted in, even shot with the lights at night. We just need to get some fox or coyotes attention and seal the deal.

 

[Bushmaster]

We have been doing that, in fact my brother is out right now doing just that. Tomorrow I will do the same, have to go knock on a few doors.
We have a plan already, just getting as many spots as possible. Living up here in Niagara county we have lots off apple orchards, they don't care for predator hunting, mice and rabbits girdle young trees, fox and coyotes eat rabbits and mice. I stopped asking those places.

Like I said though, we are just hoping to get on the board, got the caller's, lights the rifles are sighted in, even shot with the lights at night. We just need to get some fox or coyotes attention and seal the deal.

That's freaking awesome.... Orchards are great for Coyote, use to hunt those in Wayne County NY. Good luck buddy, get some NO#4 buck for shotguns also, Split the hedgerow ( back to back each side) with your brother to cover back door.

 

[FrankenCub]

Well then they're starving here Very very few deer killed this year in my area. I think they're just moving around trying to find food.

 

[Bushmaster]

We have been doing that, in fact my brother is out right now doing just that. Tomorrow I will do the same, have to go knock on a few doors.
We have a plan already, just getting as many spots as possible. Living up here in Niagara county we have lots off apple orchards, they don't care for predator hunting, mice and rabbits girdle young trees, fox and coyotes eat rabbits and mice. I stopped asking those places.

Like I said though, we are just hoping to get on the board, got the caller's, lights the rifles are sighted in, even shot with the lights at night. We just need to get some fox or coyotes attention and seal the deal.

To seal the DEAL use the old time 80's call of Johnny Stewart (gray Fox Pup In Distress) many calls like it but ONLY Stewarts Original is the ALL TIME CALL ever produced. Food call is not a fav of mine this time of year.

 

[Bushmaster]

If Reds show up out of range, turn Stewart call off, use soft minute Squeaks...

 

[4excal]

Preds?..prescription meds!?? I'm in!

 

[dubleuhb]

Just pulled the card out of the game camera 75 yards from the back door. Several pics of these two, Red fox and a couple bucks that made it through the season.

 

[Bushmaster]

Here is a post I found. This is what I been saying. 3rd post down in link same as me word for word other than this guy lives in Pa. Tips For Gray Fox? - PredatorMasters Forums

Johnny Stewart HANDS DOWN EVERYTIME !!!
Been Killing greys since I was a kid. Here in PA I only get them to respond at night. Best sound ever created for greys is the original Johnny Stewart "Grey Fox Pup Distress". That sound has probably taken more grey fox then all the rest combined. The Foxpro "Screamin Grey" works good as well. They are hard chargers most of the time to calling. I usually don't stay on stand for more than 6-8 minutes.
Greys typically inhabit brushy areas, same areas I hunt cottontail. They have a relatively small range as opposed to reds.

 

[Bushmaster]

All furs taken by me and buddy in one season with Johnny Stewart Cassette Tape, note the old red caller hanging in rafters LOL. Few Mink trapped, Coyote's with PC-3 Johnny Stewart mouth calls. Death kiss and squeaks few times on Reds. 1996 year

 

[Bushmaster]

We have been doing that, in fact my brother is out right now doing just that. Tomorrow I will do the same, have to go knock on a few doors.
We have a plan already, just getting as many spots as possible. Living up here in Niagara county we have lots off apple orchards, they don't care for predator hunting, mice and rabbits girdle young trees, fox and coyotes eat rabbits and mice. I stopped asking those places.

Like I said though, we are just hoping to get on the board, got the caller's, lights the rifles are sighted in, even shot with the lights at night. We just need to get some fox or coyotes attention and seal the deal.

When ya hunt the contest?.... Soon as ya get out of vehicle scan field (red Light) before you ever walk or enter, many times I got eye's on Reds and squeak them in before ever calling, I shot em, then continue to call spot and called in grays. Keep a squeaker in pocket and on gun. I used ones from old toys I pulled out, two clear ones,

 

[Bushmaster]

Just pulled the card out of the game camera 75 yards from the back door. Several pics of these two, Red fox and a couple bucks that made it through the season.
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The pics look like Coyote's?

 

[dubleuhb]

The pics look like Coyote's?

Yes coyotes, also had pics of red fox and deer on that camera.

 

[Acer-m14]

still trying to get out for some yotes on the farm , when i do i have the non emergency number for LEO and would call to let them know .. on so and so farm
hunting yotes if you get any calls .. already got permission from farm to come up in the night to hunt .. its just getting the time and friend free to get it done