Predator hunting 2020-2021

[FrankenCub]

The other thread is mainly deer hunting, why muck it up with fur. So calling all preditor hunters! Post em up.

First kill with NV for me. Was using coyote in distress and this gray came running. In the rush of first with NV I completely forgot to hit record, till I squeezed the trigger lol.
Calling the taxidermist in the morning to get the hide taken care of for a wall hanger.

 

[JamieZ]

Surprised he came into Coyote in Distress. Foxes don't like coyotes at all. I call in foxes quite often, coyotes on the other hand just talk back to me in the distance, never seem to come in for the kill shot. With the thermal I can spot them coming at about 800 yds away but still don't see them.

Did you ever upgrade your IR ? Or are you good with what you have ?

 

[FrankenCub]

Yeah I know, I was really surprised. Maybe she thought she'd take advantage of a hurt coyote. Only thing I could think of.
I didn't get a response from any coyotes tonight, didn't even hear any. With the numbers of coyotes around here I didn't think I'd see a fox.

Haven't upgraded the IR yet, gotta make some side cash first. I'll make due with the factory IR for now.
Gotta remember to hit record too lmao.

 

[stokes]

Was using coyote in distress and this red came running.

I believe that is actually a gray.

 

[FrankenCub]

I believe that is actually a gray.

Yes you are correct lol. I didn't pay any attention to the tail when I posted it.

 

[stokes]

I had a pet gray fox when I first retired, and still lived in NYC.I used to stay at my seasonal cabin all summer.Started feeding a mother and her 2 youngsters,they were partial to fried chicken.I put on 50 lbs that summer,I was eatin fried chicken everyday.The second summer the mother was gone but the 2 young kept coming back,more fried chicken.By the end of the summer there was just one left, he would sit about 20 ft away as I gnawed on a piece then I'd toss it and step back and he'd take it.Then some ass hole shot him.I wanted to beat that bastard,it was out of season and he probably did nothing with it.

 

[FrankenCub]

I've watched a lot of videos with people feeding fox. A couple I seen have them as pets. I don't know if I would trust them not carrying rabies. Their cute otherwise.
Would have been great had you known who shot him, I have no use for people taking game out of season, unless they need the food. And no one eats fix.

I'll be having this one tanned as soon as I find someone to do it. The local taxidermist don't, no money in it for him.
May have to learn to tan lol.

 

[stokes]

Oh, I know who shot it.About a year after he disappeared I was talking to my friend Jim about how I had hoped to get the fox to come closer and take food by hand.He said "damned shame Keith shot him" ,he even had a picture on his cell phone.I damned near lost it.It was a guy whose family had a cabin at the camp down the road who used to have permission to hunt our property.He claimed he wanted to make his wife a fox coat.I got word back to him that he had a serious ass kicking coming his way.Havent seen him in over 5 yrs, but I still remind his family he's got a bitch slapping waiting for him.Look, I got no problem with hunting and if my fox got shot during the season it woulda been no problem.But this pos knew I was feeding this guy and he took advantage of it out of season.
Thats odd that your taxidermist wont do it for you.I skinned a skunk and salted the hide to hang in our bar at the camp.It actually came out good and is still hanging over 20 yrs later.

 

[Robin]

The Russians tried to create fox farms for their pelt's, like mink farms. After two or three generations they were no longer fox and begin to look like domesticated dog's with a pelt like a border collie. Just thought it was kind of interesting, carry on.
Robin

 

[stokes]

The Russians tried to create fox farms for their pelt's, like mink farms. After two or three generations they were no longer fox and begin to look like domesticated dog's with a pelt like a border collie. Just thought it was kind of interesting, carry on.
Robin

Yeah, my son sent me a link to that story when I was "training" mine.

 

[Tisto]

he's just sleeping, really.

 

[FrankenCub]

Nice, looks like an uncomfortable way to nap lol.
Not sure when I'm getting back out with as much snow we have. Maybe if we get a good frozen crust on top.

 

[Shoots100]

Got this small female the evening of 12/27.
Was set up with the rifle pointing down wind, so of course, it came from the opposite direction.
Pic taken with the AGM TM-384.

 

[JamieZ]

Got this small female the evening of 12/27.
Was set up with the rifle pointing down wind, so of course, it came from the opposite direction.
Pic taken with the AGM TM-384.

It figures that you shot another one when I was going to message you about my hunt to see nothing.

Anyways,,,,,,,,,,,

Went out the other night and within 10 seconds of getting in my area I saw a fox through the thermal, jumping up in the air and pouncing on mice.

Could of shot him, at around 150yds away but I figured I would wait being that I was in an area where coyotes have been calling to me numerous times while I was across the street hunting a 1/4 mile away.

Sat there and played distressed rabbit, then waited and played territorial coyote, then waited and played distressed coyote,,,,,,,,,then had 4 deer come in to the call but just kind of strolled on bye wondering where the coyote were. Deer seem to come in quite often to the sounds of the coyotes.

The Big Nothing as far as coyote coming in.


The few times over the last 10 years of seeing them, shooting and missing has me slightly bummed,,,,that I will never get one.

I see fox all the time and could shoot tons of them but coyote coming in is a rarity

 

[2WheelGnnr]

I would like to hunt yotes..tried in years prior..would call em..theyd answer back but never came in. Gotta try a night hunt or maybe try agaiin sometime soon. Deer Killer Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a fox would be nice too......

 

[Chicken Shoot]

Looking to start predator hunting this winter. One problem .... I have no idea where to even begin besides getting permission to hunt land. LOL

 

[nortatoga]

Looking to start predator hunting this winter. One problem .... I have no idea where to even begin besides getting permission to hunt land. LOL

Find a predator...

 

[Saltwater60]

I have zero desire to shoot a fox. I’d shoot coyotes everyday if I could.

 

[Shoots100]

Locator call, male challenge, female challenge and then animal distress calls.
Find them, seduce them or feed them.
The coyote are just getting into their breeding season, so their acting like bucks going into the rut.
Their thinking with their small head and/or stomach now.
1/2 hour each set up.
I usually set up and listen for around 5-10 minutes before calling.
If you don't get an answer back, don't sit there for an hour twiddling your tweeter for nothing, go to another spot and try again.
Listen to how the coyote are calling and answering each other, and answer accordingly.
If the coyote are calling or answering in short bursts, don't play your call sequence to the end.
Mute your call after a few seconds, or use mouth calls to answer them the same way.
If they answer, be ready, as their honing in on your location.
If they hang up, it's because their on their way to someplace already, your not worth the energy heading down a mountain or through some obstacle to check out, or they know your hunting them and their just messing with your head.
If they hang up in the same local, get there before they do and ambush them.
I mainly hunt at night because I don't have to worry about my movements being seen and I love the dark and using thermal/night vision.
The owl's are the only thing more deadlier than me when I'm out in the woods at night.

SJC

 

[stokes]

I have zero desire to shoot a fox. I’d shoot coyotes everyday if I could.

Same here.I like foxes,I used to have a pet fox.I know a guy who is the head of an org called Adirondak Wolf, they are trying to reintroduce wolves in NY.He was involved in the Yellowstone wolf repopulation project.Anyways, he tells me that if NY would put a moratorium on hunting/trapping foxes for a while that lyme would be substantially reduced and the low population of foxes is part of the reason lyme is so widespread these days.The ticks that carry lyme are more common in rodents and more foxes means less rodents.This guy is not anti hunting,he's a biologist and knows the value of hunting to keep a healthy population in the environment,just wants to see the fox population increased.

 

[Saltwater60]

Same here.I like foxes,I used to have a pet fox.I know a guy who is the head of an org called Adirondak Wolf, they are trying to reintroduce wolves in NY.He was involved in the Yellowstone wolf repopulation project.Anyways, he tells me that if NY would put a moratorium on hunting/trapping foxes for a while that lyme would be substantially reduced and the low population of foxes is part of the reason lyme is so widespread these days.The ticks that carry lyme are more common in rodents and more foxes means less rodents.This guy is not anti hunting,he's a biologist and knows the value of hunting to keep a healthy population in the environment,just wants to see the fox population increased.

Makes sense to me. I passed on shooting one last day of deer season. I just think they are beautiful and neat creatures.

 

[Robin]

Fox den up every year less than a hundred yards from the house. This year there were at least eight kits that I could count, might even have been more. Goose carcasses seem to be their favorite fare.
I don't hunt or shoot them, coyotes on the other hand are a shoot on sight deal.
Robin

 

[JamieZ]

I kill pretty deer, I kill beautiful geese, I kill cuddly looking woodchucks, I kill ugly looking turkeys,,,,,,,,,,,,,I dont give a fuck how cute or ugly it is,,,,I will kill it and eat it or use it. Means nothing to me killing a fox.

Though trapping animals bothers me for some reason,,,go figure

 

[Robin]

Idon't hunt fox because the hunt club chases them around here and I love the sound of the hounds in pursuit and the riders after them. Pretty cool.
Robin

 

[JamieZ]

Idon't hunt fox because the hunt club chases them around here and I love the sound of the hounds in pursuit and the riders after them. Pretty cool.
Robin

You say riders. On horseback ?

I love the sound of howling hounds going after prey.

 

[stokes]

I dont hunt them because they arent edible and theres not much to do with the pelts unless you get a lot of them.Like the sounds of hounds baying? Come hang around here,I've got 2 with the best voices.They're howling at the Fedex guy as we speak.

 

[Chicken Shoot]

If you don't get an answer back, don't sit there for an hour twiddling your tweeter

SJC

But what if one likes twiddling their tweeter??

 

[Robin]

You say riders. On horseback ?

I love the sound of howling hounds going after prey.

Yep horses and hounds! And before anyone thinks these folks are all hoity toy, just stuff that thought, they are salt of the earth good folks that enjoy their hunting from horse back, and If I could afford it, I be right with them.

My 78 H.P. is way cheaper to house and care for than their 1 H.P.
Robin

 

[Shoots100]

But what if one likes twiddling their tweeter??

That right there is why I usually hunt Alone !!!

 

[stokes]

That right there is why I usually hunt Alone !!!

Thats good, nobody wants to see you twiddle your tweeter.