FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yesterday saw me travelling to the Scottish Borders in search of Reynard. It was windy in the afternoon and saw nothing mooching so set caller up next to some gorse. Played cub call and within 5 secs a fox came screaming from cover , just as I got it in my sights and squeezed off it moved causing me to arse end it I couldn't manage to get a second shot off before it reached cover , I searched for ages in the gorse but to no avail Off out lamping and it was perfect , pitch black and a bit of a breeze. 1st stand shot 4 , 2nd stand shot 1 ,went back to 1st stand and shot another , last stand shot 2. So that was 8 for the night with 12 seen. No thermal or nv required , all shot with white light. Home for 3.30 am but what an awesome night 16 Quote Link to post
Sausagedog 7,381 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Blooming eck lad. Don't worry about the rump shot. He'll be dead by now. Quote Link to post
Stavross 13,736 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sausagedog said: Blooming eck lad. Don't worry about the rump shot. He'll be dead by now. Haha, I was just typing blooming eck that a belting night out 1 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Awesome night . Were they all on the cub call ? Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, shovel leaner said: Awesome night . Were they all on the cub call ? No mate , I like to mix it up . A mixture of cub call , jackrabbit distress , and even 1 to vixen mating call. If a call produces nothing I switch to another and then another , works for me 2 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Cracking job Mark Quote Link to post
ianm 2,594 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Good going that! Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, FOXHUNTER said: No mate , I like to mix it up . A mixture of cub call , jackrabbit distress , and even 1 to vixen mating call. If a call produces nothing I switch to another and then another , works for me That’s interesting, I tend to think , I’m near pheasant pens , I will use pheasant distress. No pheasants in the area , rabbit distress. Fox mating time , fox mating call. I’m going to give your method a go . Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Well done mate .Bet you were proper stoked to get that amount . That ground produces for sure .Might tempt me up for a trip Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,020 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, shovel leaner said: That’s interesting, I tend to think , I’m near pheasant pens , I will use pheasant distress. No pheasants in the area , rabbit distress. Fox mating time , fox mating call. I’m going to give your method a go . Honestly it works , some people get too tied up with this train of thought. I like to make things happen , if your 1st call isn't producing just mix it up . I have seen me calling for ages then just change call and immediately there's a fox , I think it's just a matter of finding which call they like on the night. I mean vixen mating call last night produced a vixen .....territorial reaction. I use the cub call all year round even when there are no cubs and it is the call which produces the best results. Try it and let us now how you get on. 1 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 50 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said: Honestly it works , some people get too tied up with this train of thought. I like to make things happen , if your 1st call isn't producing just mix it up . I have seen me calling for ages then just change call and immediately there's a fox , I think it's just a matter of finding which call they like on the night. I mean vixen mating call last night produced a vixen .....territorial reaction. I use the cub call all year round even when there are no cubs and it is the call which produces the best results. Try it and let us now how you get on. I will do , cheers . You are never too old to learn new tricks . I guess I’ve just been stuck in my ways . 1 Quote Link to post
Sausagedog 7,381 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Several years ago I had a cheap caller. It had some hideous sounds but the jackrabbit call that sounded like a cross between a goat being bludgeoned and a camel being mated by an elephant actually called several in and in daylight! Quote Link to post
hollands hope 1,013 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said: Honestly it works , some people get too tied up with this train of thought. I like to make things happen , if your 1st call isn't producing just mix it up . I have seen me calling for ages then just change call and immediately there's a fox , I think it's just a matter of finding which call they like on the night. I mean vixen mating call last night produced a vixen .....territorial reaction. I use the cub call all year round even when there are no cubs and it is the call which produces the best results. Try it and let us now how you get on. Any links to were i can download the cubs call Foxhunter? Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 I set up my icotec out in a field a while back , with the idea that I could return to it without having to walk out in the field . I could have a check around the chicken farm and then just sneak back and turn on the caller . I was walking back to where I set up the caller and could hear magpies chattering..... in the dark , when you hear magpies normally you think Charlie is around. I checked with the thermal and there was a fox headed straight to the caller . I realised that I must have nudged the button on the remote, and turned on the magpie call . It worked on Charlie. 1 1 Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 19 hours ago, Sausagedog said: Blooming eck lad. Don't worry about the rump shot. He'll be dead by now. Yeah it's unfortunate and we all do our best to ensure every single shot is humane, but unforseen circumstances happen occassionally. As Sausage says with expanding ammo, it's probably dead as it would have probably bled out very quickly. Quote Link to post
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