fox hunt tonight

[wolc123]

Friday night, full-moon, fresh blanket of snow, looks just about perfect tonight.  It's almost time to load up the 12 gauge with some #4's, grab the predator call, and put on the snow camo.   

[BizCT]

Good luck. I thought about going out this weekend, but just don't have the urge.


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[DirtTime]

Good luck. The moon and the snow will sure make it bright out there.

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[sodfather]

Funny I was just thinking about getting my gear together to give a go tonight but still looking for some motivation 

[Steve D]

To windy and snowy here

[wolc123]

I just got back in.  I started calling from the upper deck of my two-story blind that is about 500 yards behind our house.   I did my best imitation of a dying rabbit for about 2 minutes with an old wooden, Falk predator call.  About 5 minutes later, I heard something upwind in heavy cover.  I waited about 1/2 hour but nothing came out (there was an open field downwind).   After that, I walked towards where I heard the noise on my way to a tree-blind that is on the edge of a 5-acre woodlot, near the back of our farm.  On the edge of the woods, I cut a set of tracks in the fresh snow that at first looked like deer, but on closer examination (with my flashlight) turned out to be a very large set of coyote tracks. 

I got up in the blind, at the edge of the woods, and repeated the same call and wait sequence, with no response.   On the walk out, as I was crossing the bridge over a creek about 100 yards behind the house, I heard a bunch of yips and howls coming from way out back, on the neighbors land.  It sounded like a group of coyotes, but a little bit too large of a group to be real, and may have been someone else hunting with an electronic caller.   I walked back towards the howling a short distance, and it stopped.  I gave it another 15 minutes or so, without hearing another yip, then walked back to the house.   About 2" of snow had fell between 4:00 and 6:00 pm and the only other tracks I saw was a single set of rabbit tracks.  I hunted from 9:45 - 11:15 pm    Visibility was as bright as I have ever seen at night, you could almost make out colors.        

[ny hunter]

I was asleep by 9;00 lol..........At least you gave it a shot.....

[wolc123]

I just got back from walking the whole perimeter of the farm on my cross-country skis (had the Ruger 10/22 on a sling in case of a "target of opportunity").   There was a single set of fox tracks (small - looked like a grey) up close to the barn and a set of mink tracks near the bridge over the creek.   Two sets of medium-sized coyote tracks crossed the first field.  It was the first time back there, in the daylight, that I did not see any deer tracks in the snow.   There were loads of rabbit tracks on a strip of clover way out back, near the big set of coyote tracks that I saw last night.   I probably should have dropped the skis and jumped some brush piles back there, but the running bunnies are tough to hit with a .22.  Maybe I will walk back with my 16 gauge side by side and try it later this afternoon.   A little rabbit or squirrel would be a nice change of pace after all the venison we have been eating lately.   The ice on the pond looked pretty good, but I got enough exercise for today on the skis and was not able to talk the girls out of leaving the warm house and their smart-phones.