Fox hunting

[my82cam]

I was blessed enough to tag out in Indiana.  A very nice 125-130inch buck at 100 yards, a doe at 200 yards and another doe at 275  yards, all with my 308 pistol and in the course of 4 minutes.   While I was deer hunting, I saw a couple foxes and I want to shoot one, or two.  I have a fox pro caller but have only used it for yote hunting(I also shot a yote at 385  yards while I was up there) and was wondering how I go about calling in or tempting a fox to get close enough to shoot it.  Any advise would be great.  Thanks!

[Peace]

whooo... I love foxes.  ... unless they were overpopulated or being a pest/danger to farm animals, I always leave them be.

 

-thrilled to be ears and hear everyone's take on it.

[Hozzie]

I am with Peace.  There just something intriguing  about a Fox that keeps me from killing one.  If it was a nuisance animal, ok, but I don't have a big desire to kill a fox.  I would love to see them gain in population where I would think of it more about population control.

Edited December 10, 2015 by Hozzie

[SupaRice]

They are very very very sly in my experience.... The hardest thing I've noticed, is seeing them before they see / smell / hear you. They don't come bouncing in like a yote...... I've photographed a lot of them on trail cameras, targeting them specifically.... have yet to shoot any. Not really interested in shooting foxes myself, but yotes.... Yes please.

 

 

FWIW.... If you're out for fur and not the sport of it, trapping works best. I've helped trap them several times, pretty easy. You end up with a lot of cats and possum, but once you know they're around they trap easily.

[bersaguy]

I live right here in Gallatin about a mile from everything related to heavy traffic and for the last several years I have had a Gray fox living in the huge thick fence row that separates my yard and neighbors behind me and the fence row runs about 1.5 miles in length. Three years ago I had a doe and two fawns in my back yard but the Gray fox has taken up residency cause just before dark on many occasions I have seen it walking along the edge of the fence row. From time to time I will put a piece of raw chicken along the route it normally follows about an hour before dark. I will go back and check on it several hours later and it will be gone about 80% of the time. I'm hoping to keep it close and out of harms way if possible. I do wish I had a trail cam to get a few shots of it...................... :up:

[peejman]

If it's not a nuisance animal that's eating your chickens or something, I'd leave them be.  Foxes are voracious predators when it comes to mice, moles, snakes, chipmunks, etc. 

[my82cam]

I think the foxes look great, and they look real good mounted in the garage.  I have one red fox that I found on the side of the road that is mounted and in my garage.  Everybody always asks me if I shot it, I would like to have one in there that I can say I did shoot.  I would rather not set traps for a couple reasons, I do not live up there and couldn't check the traps as needed and I also don't want to kill animals I do not plan to do anything with, and you can't control what walks by a trap.  

[my82cam]

I had a shot opportunity on one a few weeks ago, but the darn thing wouldn't stay still long enough to shoot it with my bow. 

[SupaRice]

I feed the ones around my place from time to time... leftovers... chicken... They're hungry dudes....

 

https://youtu.be/rRt8XV9WH1k

[raildog]

I have some friends who fox hunt a lot and the call them with one of these



It works for them but i think it is more of the goofy clothes than anything lol

Edited December 11, 2015 by raildog

[Krull]

I have some friends who fox hunt a lot and the call them with one of these



It works for them but i think it is more of the goofy clothes than anything lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that a douche flute?

lol just kidding