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Posted by Swampbird (Member # 654) on August 26, 2005, 07:15 PM:
The Foxpro has been reprogrammed with a wider variety of prey sounds and I decided to setup and call while on the way to a Waffle House for lunch.
This trail runs across a pond dam with the floodplain to the left. Set caller up on a stump for better sound dispersal and turned the Aggressive Jackrabbit on at very low volumn.
After about 2 mins, I turned the volumn up some and the crows started to sounding off and broadcasting to the world that something had their attention. Any predator within hearing would keyin on this racket. A gray suddenly appeared around the curve in the bottom and I began to lower the volumn. The fox stopped to survey the scene and I switched to Gray-Pup Distress at very low volumn. The fox started to close and I switched back to the jackrabbit and he came a little faster.
At about 30yds, I hit the squeaker twice and he stopped and turned sideways with his head up to my right.
The Ruger .22Mag spat a CCI Maxi-Mag 40gr. JHP and the pow/whop dropped the fox. Young male with a nice summer coat.
The UnderArmour Heat-Gear in Loose-Wear I'm wearing during these hot weather hunts is really making a difference.
Posted by Lungbuster (Member # 630) on August 27, 2005, 02:06 PM:
Nice pics. What do you do with your foxes this time of year?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on August 27, 2005, 02:26 PM:
I will say one thing about those photos. The gray fox in SC are a lot more colorful than what we have out west. I think ours are bigger, on average, but they don't have such vivid orange and even the charcoal on the back is not as dark. I think the tails aren't as long, western gray fox have an impressive bush. But, they are a bit more drab.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Joel Hughes (Member # 384) on August 27, 2005, 08:37 PM:
Good going, Swampbird. And thanks for the setup photo. I always find those details entertaining.
Not sure this photo shows the contrast Leonard is speaking of? And not sure if they look just like those in AZ but...
I thought the same thing when I saw that gray. Definitely more colorful in SC. The tails are sure different too, judging by that one.
Joel
[ August 28, 2005, 05:45 AM: Message edited by: Joel Hughes ]
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