I wanna first start out by saying, last night was beautiful. I went out a little early (10pm) last night. After two days of wasting bobber lights on my shotgun with little use, I decided to save the ones I had and take the 22mag out for a change. Instead of doing the normal route that I do, I went backwards. I always start out at these two places either way because they are off the beaten path from being spot lighted. I parked at the one farm gas well road and walked the entire length of the property to get to the area where I killed my coyote this summer. The moon was so bright that I found myself having to set up right next to the standing corn for cover and shade. I started with some deer mouse squeaks from my Flextone Mimic and watched some deers eyes in the woods. I switched my sound to adult cottontail, starting and stopping every 10 seconds or so and heard the sound of a fox directly behind me. I turned around and it was there at 10 yards and it was a grey. I couldn't do anything since I had a rifle and was facing the other way. I went against my better judgement and moved slightly and used Johnny Stewarts Greyfox pup that I added to my FX5. I wanted to come back with a shotgun but was to eager to try to go home with a fox and proceeded to call. Low and behold, it worked. I heard the fox running through the woods but I couldn't find it. Then finally I see the eyes and it was 20 yards away on the same logging road I was on. I turning on my Kill Lite 250 and it spooked. I tried to take a shot as soon as this happend and missed. This has been the norm for me and turning on my Kill Lite and scaring them at close distances. So, I am very happy that I called in a grey (that I'm sure of) but I'm mad that I took the wrong gun into the woods. I know greys are aggressive but how long should I wait to go back with a shotgun, now that I know they are there?
