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Predator Hunting => Predator Hunting => Topic started by: Buckwheat on October 23, 2012, 06:47:28 AM
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Brian Downs wanted to red fox hunt. So we went Saturday night and hunted hard.
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Holy smakerolies. Did you run into a fox convention? That was all one night?
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Congrats to both you guys. When can we get a look at this light?
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Scottm 2012
That was one nights hunt.
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Good Job. They look like nice healthy reds.
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Wow, awsome job. Congratulations and let the barrel cool down.....ED
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wow,, for me that would be a record season,,
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That is a good night! Good job...
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Good shooting was there any that got away
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Bulldog
We were using a new light called the carnivore 5 an two coyote tlr lights for scanning. Next time I will use a carnivore 5 for scanning and shooting. We ended up shooting 16 foxes and had one miss and one cripple go down a hole 5 feet away. We had one with a gut shot go on to property that we could not go on. Brian tried to run it down but it was faster then he was. We only had a few at first come in that we could not shoot at. We killed almost everything we saw once we got rolling.
I did not miss any. :-)
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Nice job Ernie
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Very impressive! Congrats on a great night!
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Good going Buckwheat,It don't get much better than that.Were they shot with the 17 Rem.?
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Foxtrot
Brian and I took turns shooting, so 8 were shot with a 223 and 8 with 17 rem. We took all body shots. Only one was shot in the head, it was a running shot. The 223 and the 17 did about the same in damage. If we hit the gut area both guns opens up fox. Good straight on shots low in chest no damage, broad side shots in the chest no damage.
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Any doubles or triples?
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Foxtrot
One double recovered, the other double was the one that went down the hole and the othere fox went on to private property with Brian chasing it. :-)
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That looks like an action packed night,with numbers like that you should think about joining in some of Larry Erdman's blitzs he holds throughout the year,always a good time and it would be within easy driving distance of your home for some fun friendly competion, plus you get to meet a lot of hunters with the same passion. The first one of this season is scheduled for Nov.14th
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Shortmagger
l know about those hunts, I am too old and do not have a hungry enough partner to compete with those guys.
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Buckwheat,looks like you and your partner were young and hungry enough to compete over the weekend ;D
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Shortmagger
Lol Takes me all week to catch up on my sleep. My partener was from Massachusetts.
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WTG Ernie thats what u call whacken and stacken. ;D ;D
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Thats a lot of skinning work right there! Good Job!
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That is awesome!
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Great job to you both
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Buckwheat said...
l know about those hunts, I am too old
Stay thirsty my friend ;D
Great picture, and good job.
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Hern
LOL that is the same thing my drinking partner say,
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;D ;D ;D
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How did you get hooked up with Brian? Doesn't he live in Taxacchuesets? I love his predator hunting talkcasts...awesome show. Also have enjoyed his baiting articles for coyote in Predator Extreme. It is awesome that two great guys like you hooked up.
What were you finding best for calling them in?
Do you worry that you overshoot spots killing that many. I'm confused about this issue. Fox trappers seem to take tons off a single farm. I am always leary that if I kill to many my spots will dry up? Any experience on this one or any thoughts? I try only to kill one fox at each spot a month.
Congratulations on your awesome shooting...that is a real accomplishment! 8)
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Hello?
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Seeking coyotes
I met him a few years back at a calling event and we have been trying to hunt together for years. This year it just worked out that we both could go.
He is the best shot I hunted with in years. He realy like to hunt and if fun to hunt with. Some day I will hunt around his home for beach coyotes.
We called everything with hand calls using rabbit distress.
The only way to over kill areas is if the price is hight and everybody is after them. But when prices fall the fox come back.
Fox travel all night and if a trapper has a good place, most of the fox in a big area will end up there and get caught. That is why they can catch so many on one farm.
A good calling stand is like a good fox set.
When red fox hit $18 I seen the numbers go down. When prices are higher you will see numbers go down farther. But I never worry about over shooting a spot. Some day the price will fall and these places will fill back up and it starts all over again.
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Cool deal with Brian.
Last couple of years I have stopped hunting after one fox kill. I was hunting 3 times a week and didn't want to deplete my spots. I have a lot more spots now and I have been going back and fourth in my head about how many fox I should take to keep my numbers there year after year. Musky and I went out Saturday night and both took a red and let my son take two. One had mange so I may have to reconsider upping my kills. Just conservative I guess...
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Seeking_coyotes
Nothing wrong with being conservative. The mange does not always mean there are too many. One year I killed a few ground hogs that had mange on one farm. The fox on that farm had mange that year also. But none of the other fox I shot not to far from that farm had any mange. But i would hunt that farm that you shot that mange fox on, you may stop it from spreading some. Mange fox are more eager to come to a call.
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im jealous...i cant even call in a coyote..great stuff
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Great job guys