hunting last night

[scott]

went out last night to do some calling with two friends.   second stand called in a grey to one guy, he couldn't get a good shot.   3rd stand called in a grey to the other friend and he killed it at about 15 yards.   made about 5 more stands in a new area with no eyes at any of them. 

first night we didn't hear any coyotes in a long time.  we did see some fresh tracks in one of the new areas though. 

[Seeking_Coyotes]

Cool...what county are you hunting and what kind of calls and guns were you using?

[predator77]

I wish I had that many fox over here. I favor fox hunting over coyotes so I would be in heaven if I found a place loaded with greys. Awesome Job! Scott.

[scott]

Cool...what county are you hunting and what kind of calls and guns were you using?

we have only been hunting in Luzerne County,  I mostly use my Fury,  favorite calls are ranting red bird, rodent, DSG Cottontail, JS Grey fox pup and scream-n-grey.  i use a cottontail mouth call once in a while and a bulb squeaker for close in work.   we use shotguns for now, i use  a double and my buddies use pumps.   

[predator77]

Cool...what county are you hunting and what kind of calls and guns were you using?

we have only been hunting in Luzerne County,  I mostly use my Fury,  favorite calls are ranting red bird, rodent, DSG Cottontail, JS Grey fox pup and scream-n-grey.  i use a cottontail mouth call once in a while and a bulb squeaker for close in work.   we use shotguns for now, i use  a double and my buddies use pumps.   

I've had luck with the titmouse tantrum. I like the sound of that ranting redbird. I would like to get that and the nutty nuthatch. I like to use shotguns too but I'm having a hard time with fox this year, Not that there is a easy time over here but after all the fox I seen this summer and bow season I'm finding it hard to believe I only got one. I need new advice and locations.

[uncle buck]

Could be coyotes moved in..... They tend to scatter or be killed when the big guy moves in....

[scott]

i like the sound of the nuthatch but i have never called anything in with it, might be a good one later over snow.   

what kind of area's are you calling, farm, woods. 

how is your setup, standing over the speaker?

how do you use the wind? 

what kind of light are you using, red or yellow/  hood or no hood? 

[predator77]

Most of my setups are basic. Some grass covered logging roads, Hay fields, open woods and corn fields.
Most times I place the call away from me in an attempt to draw them from when I think they might be because from last years experiences I found that 7 out of 10 times the came to the call upwind.
I take the wind into consideration when I'm setting up on field edges and unfamiliar set ups but this time of year it's nothing to check the wind on the way to the set up and set the call down and find the wind has switched 180 degrees the opposite way.
I am using a red headlamp (nitelite) that I just added a hood to.
UB: you may be right on the coyotes moving in because the other night around 10pm I was setting up in one of my favorite spots and heard a coyotes keep challenge howling but I was unsure if it was a coy or a call. I thought I was the only one hunting these places till last year (during a money hunt) I heard another foxpro in a neighboring pasture playing some of the same rabbit distress sounds I have on mine.

[scott]

one thing i have noticed this year, the fury has two speakers if i do not turn of the one speaker with the grate (rear) with the remote, my call ins go down.   i turn off the rear speaker and point the cone speaker (front)downwind and then i go downwind about 100 yards and 20 or 30 yards to the left of where i think they will come out.    if i am going for reds i start low around 8 with rodent, then jump up to 16 after 2 minutes then back down to 8 after 1 minute, then i do the same thing with ranting redbird,  then same thing with rabbit i like the DSG rabbit.   if i am in a grey fox area i will then move back to 30 yards below the speaker and let it rip for 5 minutes with grey fox pup.   Also, check your light and make sure there is no light escaping out the back of the hood, it will light you up but you still should be seeing eyes.    the only other thing i can say is the coyote hunters might be hunting them before you are, which could be locking them down if they are hearing the howls.   the other night we had deer in the field and they really didn't care when i was calling for fox but when i went to coyote howl they were gone.   

[bigben]

thats interesting about the two speakers scott.  I have two on mine but normally keep the back one off to save battery power.  I will have to try it then this weekend.

[uncle buck]

Once heard one of the FP person....Say that the grate speaker was for real low sounds... Like bear sounds, deer grunts,, etc.
I never use that one at all to save battery life... I stick with the cone speaker all the time....