Which predator is most likely to come into daytime calling?

[takemrarely]

Planned on going this morning about 3 am.....woke up with a sore throat so I went back to bed.

Now I am sitting here thinking about doing some daytime calling.  It is about 23 degrees and calling for overcast skies.

I this was your situation, which would you focus on....fox, coon or coyote?

Thoughts?

[bigben]

I have called all but coon in during the day. Mainly cause a coon is usually a bonus. Bever really went calling specifically just for coon. Stick to thick brush for daytime stands. They have the advantage. Not you during daytime. I use tree stands from deer season daytime calling to gain a upperhand with the call on the ground

[takemrarely]

Well if they have the upper hand during the day I am really in trouble....I haven't had any success in the evening either.

Every time I come home the wife asks me if I got anything....the answer has been the same all year.....EXERCISE.

Thanks Ben!

[shadowchaser]

I got a little "exercise" in last night.  My girlfriend asked to come along to watch.  So I took her on a couple stands.  She said it was exciting even though we didnt see anything and wanted to go again.  I told her there is nothing like sitting in the woods at night freezing and trying to call predators.  I tried to keep the sarcasm to a minimum

[Hern]

I've called in all species of furbearers during the day time.
Weather and weather conditions have played a factor.
Extreme, extended cold periods, extended snow cover, spring and summer den hunting, barn, ole buildings & den tree Coon call'n.
I do 99.9% of Coyote calling during the day light.
So day time calling isn't a stop and hope setup for me, I have confidence in my setup, shot or no shot, see or no see, I still feel good about my setup when empty handed.

 bigben gave sound advise. I only hunted in a tree stand a few times where it fit to my advantage and incoming Coyotes.
Good camo (face & hands, too), good backdrop and little movement.
Been busted on moving more so then being scented during the day.

[Hern]

sc says-
My girlfriend asked to come along to watch.
That's good.

I recall my wife asking the same, when we were boyfriend and girlfriend, 39 years ago...lol.

First stand, I put her over there, outa the way....
I was using a JS record player, cottontail distress sound.
She kept saying, Hern, Hern. Hern, Hern as I kept saying to be quiet, quiet.
I didn't see a thing and was ready to move on. Gathered the giant speaker and wire and went to her.
I ask what she wanted...I saw a Red Fox right here, He kept coming back, right here!
The snow was packed with it's tracks. Dang. I thought I was good and knew Fox.. I had a lot to learn after that....
We been married for almost 38 years now. And she still asks if I know how to call Fox...lol

[HDRoadking3058]

I have called in not quite a handful of fox during the daylight hours. If your bored what can it hurt and a treestand is definitely the ticket. The absolutely best time with the most success is that magic first hour of darkness when they come out of their cover hungry. There alot of mice and rabbits where I hunt and it seems that as the night rolls on the less I call because what I think if I give them too much time to hunt their bellies are already full.

[bigben]

Hern is wise

[Seeking_Coyotes]

yea...my girlfriend was all into going predator hunting with me.  Then she knew she got me and that changed.     Now I mostly hunt solo.   

[shadowchaser]

Women are the smartest predators out there.

Sorry for jacking your thread.  I have actually called in more bobcats during the day in my limited experience.  I know reds are quite active during the day though, just ask what's left of my chickens.

[Hern]

S_C says...
she got me and... I mostly hunt solo.
That's funny.
Me too.

[Hern]

HDRoadking3058 states-
...as the night rolls on the less I call because what I think if I give them too much time to hunt their bellies are already full.
-Have you ever tried a curiosity sound or species specific sound?
-Do you always use a dying rabbit or dying chicken or dying mouse sound (food sound).

-Have you ever examined the belly content of your kills?  I have.
I have called and killed (late night, early morning, mid-morning and noon-ish) and trapped plenty of 'full belly critters'. Why?

[Seeking_Coyotes]

Women are the smartest predators out there.

+2  Now there is a guy with wisdom ;-)

[Predator100x]

Hern asks,

-Have you ever examined the belly content of your kills?  I have.
I have called and killed (late night, early morning, mid-morning and noon-ish) and trapped plenty of 'full belly critters'. Why?
[/quote].                                                                        Yes,I have checked contents,Billy's appeared full,I believe that they are oppertunists,kinda like a bass,I watched a grey run down a wounded pheasant along a fence row,after catching it the fox dissapered into the fence row with it,few minutes later saw the fox going down the fence row,no bird.Walked down to we're fox went in fence row,after a few minutes of looking to see what he did with the kill,I finally saw tail feathers sticking out of a ground hog hole,covered with a light cover of dirt an grass,I am assuming fox was full and made that kill for later.Neat stuff.