Guys,
It was cooler today so I decided to go calling here close to the house. First couple of stands behind the house in the woods . . .
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After lunch I went across the road from the house.
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Set up in the shade watching a narrow field.
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I put the e-caller about 100 yards out in front of me at the edge of the woods to the left. Started with fawn distress on the mouth call then after a few minutes switched to the same sound on the e-call. No success. One of my favorite sounds on the Foxpro is "screaming grey fox" so I switched to that sound. Soon I saw this . . .
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There were two of them . . .
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They stayed near the call til I muted it, then they went back into the woods to the right of the field.
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Then I would start the sound up again and one of them would come back out toward the call.
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I played with them for half an hour or so. In WV fox season doesn't come in til November. So I just shot them with the Nikon P510 camera.
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(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/Frog6man/greyfoxs1013/DSCN1393_zps25c99c33.jpg) (http://s230.photobucket.com/user/Frog6man/media/greyfoxs1013/DSCN1393_zps25c99c33.jpg.html)
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/Frog6man/greyfoxs1013/DSCN1391_zps45b11421.jpg) (http://s230.photobucket.com/user/Frog6man/media/greyfoxs1013/DSCN1391_zps45b11421.jpg.html)
Beautiful creatures!! So I guess I did OK. Got a double with the camera! Had a great day!
Jim
Yah I was gonna say and you loved every minute of it. Those were some good shots. :eyebrownod:
The Gray Fox is one of the most hyper ambitious creatures I know.
A day well spent. Thanks for taking us along.
Great shots Jim. :congrats:
Pat
Greys are just cool. It's always nice to lay eyes on them. Great photos
I have to say that I continue to be impressed with the Nikon P510 camera with it's 42x zoom. As I was taking the above pictures the foxes were moving and I couldn't tell if the photos were coming out well or not. When zoomed all the way in with the digital zoom you really cant be sure if they are in focus. I was very pleased with the results when I got the pics downloaded to the computer! Great camera!! Just a little awkward to carry on hunts with me??? I'm pleased you guys liked the pics!!
Jim
Wow, those are great pics. Had to be fun messin with em.
Super nice pictures! Still a little to hot out here, maybe in another week or so.
One of my favorite animals to call. Very nice pictures
Froggie, those are really great pictures. Thanks for sharing. I think the grey fox is one of the prettiest furbearers.
Looks like you had a great time Jim. Those greys look really healthy. You'll be in for a good year come November.
HuntnCarve
Dave
Looks like you had a great time and also got some great images. A win-win.
Jerry