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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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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.
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
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