New rifle, no quarry

[snapper5 0]

I'm wondering if foxes are telepathic as I have a new .223 rifle to shoot all those foxes I have seen whilst previously out with my 17HMR, and now they are nowhere to be seen! How do they know that I'm now more of danger to them than I was before?

 

I've got myself a wam call but have had no success on the first few outings at different times of day/night. I have read that at this time of year they are more inerested in each other than coming to a call but I have read reports on here that others are having more success.

 

Any tips? Callmaster fox call?

[Guest JohnGalway]

Callmaster is a great bit of kit, I highly reccomend it. I would try something like the Primos Still Cottontail Rabbit call first, cheap and works. I've not had anything come into the WAM for me yet, don't know why, seems to work for others so I must be doing it wrong.

 

My tip would be keep at it, you'll come across some eventually.

[Deker 3,478]

I'm wondering if foxes are telepathic as I have a new .223 rifle to shoot all those foxes

 

Something like that....many will think this is silly but the gun "smells" different if nothing else. The wildlife is NOT stupid, a clay ground I was walking for the first time many years ago was swarming with rabbits, but as my guide said.."walk round here with a shotgun and you will not see one". And where do all the Pheasants dissapear to on the first day of the season.

 

Anyone who has been involved with this "hunting" game for any period of time will have their own tale to tell!

 

Cheers

Deker

[snapper5 0]

Bought myself a Callmaster with a couple of fox chips today - thanks for the discount Deako. Will report back with results once I've had a chance to give it a try.

[snapper5 0]

At last! My new rifle claimed its first fox earlier this evening. Called using the new Callmaster distressed rabbit, it came into 170 yards from completely the wrong direction being directly downwind. I think it caught my scent and started quartering back and forth but not wanting to come closer. But as it quickly discovered, 170 yards was just about perfect for the .223 and one shot later it was down. One down, many more to go.

[Guest JohnGalway]

Nice work Snapper, what do you think of that Callmaster?

[snapper5 0]

The unit was effective this evening using the distressed rabbit call as i say. The couple of times I had been out previously for charlie with it was before sunrise and I had read that the mating season was well under whay so tried the Vixen call but to no avail. When I first got it I stuck the speaker outside the window and put the magpie call on. Within five minutes I had two magpies in the apple tree so that call seems to be very effective - not to shoot them of course.

 

I've dicovered the magpie call at full volume is great for getting my teenage son out of his pit too. Far better than an alarm clock. lol

[Guest JohnGalway]

I borrowed my mates one first time I ever used one. Tried that maggie call as well just to see what it was like, had eight magpies come to a big pine tree across the way from me in about two minutes I find the rabbit call works the best on foxes myself, had one or two with the hare calls as well, and a few come in to te vixen call for me so they do work.

 

@ your son