RE: help! - first fox hunt tonight
you miss understood me when i said a fox crossing an open feild.fox will mouse in a low cut open grass feild all the time,what i said is they are less likly to cross that same feild responding to a distress call.your light dosn't need to be bright all you have to see is there eyes reflecting back at you.it takes very little light for that to happen.a good way to see how and get used to it is tie your dog out or use a neighbors and get around 100 yards away on a dark night.this will show you how little light it takes to see a pair of eyes.fox will circle you but not to the extent that a coyote does.if a fox does try to circle he will likly try it much closer to your location then a coyote would.this doesn't mean you don't need to use the wind,becouse you do.a fox will always utilize any availible cover to get as close to the call sound as possible.if your sitting in a large thicket with little visabilty theres a good chance your not going to see the fox coming,you will hear it but you won't see to shoot.hedgerows,fencelines,drainage ditches etc.narrow pieces of cover they can fallow right into your lap.don't worry about mistakes,we all make them.every mistake you make,makes you a better hunter.your less likly to make that same mistake again.
Edited by - coyoteseeker on 11/09/2002 04:52:41