went out the other night with a buddy. never pred. hunted before. was really windy, probably 20 mph +/- 5 mph. first spot nothing. then we went toa buddies place and saw a lot of tracks. moon popped out and it was full which was nice. still a little windy with some gusts but not as bad as before. hit the mouth call for 40 sec and within 5 min. a fox comes trotting right past our position. we were set up in a huge tree platform just in the woods on the edge of a field. i saw him, drew up and squeaked. he stopped cold and look my way and bam. he took off like a bat out of hell. i would have thought the .223 would have dropped him right there so i began to think i missed. well i was right, no blood and no fox. must have hit some of the light brush he was behind when i fired. next time I'll set up were i can get a clear shot on him. i was a little surprised on how fast he reacted, his quick gate and the fact that i called one in on such a windy day. this happened about midnight last night in upstate new york. well i don't have my first pred. trophy but men i am hooked. good luck to all and hope everyone had a happy & safe holiday

jimmy you are soposed to shoot the pred not scare it..haha nice job on the calling though what kind if call you using.

sure is awesome isnt it!

Better get your gun sighted in better. You cannot afford missed shots like that and just scare away the predators. LOL, anyway, good job calling in.

johnny stewart distress, i think it's a PC-7 if i'm not mistaken