Friday, February 15, 2008

First "Red" after homecoming.

My first stand of the day delivered three "Reds" after 20 minutes, got a shot on two but one just slipped back into the den and got just out of reach for me., and the third got second thoughts when he heard the two shots fired and turned to the bush again. I settled just before sunrise and started off with a jackrabbit distress from Rudy "the stone coyote calls" and tried a few different ones on my lanyard and nothing happend.
After 25 minutes or so i thought of giving up but i tried for the last time and decided to take a call that reaches out a bit longer so i blew my latest toy the "Cow tip call" from Tony Tebbe and suddenly two ears appeared on a small hill in the middle of the field.
I gave the call a few more blows and suddenly there were two foxes comin straight at me, a took out the "TSCC" jackrabbit again and then they got in real close but as a said the first got a bad hit and ran back to its den, but the second one dropped right were it stood. The third one ran off when he realised what was going on so i still have him to trick this weekend....
I didnt get hold of a dog to drag the fox out of the den, too bad he had a real nice pelt who would have fit on the wall here next to the others.