Broke the 2000!

Hi everyone! Today my little diary of hunting broke the 2000 visitor barrier, just as it´s about to turn 1 year. I hope that you guys who visit this little place on the world wide web find some of my hunting stories and pictures interesting, i dont put much energy in hunting big or rare animals as it´s the experience in hunting itself that keeps me going.

The hunt for predators continue as im now moving back to my town of birth were i have my own hunting grounds and only have hunted occationally in the last 5 years now, im sure this will feed my site with more interesting stories and pictures. Im going to concentrate more in the predator hunting this year just to try and inspire all you guys in keeping their number short to benefit the populations of the other game species, i´d also like to thank all of you guys out there especially the American predator hunters at http://www.predatormastersforums.com/ for tips and advices.

Also you guys that have provided me with calls to use when hunting predators:

First my friend Rudy Calderone "The stone coyote" thanks buddy!!

Rich Cronk "Cronk calls" for my first call ever...

Tony Tebbe "Tebbes outdoor production" for tips in the art of call making...

P-A Åhlén "Nordik Predator" for my first Swedish open reed call...

Thanks for visiting http://www.fredrikshunting.blogspot.com/

///Fredrik

A "Freezer Pleaser" finally!

I went out Sunday before newyear to call some Fox, i set up in one of the stands i usually spot fox in the mornings the fact that i were out on the evening didn´t bother me. So i climb the stand and i use to sit quiet for 10-15 min before starting to call, after 5 minutes i heard the ice break in the waterfilled ditch behind me.
First i thought it was breaking because the water level under the ice were dropping, but it got really loud so i turned around and there she was, it was a lone female Roedeer who had crossed the ditch to feed in the field in front of me. I watched her for a few minutes as she walked around eating and listening to firecrackers from the near city, i ranged her at 72,5 yards with the laser and when she broadsided me i took the shot and she dropped right on the spot.

-December! no snow no Foxes.

This is the view from my favourite stand for fox calling, i have shot three from this one during the fall of 2007. This video is from the last day of 2007 when i were out trying to get hold of a fox my friend saw in the woods straight ahead the previous weekend. No Fox appeared and im sure the weather was too windy this day, but hey if you dont get out there you´ll never know.

So for you who wonder what a good Foxcalling stand looks like heres one and the call you are hearing is the Killer Call by Rich Cronk from Iowa U.S. (link in bottom of page), that call is the one that reaches out best in windy days but i prefer to use close reed calls from Rudy Calderone the Stone Coyote Predator Calls from Ohio U.S. (link in bottom of page) they seem to talk Swedish a little better.....

More October fur!!

More "Reds" taken during the hunting week in October back in Dalarna, i´ll be hunting home in Hälsingland for a few weekends now as i´ve been having called fox too hard in Dalarna and i must give the area a rest until first snow. I were out with my friend Raimo today and called for "Reds" but the wind turned into almost storm so the Foxes weren´t above ground, better luck this weekend i hope as we are heading for the city dump on Friday night and some farmland on Saturday morning.

Much in 10 days

Ok now its been ten days since the last post, and in that time i have been hunting both Moose as you can see and some "Reds".

We start of with the Moose hunt wich took place on Saturday and Sunday of last week were we had a slow start and even a slower day with no Moose in the hunting area.

We took out plan B and headed for some densed vegitation on the oppsit side of were we usually hunt, were i and two other guys started tracking for Moose we saw som pretty good tracks and within minutes from that we saw a female with two calves.

Somehow they slipped trough our fenceline of shooters and just .....up in smoke no tracks no nothing. When we decided to call it a day we heard on the radio that the neighbouring crew had wounded a single female Moose and she were heading our way, a few of us went to the area were she was last seen by a guy tracking with dog, there a friend also named Fredrik shot the Moose in some 15 minutes after our arrival.(See pic above) I had my usual stand on this hunt were the view of the sun rising was the only satisfaction i had of sitting there for 5 hours (See lower pic)(And pic posted in January). So now we wait until the snow falls then we start all over again tracking and hunting Moose "King of the Swedish woods"

Another Red

I went to the stand on Sunday and got this "Red", it felt really nice as i missed two on the first stand of the day. I still have the problem of staying calm and aim concentrated it´s my "akilles heel", it takes one or two misses before i concentrate and get things right. Going back to the same area on Wednesday morning and im staying at my parents for a week hunting "Reds" and Moose. The fox on the pic almost came into shotgun range but got distracted by a field mouse and i had to stalk him as he chased the mouse around a little grassy field and i ended the chase with my .222 instead of the shotgun. Well i hope i have some more stories to tell after the week at my parents i´ll keep you posted.

The Black Grouse

Nice colors of the Swedish fall, Pinetrees mixed with all the leaftrees makes a nice palette.

In this pic Pejo is standing right were i shot the Black grouse it was resting in the pine marked with the red ring laser ranged to 196 yards.

Me and my friend Pejo headed north on Wednesday morning for some Capercaille and Black Grouse hunting, we had a nice day even though the dog Miska didn´t get the birds to sit long enough for us to stalk them. Instead we hunted for resting birds in the treetops wich was really fun, im a little ashamed to tell that i had a low accuracy for the day with four shots fired and only one Black Grouse on the ground. But now i know my rifle even better (my new .222) as we had a hard time getting close to the birds sitting in the single trees left on the clearing made by the logging company. First shot was a beginners mistake as i didn´t catch my breath before shooting and a miss at 110 yards, second and third shot was made at 274 yards also missed and was by far the longest shots i ever done on a grouse(bird didnt budge until two shots were fired then it flew off). The fourth shot for the day hit dead center at 196 yards and a Black Grouse was in the bag (Phew!!) it´s not shown very well in the pic but it´s hanging from my backpack, i was pleased cause overall that day i saw more grouse than ever before and we are going back there after the Moose hunt wich starts next week.