Fox Hunting Tips

[hunter1254]

Does anybody have some fox hunting advice they'd be willing to share? Anything will be appreciated.

[tobyking8773]

watch the weather, hunt just before and just after major storms roll thru. They sometimes come in multiples so just cause ya shoot one, don't get up til the calling is done. early evening and early morning(dawn) are times their prey is also most active It's much more productive(i've found anyway) to hunt in pairs, one can shoot while the other shines and you can carry a shotty and a rifle.

[fingers80002]

If your looking to save the pelt, DO NOT use a 30-30 with Holow-points.

I have pics to prove it!!!!!!!

[XD40coyote]

A .22 mag rifle or A 12 GA with #4 shot ( bird shot, I think same is used for geese) is what the guys I know who hunt foxes like to use. I have skinned many of these foxes and the pelts are not messed up.

If you can get some other hunters you can actually hunt red fox by driving in daytime. I'm not sure of the set up and tactics though.

Grey fox are more aggressive to calling than reds.

Use a decoy with your call, preferable an electronic remote caller with decoy together. Set it off to the side a bit from where you are, so when a fox comes in they focus on the decoy instead of possibly spotting you. Shoot the fox BEFORE it is too close to the decoy, so you don't shoot the decoy!

Wind direction is important just like with deer hunting. You can use scent control and sprinkling fox urine or skunk will help too, but where you stand vs the wind is most important.

You need to camo up and use brush or make an easy portable blind.

If you are walking out, it may be good to have your gun already loaded. You may jump a fox from some brush. Red foxes do this stupid thing where they run about 25-50 yards, then stop and turn and look back at you. Having a rifle here is a good thing, as long as what is behind the fox makes it safe to shoot.

Best shot is a chest shot on a fox, larger target area, though shotgun it won't matter so much, just go for the front of the fox. A foxes heart is located low and about 3 inches behind the elbow.

Hunt reds on edges. Reds like field edges, esp grassy areas, where they hunt for mice. They travel tractor lanes in fields and run along hedgerows and in drainages. Grey foxes like thick wooded stuff and travel logging roads and the like, but they will hunt edges just like reds.

Most of what I know is related to trapping, but knowing fox habits is also good for hunting them!

[Arch007er]

Don't forget the .17 HMR

[plk457]

What is everyones favorite call? rabbit? mouse? How long do you typically keep the call on for? 10 minutes? 20?

[ihunt49]

If your looking to save the pelt, DO NOT use a 30-30 with Hollow-points.

I have pics to prove it!!!!!!!

Classic! I have a few of them myself.

[fingers80002]

Classic! I have a few of them myself.

If your like me you have pics, not pelts!!!!!!!!

[gander215]

Anyone have a bucket of warm soapy water and a sponge?

[RandomTask]

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