Squirrels and a Fox

[wankerjake]

After an extra-long spring/summer, fall is here and it's hunting season. A friend and I hit the woods Fri-Sunday for the general bear season to see if we could call in a bear. Went to an area I had never been and while we didn't find much bear sign, we did get into some fox. We only shot one but called in 4, I'd like to get back out in December for some good fox pelts. We also called in a coyote (that I missed) and a small bull elk. My buddy called and killed his first fox:


We both forgot camera's so we were reduced to cell phone pics. It was a fun 3 days, no bear but we called enough animals to make it a great hunt.

We came back early-ish on Monday morning and since squirrel season opened as well and I had the day off of work, my wife and I loaded up the kids and dogs and headed out for some tree squirrel hunting. I love squirrel hunting. They are fun to shoot and fun to eat. Squirrel is one of my favorite meals. Historically, my wife likes to come but doesn't really care to shoot them. This year though she has a hunting license and I told her it would be good practice for her upcoming deer hunt so she was agreeable to shooting a few. In just a few hours we managed to BOTH shoot out limits (5 ea). She got one with the 22 and the rest with a 410 shotgun. I don't like shooting them with shotguns but the road we hunt borders 2 hunting units and one is a shotgun-only unit. Anyway it was a good day, here's a few pics:

 

[Art Eatman]

Sounds like some great times!

 

[95XL883]

Nice hunt. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cosmoline]

I wish we had squirrel that size up here.

 

[herkyguy]

i watched a fox last weekend go right under my treestand. i thought about taking him with my bow, but then decided not to since i had a $10 broadhead at the ready and didn't want to waste it on a fox.

now, looking at those pics, i wish i had. he would have looked good on the wall and might have helped plus up my rabbit population.

nice hunt.

 

[Hanshi]

I KNOW you guys had fun with all that. Squirrel hunting is tops.

 

[Natebonebusta]

Those are some really big squirrels. Interesting colors from the east coast gray squirrels. Nice hunting.

 

[Clippers]

Makes me want to head to the woods! Good shooting.

 

[Liberty1776]

sorry to be a dummy, but are those Kaibab (sp?) squirrels?

 

[wankerjake]

They are Abert's squirrels, of which kaibab squirrels are a subspecies, but these ones are not the kaibab variety.

 

[murf]

fun times. i went out for squirrels last sunday and got two. like you i was in units 11m and 6a and had to use a shotgun.

what type of call do you use for the foxes? i'd be interested to go back up and bag a few.

murf

 

[wankerjake]

I prefer open reed predator calls and the TT Extreme by Tony Tebbe is my favorite. My limited experience with fox through is that if you are in fox country it doesn't much matter what sound you make, they will come and come hard. Thick, steep, rocky hillsides and canyons are where I find Fox most often.

My buddy called the fox in the pic with a Primos Cat-nip.

 

[murf]

thx, wankerjake.

good hunting,

murf

 

[Geno]

Awesome thread. Thanks for sharing, and for the pics.

Geno