They are the only species of fox that can climb trees, and are known for their scavenging habits. But I’m a believer that our progression from rabbit distress (hunger) to fox distress (territorial), and on to canine pup distress (paternal) triggers an investigatory response from these very curious predators in which you can take advantage of, and if you do your part, will translate into more fur in the fur shed.The grey fox is a species of fox that is found in North and South America. Here are some of our recommended canine puppies in distress sounds:Īs you can see there is nothing earth shaking about our method for calling gray fox. 99% of the time the animal will come in to the decoy/caller Anytime I have a fox hang up outside of shooting range or start barking at us, I immediately switch to canine puppies in distress. However if the animal hangs up, starts barking or fails to close the distance to shotgun range – use the “secret weapon”.Ĭanine puppies in distress is absolutely deadly on gray foxes. If the animal is coming in strong we typically mute the caller and let the decoy movement do its job and bring the animal all the way in. Techniques at this point will vary depending on the situation. Normally at some point during the gray fox distress cycle you will catch the movement of a gray coming to the stand. Our technique is to cycle through at least 3 different gray fox distresses changing sounds about every 2 minutes. Gray Fox Fighting (Wildlife Technologies).Gray Fox Adult Male Distress (Wildlife Technologies).Gray Fox Adult Female Distress (Wildlife Technologies).226 Screaming Gray Fox Distress (FOXPRO).C86 Steeltown Gray Fox Distress (FOXPRO).C85 Platinum Gray Fox Distress (FOXPRO).Here are some of our recommended fox distress sounds (no particular order). We always use a high quality gray fox distress after the cottontail distress. So our technique is to push them over the edge… If they do respond, mute the caller and let the decoy do its job and bring the animal all the way in.Īfter 7 minutes of playing the cottontail rabbit distress, we change to a good quality gray fox distress. There is no doubt that they hear the distress cries but for whatever reason they are reluctant to respond. Most of the time during the day its been our experience that a gray fox will not come to the call during the time the cottontail distress is playing. The decoy should run continuously during the entire stand. We typically use a Mojo Critter or a FOXJACK attached to the caller. It reassures the animal that there is something small and furry that it can eat or dominate at the source of the sound. Or if your goal is calling animals in very, very close, it focuses the animal’s attention and draws them in. With foxes, decoy movement is the key to success when calling with several people on stand. Sometimes we change from one cottontail to another at the 4 – 5 minute mark. Run the sound continuously for 6 – 7 minutes. I would recommend starting the stand with any of the above cottontail distress sounds at medium to loud volume. Cottontail Adult Distress (Wildlife Technologies).Since we prefer using an e-caller when targeting fox here are some of our recommended cottontail sounds: We always use a high quality cottontail distress sound to start the stand. Others will require the full “treatment.” Our goal is to paint a picture, through audio, that is so vivid and enticing that any fox within earshot will respond. Some animals come running simply by playing one sound – a cottontail rabbit distress. Our technique involves a progression of sounds that pull on the animals Hunger, Curiosity, Territorial, and Paternal instincts. Curiosity is always instinctive in all predators. When we call gray fox our technique is to target 3 “instincts” in this order. Actually, where I normally hunt, I haven’t even seen a cottontail rabbit, but that’s the call we start all our fox stands with. Although there are many jack rabbits, deer, and birds in the areas where we hunt gray fox, distress calls such as fawn deer or jackrabbit have had marginal to mediocre success when calling in grays’. It’s been my experience that particular sound types are much more effective than others.
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