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Post by BK on Sept 10, 2010 14:02:45 GMT -6
Silly but I gotta ask if anyone does it. I was wondering if it would be of any advantage to place an open bottle of lure next to my remote caller when calling fox at night?
Seems they want to swing down wind to come in.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Sept 10, 2010 14:21:00 GMT -6
Not silly at all, anything to get them to "stall out" would help specially at night. Many use urines for this very practice. LB can tell you more as he does far more night calling than I do. Rabbitt urine and a decoy work well at night, to some it seems a decoy has more benefit at night than durring the day.
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Post by lb on Sept 10, 2010 22:59:02 GMT -6
Yeah, I guess I have logged a few hours calling at night. One thing I can say without fear of contradiction, you will see a lot more coyotes going downwind at night than on a day stand. I almost always have a spray bottle of rabbit urine/coyote for when they go down wind. They will hold for a shot when confronted with that scent. Really works well.
The problem with your question is placing lure and remote caller in a remote location. This advice doesn't apply if you are hunting under a full moon and not using a spotlight.
But, assuming you are using a light, it is counterproductive to place the sound and the scent away from your location. You want them coming directly to where you are and where the sound is coming from. This way, you see the eyes. If they are sneaking up on a remote sound, you probably won't see them at all unless conditions are like the back side of the moon, no brush, etc.
However, hunting at night, exactly like hunting in daylight, the prime method of attracting any animal, fox included, is SOUND. Scent or any sort of lure is only useful if the animal circles downwind of YOUR location and then it's a remedy allowing for a shot at an animal that will not be there very long, unless you are blowing urine in his direction, and then, don't count on him staying there for very long....just long enough for a shot.
If you are targeting fox, (and I only know gray fox, have yet to kill a red) they aren't very smart, compared to a coyote and I doubt scent is necessary, MOST of the time. But, if you have the right sounds, like very low volume mouse or vole squeaks, they will run right up to your speaker, and stick their nose in it, no scent or lure needed.
Good hunting. LB
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