day time hunting

[kyle21]

i always do all of my hunting at night for preds.. just wondering if anyone ever hunts during the day, you always see these shows with them hunting yotes in the day and if so do you change anything in your hunting style. Ive aked a few guys before about it and they say it cant be done in pa, i dont see why not

[bigben]

I hunt during the daytime.  but I like hunting at night.  are you talking coyotes or fox?  or both? 

[kyle21]

for both

[scott]

i have never called in a grey during the day but i have called in many of reds and coyotes.  i actually like to hunt coyotes better during the daytime. 

[kyle21]

Thanks guys i know i see reds and coyotes during the day all the time in deer and turkey so i couldnt understand why you couldnt hunt call them then. Glad I know better now, once i get done chasin bucks n ducks ill have to get at it during the day. Ill be able to hunt alot more of these areas i know these dogs are runnin instead of worrying about only finding fields to hunt too

[uncle buck]

In the cold cold cold cold months of winter you can hunt coyotes and gray fox in the daytime...Reds you can hunt all during the fox season but you have to wear full camo, a well scoped rifle and use canine sounds....


See grays once it gets cold they will be hunting over snow at 12:00 noon...Food sounds work the best then since that is what they are doing hunting for food.....IMO at night time during cold cold cold temps they hole up for the warmth of the daytime..  Reds will be hunting at night..But they are all together different  then reds when it comes to dealing with the cold cold cold cold... Notice i'm saying real cold temps.. Grays will be out on cold nights but subzero temps they wait until it warms up a bit..  Daytime does that for them...

Coyotes unlike fox metabolism is different..They have to eat more protein for energy...They will not take a siesta up on a hill like a red fox.  So they need food in the winter for more energy for their bigger bodies...


Reds in the daytime...I use the curiosity killed the cat technique to get them in the day light hours... The canine sounds make them come out of the cover for a look see and then you get a shot...

[JaredV]

Uncle Buck,

What canine sounds are you talking about for reds?

[scott]

not UB but he taught me so it would be  baby red fox, red/grey fight, red fox pup distress. 

[JaredV]

Thanks scott!

I always heard that red fox didn't like fighting sounds or fox distress sounds because they are not as aggressive as greys and avoid confrontation. But after reading this post I'm gonna try it!

[scott]

the first red fox i called in during the day came in to grey/red fight, he was a good sized male.  he was doing a territorial bark the whole time he was walking in, he was upset that a red and grey were fighting in his territory. 

[Hern]

'21 asks-
you change anything in your hunting style
ky, I hunt during the daytime hours
I change up. Night- I stand in the open and hide behind my red lens
Daytime- camo'd (head, face, hands & body) and blended to surroundings. That being, brush, weeds, laurel, pine bows, fence post or other backing to conceal my outline.
I carry hand pruners incase I need to remove branches or brairs for barrel swing.
I move as little as possible in daytime. You can be concealed, but movement will give you up. You can get away with movement to a degree once you spot critter and read what's it's doing. By that, you can get away with some movement if critter is trotting and looking away. If critter stops, looks your way...don't move. Pretty much like hunting Deer or Turkey during the daytime hours. You know the rules...LOL.
I target the extended periods of extreme weather for daytime call'n. Extend cold periods and/or extended period of snow on the ground. Weather man says we will be in that patterern the next two weeks.

[kyle21]

thanks hern ill def be out there trying em in the daytime here in the next few weeks heard about the storm today when i got home from deer camp.

[predator77]

I like hunting fox in the day ,alot! I've only had success calling them in with fox distress sounds though. I did hit my JS pc3 4 blows and had a red hop up out of some briars onto the same logging road as me. I wasn't even settled in. Missed!

[uncle buck]

See this is the strategy that I use....First of all my favorite sound is the JS Baby Red Fox...Anyone the owns this will have to admit that it's so unique sound..By the way it works at night time too. It's not a short loop sound either... Might even be hard to get the entire loop on FP 16 or a Model 38. 

Sorry for people who have seen this before but for the new predator callers this is the strategy your attempting.

First you know how I compare predator the mammal to man the mammal....We are both mammals.....

Just say your sitting at your computer posting on PPHA web site... You hear a siren outside of your window...Do you keep posting?  No you get up and go out on the porch to see what is happening or at minimal you will look out the window.. So when you let the Baby Red Fox sound rip in the right terrain..They the red fox the AKA mammal just like us come out of the cover an take a look see what is making all of the racket. I love to use this in farms that have cover that you know the fox are laying in. Maybe a woodlot or heavy weed fields with brush piles or farms that have a real high spot in one corner of the farmers field..

So there you have it..  I think Scott calls this calling sequence the Emergency Vehicle set up or something like that... All and all you stimulate the red fox brain to say to him or herself?  "What the heck is happening out there?"