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Offline Rookie furtaker

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Grey fox
« on: January 07, 2016, 09:03:03 PM »
Where is the best places to look for greys? Do they like deep wooded areas more than country side?

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2016, 04:58:47 AM »
Grays are more commonly found in the northern part of the state.   However they can be found most anyplacw.  They  are more commonly found in the bigger woods.
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2016, 06:31:54 AM »
Around here, brushy, thick areas areas, where you would hunt Rabbits.
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2016, 07:43:45 AM »
Thanks for the advice guys. Do they normally come in within the 20 min mark if they are around?

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2016, 09:05:05 AM »
open areas bordering thick areas, swamps, rabbit fields..  if they are in ear shot they will be in within 5 minutes with grey fox sounds..   play it loud and for 5 minutes straight.. 

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2016, 10:51:19 AM »
Do they normally come in within the 20 min mark if they are around?

Coon & Greys come in very fast and aggressive.
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I call for 10-15 minutes for Greys, if no show, I go to next location.

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2016, 12:08:07 PM »
Good info thank you all!

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2016, 08:46:32 PM »
Will you ruin your chances on a red if you start out with a grey distress call?

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2016, 09:59:05 PM »
No you might even call a red in with grey fox distress sounds. We have done it a bunch of times and greys are rare in our part of the state.
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2016, 10:09:50 PM »
Im from nepa and don't see any not dead on the highway or anything. I see a ton of reds. I know the greys are here I just have to look farther into the woods. Go farther then any deer hunter is willing to walk.  ;)
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2016, 08:39:23 AM »
I am from nepa also.ive ben getting a lot of grayz not to many redz
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2016, 08:56:58 AM »
Where abouts? I'm from white haven area

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2016, 09:26:10 PM »
north of honesdale
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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2016, 11:35:23 PM »
Scrub Oak,  old railroad beds,  briars. Railroads but 9/11 wrecked that. Always start off with food sounds in case reds are in the area. That will call in both. Then use a good GFP Gray Fox Pup Sound. Stèwart or Kirk.

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Re: Grey fox
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2016, 11:51:11 PM »
Your from White Haven... I'm originally from Wilkes Barre... You probably would do well along the Lehigh..You have many state parks right in a row plus Hickory Run State Park...  They are nocturnal so your best bet is to hunt them at night... Check to see if you can hunt the Lehigh Gorge State Park after dark.. There is a nice railroad type bed that goes under the INT 80 bridge.. Can't remember if it goes back always or not.. There is a few state parks that  have lakes between Freeland and the Lehigh Gorge... Even In WB area and Suscon and Thornhurst that's all good for bobcat, gray fox, and coyotes...Check out a place I use to fish as a kid.. Called Crystal Lake and it a back road just after you pass the WB exchange of the Pa Turnpike. This I think is RT 115.  This road has a golf course on it now by Crystal Lake.. The road goes from Bear Creek to Laurel Run...Finally... Find the TUBS on off of RT 115.. See if that park is open to night time hunting.. I know there are all kinds of gray in there.. The park is located just below the PA Turnpike Exchange on RT 115.  The railroad crosses under  115 right where the park is down the hill.. Take a walk up the railroad a bit if you don't get in trouble and hunt that all the way up to Valley Dam...