Oldbloke wrote:Regarding cheap fox decoys. I read some where that just tying something like some fur or chook feathers onto a low hanging branch on a bush or tree works. You can make it move with a piece of string. Sounds feasable to me. Has anyone tried it or similar?
Yeah Mate,, I got a piece of exhaust tube just long enough to protect the rubber of the Scotch Predator (from over exuberant fox teeth) and tied the predator call inside with cable ties around the wooden end, and also one around the end of the rubber (like a collar).
I made a lever on the end of the exhaust tube that connected to the collar via another cable tie.
I tied a few turkey feathers on to the lever, and operated it from any distance I wanted by using braided (so it doesnt stretch) fishing line on a small spinning reel.
So when you pull the line from your hide,,, it operates the scotch predator for sound,,, and the feathers for visual,,, all in the one motion.
Meanwhile, you can be quite some distance away and taking aim.
A small spike welded on the opposite end of the tube will anchour it in place.
I have also had a lot of success with leaving a rabbit gut laying next to it.
I was out last night (where I'm staying at the moment) with the NiteSite, and simply left a gut on top of a stump, and got 2 foxes coming to the same stump only 30 mins apart.
One in particular came in toward the stump, with the wind/breeze blowing from him to the stump, which is a testimonial to their senses.