on_one_wheel wrote:Don't even bother trying to shoot it unless you're sure you can get it.
You only ever have one chance wirh a fox, they are very smart.
I'm finding morhers are teaching their young to run from vehicle's, lights, and my whistle.
A few nights ago I spotted a big cub running down the road about 350 meters ahead. I stopped the vehicle, put the beam on it and whistled. It started to move in and 10 secobds later it's morher started frantically screaming at it from behind me about 200 meters or so back. The cub bolted and the morher took a wide birth around me and never stopped.
That cub won't be likely to hang around next time it sees a vehicle, my light and hears my whistle.
I'm going to need to call them from a hide with a different whistle during the day.
Encountered many over the years that would bolt from the whistle, there was one in particular that we tried to get on several occasions (just had a habit of presenting in unsafe to shoot spots
) that was missing most of his tail so he was easily identifiable (can only assume that was why he didn't care for the whistle) ?... anyhoo strangely enough though we did get him, he had came in for a rabbit that got caught in a trap (not ours) that we heard and headed towards to see what was happening and there he was moving in
.. Always made me curious why he bolted from the whistle, yet he rapidly headed for a similar sound without hesitation on that occasion ? Perhaps hunger ? Maybe just due to it being daytime ? Perhaps he could pick the difference of real vs whistle ?..
Always had more success with the stressed frog sound we often used, probably due to less guys doing things like that at the time ?
Whatever the case, I am inclined to agree that it's best not to shoot at them unless you can get them...