The fox pages

[Stix]

Got this fella tonight something a little different

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OMG...!!!

I would love the fur of that little doggy...!!

Dam i wish you were close by--if you were & didnt keep it id scoot on out there & rip it off...

That'd be my favourite...i love the blacker looking onea...!!

Any chance you'd freeze the whole fox & ship him over...

[Stix]

Gees Jon79 i csnt stop lookin at it...

Looks like a farmers blue heeler tried to kill a vixen the wrong way...

Man im so jealous...

[AJB]

Me too stix what a ripper looks unreal

[AJB]

They have great looking foxes in america this one would make a great fur

[Blr243]

What causes fox ooats to vary from th original?

[Stix]

BLR...

Just genetics mate...
Like how we spit out red heads every now & then...i guess the foxes that are red spit out black hair too...

They have also done in scientific testing in Russia or somewhere i think...where they bred "Silver" foxes for understanding how our domestic dog came about, because you pretty much cannot "domesticate" a wild dog ...that program selectively bred the tame inquisitive ones to eventually get to a domestic dog--my understanding is that they effectively tried to immitate the evolution of the domestication of our best friends, by way of accelerating the process in a scientific experiment...

Apparently there is no such thing as a "Silver" fox--they got that colour from selevtive breeding...
Same as how you have your dog--he was a wild wolf a way's back...

I havent read these links...but ive seen a couple of doco's on the subject...
Fascinating stuff i rekon...well if you love dogs anyway...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_fox_(animal)

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160912 ... -the-world

[Blr243]

That second link was very interesting read

[bigpete]

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One shot with the 35 whelen while hunting deer,the other with my AyA 12g shotgun

[Oldbloke]

Cant get out at the moment.

The stock came up ok on the whelan.

[Elmer]

That is a fine fox, would love to turn that one into a rug.

[Stix]

They look like nice foxes Pete...well done...

Did you get the fox after the deer...?...or go home deer-less...?

[bigpete]

I went home deer less....by choice. I still got within 30m of one.....but she had a fawn

[bigpete]

That is a fine fox, would love to turn that one into a rug.

Not after a 200gn Sierra pro hunter went through it at 40m lol

[bigpete]

Cant get out at the moment.

The stock came up ok on the whelan.

It did. It's rapidly becoming a favourite,except for the weight

[AJB]

[Die Judicii]

This one was too poor and I suspect full of worms to make a pair of gloves out of let alone a rug.
Got him approx 6 years ago at the base of the Grampians in Vic.

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[Oldbloke]

DJ, that is just weird looking fox.

[Die Judicii]

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Unfortunately no...
I put it on because i get flare from the barrel with my new Olight, but it doesnt make a difference.
I leave it on for the dusk shooting to try stop the flare when the sun is low.
Bottom line though...the scope is crap...this one is the replacement of a faulty one that wouldnt track, & this one doesnt track.
They also flare like noones business, so are only good for daytime shooting, or spotlighting without a scope mounted torcch.

This product would solve your "flare" problems surely ??
Under the camo wrap it is a stainless barrel.

[Stix]

This one was too poor and I suspect full of worms to make a pair of gloves out of let alone a rug.
Got him approx 6 years ago at the base of the Grampians in Vic.

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FMD...thats amazing...!!

Id have skun that one out for sure..!!!....mange, worms, whatever...!!...

[Die Judicii]

As a teenager in Sth Aust, there was a pure black one (I never saw it myself) that was in the neighborhood.
Heaps of locals had seen it, but never managed to get it,,,, and (pardon the pun) every man and his dog were out to get it.

Several years later,, sightings ceased.
We presumed it had died a natural death somewhere because no-one ever claimed to get it.

[Oldbloke]

Sooo, I sort of took up fox whistling (in a much bigger way) about 5 years ago. Just love it. Bought my 223 and away I went. (not into spotlighting here) Go for a nice walk, have a crack for say 20 minutes then move on. A nice way to spend the avo. A mixture of State Forrest and farms. Some times I just ambush over a dam, (sit & wait) esp in SF. Most places I go are hunted a fair bit BTW.

Anyway I have 6 or 7 whistles, callers, all the usual ones. Nothing electronic. Don't want them. Old fashioned. LOL
Usually I head out for a couple of hours in the late avo, occasionally in the early morning. Wear basic camo, face mask etc, into the wind or cross wind.

I guess I get one say,,,every 4 or 5 outings and doesn't seem all that successful. Often don't even see one.

Am I a sh1t hunter or am I doing well. Obviously varies at different times of the year. Last week for the first time I missed BTW. (bugger, my own fault)

Now, I guess I'm doing it the hard way but wondering what the average success rate is for those doing same?

[Blr243]

If you are out in the bush with a fox whistle instead of at home on a keyboard you are not a ****** hunter ..... thrill of the hunt , and anticipation, while listening to the sounds of the birds is paramount. Nine foxes is my best effort for a week hunting and I think I got 5 one night I’m also pretty good at getting none or one in a whole week

[Oldbloke]

So, I think that means in a week 4 during the day, and I think your a long way out. Most of my hunting is in areas that have a fair bit of hunting pressure.

"listening to the sounds of the birds is paramount"

Yes, have picked up a few after seeing birds or other animals (sheep) scatter, getting all flustered because there is a predator near by..

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OB, my success rate so far while whistling is 0, so I'm 'crapper' than you at that caper. On the other hand my dumb luck sometimes brings a result. I cleaned up 2 on one morning while walking through paddocks looking for pigs. They bolted from where they were camped up in a pile of timber... startled the crap out of me but got 2 from 2 with SG out of a SxS 12ga.

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anyone using a Silva whistle and would recommend?

[Oldbloke]

anyone using a Silva whistle and would recommend?

Not me. DIY and the the "best fox whistle."

[Oldbloke]

These are what Im using plus a Scotch caller. But have never called one with that.

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L to R
Polysyrene and glass
Duck caller
Toy squeeker
Toy squeeker in a tube
DIY duck/bird caller. High pitch.
Copy of a best reed caller
2 tenterfields, best and DIY
Button whistle

[AJB]

Silva fox whistle works the best out of all the different brands start off softly then slowly get louder that works best for me

[Oldbloke]

Bang bang. There is a comparison here. About 5 minutes in the silver gets a mention.


https://youtu.be/CX_1Q4KEcOo

At about $70 last time i looked i struggle with th e silva whistle

[Blr243]

When I said listening to the birds paramount I wasn’t referring to the fact that they might be indicating the presence of a fox or cat ...... I was merely suggesting that being out in the bush listening to birds is so relaxing that it doesn’t really matter if a fox turns up or not. A hunt where no shot is fired is still better than being at home