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Paatti
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Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07
#88031 - 31/10/07 03:00 AM

Late summer - early autumn 06

Late Autumn 06

Winter 07

Late winter 07

By product varmints

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xausa
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#88095 - 01/11/07 01:34 AM

Lovely photographs.

Around here the fox population has been virtually wiped out by coyotes, but for some reason seems to be making a comeback. I have seen more foxes this year than in the previous five put together.

Friends of mine have been watching a pair of grey foxes all summer raising a litter of three within sight of their house, but all the ones I have seen (including road kill) have been the red variety.

I suspect the coyote population has moved east to easier pickings in the more urban areas (cats and small dogs).

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: xausa]
#88162 - 02/11/07 06:55 AM

Add couple of pictures from past years.

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EricD
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#88237 - 05/11/07 01:51 AM

Thanks for the pictures Paatti. Predator control is very important, and I've been a bit slack these past few years myself. I should follow your lead, and shot more foxes.

Erik

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: EricD]
#88241 - 05/11/07 04:17 AM

I put some more encouraging pictures for you and for others.

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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#88261 - 05/11/07 09:17 PM

As a modest contribution, this is the result of the 1st. bullet fired by my son-in-law, when he took up hunting 3 years ago.

Note he's wearing rubber gloves when handling a fox. The reason is we fear the lethal Echinococcus multilocularis, a life-threatening parasite worm.

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: André]
#88299 - 06/11/07 04:33 AM

Fox is definitely not a bad start.
Luckily there is no fear of echinococcus in Finland where i hunt.

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#93194 - 02/01/08 06:12 AM

This is the last one of -07. Not glamorous looking because he is wet and bit dirty but still a fox.

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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#93210 - 02/01/08 11:20 AM

Paatti:

Great stuff!!

How do you hunt them?

Do you use a predator call? Rabbit squealer?

Thanks for the pictures. The country you are hunting in looks a lot like many places near home, here, except your country looks a little greener {lichens, moss, firs etc}. Maybe you get a bit more precipitation and snow than we do.

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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: 9.3x57]
#93211 - 02/01/08 11:25 AM

Great stuff, good to see.

I gave up handling foxes years ago for similar reasons
+ we get alot of mange here which is easily transferred
to dogs.

Anyway, most of my foxes are splattered from here to kingdom come so not a huge amount to pick up to photograph !!!

The only good fox is a dead one.

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: 9.3x57]
#93278 - 03/01/08 05:09 AM

I hunt foxes in many ways. Sneaking around fields in the late summer when foxes came on to the hay and cornfields. Later in the autumn I use to lurk on the cornfields. Also use stand sometimes. I dont use calls but sometimes imitate mouse squeks to get them closer. Also use cagetraps but those are not very effective. Maybe the most interesting way to hunt foxes is to hunt them with hound dog and terrier. Mostly use finnish hounds and german jagdterrier. Last one I shot went in to the cave and we release terrier in there too. Terrier cant reach the fox so we take it away. I wait above the cave and others went to the next place. After seven minutes fox came out and that is the end of it.

Usually here are about half meter snow in this time of the year, but not now. I cant remember this kind of winter. Bit difficult to track.

Edited by Paatti (03/01/08 06:18 AM)

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EricD
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Paatti]
#93489 - 05/01/08 09:12 AM

Quote:

I dont use calls but sometimes imitate mouse squeks to get them closer.

Paati,

Have you ever tried throwing handfuls of sunflower seeds out in the snow in the winter to attract foxes? I've found that doing so brings in mice who collect/eat the seeds, and the squeaking mice then attract the foxes.

Erik

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: EricD]
#95555 - 31/01/08 03:40 AM

Quote:

Paati,

Have you ever tried throwing handfuls of sunflower seeds out in the snow in the winter to attract foxes? I've found that doing so brings in mice who collect/eat the seeds, and the squeaking mice then attract the foxes.

Erik

Never tried that, but have to sometimes.

Shot one week ago. No photo on that one because of the "too" good hit. Speer TNT hits him on the shoulder and rip of the part of his spine. Instead one photo of the older one.

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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: EricD]
#95622 - 01/02/08 12:27 AM

Erik,around here we don't hunt foxes yet this is one animal that is regularly killed.Reason being that it is some sort of a superstition among hunters here that when you are on a hunt and you spot a fox you must kill it or your hunt will not be a good one.Hunters are a pretty superstitious lot and will do anything to ensure a good shoot.The fox however gets fucked everytime.

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Boghossian
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: iqbal]
#95634 - 01/02/08 04:13 AM

That's interesting iqbal, I have heard a similar superstition from other hunters too...wonder how it arose?

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Paatti
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Re: Fox hunter photo diary Seasons 06-07 [Re: Boghossian]
#95764 - 02/02/08 10:57 AM

I do also shoot fox when it is possible. Yesterday I was on fox hunt but it change to ragoondoghunt.
Do you know that ragoondogs also need some warm?

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