![]() ![]() It's the first loss in overtime for the Kraken since a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on November 13. It's an important point that we got, and we'll move on." ![]() A really disappointing result, again, when we're up close to the end there. "I thought we did a pretty good job for the most part. "It's a competitive game out there," defenseman Vince Dunn said. When it comes to close-in work, or when working an animal that appears reluctant or hesitant, I'll switch to low-volume squeaks, a simple task accomplished with a mouth-blown coaxer.The two teams will square off again on Monday night in Seattle for an encore performance between the playoff bound squads. That puts our feathered friends high on the gray's menu. Not only will grays catch and eat ground-nesting birds, but they also are excellent climbers, an ability that allows them to take tree-nesting species as well. It's going to blow your mind."įor grays, my go-to sound is the bird-in-distress. "And if you're hunting an area where other hunters are running around blowing a rabbit-in-distress call," he continued, "try a bird distress sound. Foxes are deadly on birds, especially at night. In reality, he eats more small rodents - rats and mice and voles - than he does rabbits, but he also eats a lot of birds. "You think of a fox," said Brown, "and you think of him eating a rabbit. Birds? Don't rabbits make up the bulk of any fox's diet? The former is a snap to blow on a mouth call, the latter, a bit more challenging but achievable with practice. What sounds specifically? For reds, my all-time favorite, hands down, is a high-pitched young cottontail followed by a similarly high-pitched bird - a woodpecker squall or a bird in distress. Still, a mouth call or a battery pack remains a matter of choice. ![]() A bit too high-tech for my tastes? Yes sir. These changes, too, can be made from a distance via push-button remote, a modern touch that takes an animal's attention from the human caller and puts it some 40 yards away. It's programmed with all the sounds I like to use and these calls can be changed, along with variables like volume, all at the touch of a finger." I do prefer the (electronic) caller, though. "I've enjoyed good success with both types of calls," said Reinhold, "and I carry both into my setups. The 21st Century fox hunter has at his disposal a vast array of high definition digital devices designed specifically for the predator aficionado. True, my hands are occupied, however that's a challenge that hunters traditionally have had to overcome, but it can be done.īut mouth calls are a matter of personal preference. With the closed reed calls, I can instantly control volume, intensity, cadence, rhythm and inflection - and all with little to no movement. I prefer a mouth call, as I feel I can impart more inflection or emotion into my calling sequence with a self-operated call than I can with a pre-loaded piece of audio technology. From a modified cassette player, 8 ohm speaker housed in a cigar box, 50 feet of speaker wire and a Burnham Brothers Cottontail in Distress tape, I progressed to a Lohman CD player with not one, but two independent speakers and a battery-powered remote before settling on my current rig - a trio of mouth calls from Ed Sceery ( ), including a coarse cottontail, cottontail distress, and for close-in or subtle work, a rodent coaxer, a.k.a. Today's fox hunters enjoy better light sources for night-hunting, more efficient ammunition for both shotguns and centerfire rifles, moving decoys, lightweight camouflage and an overwhelming selection of scent elimination products.īut perhaps the biggest advancements have been in the arena of calls and calling. Grays seem to respond well at daybreak, and then again in the evening."Īs mentioned earlier, a lot has changed in the 40 years since my dad and I spent the night at the edge of Miss Peck's buckbrush swamp, and nothing so much as in the field of technology. I believe reds are spookier, and they feel more comfortable under the cover of darkness. "Over the years," he said, "I've had much better success (on foxes) at night. The first two hours following sunset are what I call "The Magic Moments."Ĭurrently the product development manager for MAD Calls, Tad Brown is a longtime fox hunter, and he agrees. Though predator activity is largely dependent on weather conditions and the state of the animals' stomachs, I've found foxes - like coyotes, raccoons and black bears - are most active from twilight through the hours of darkness. As for the best time of day or night to call, I've always been partial to the period from dusk until dawn. ![]()
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