fox shooting by day?????

remington 700

i have shot hundreds of foxes over the years by night but always wanted to shoot foxes by day just wondering on any advice on calls, lures, time of day, clothing, thanks for any advice.

kildare.17hmr

summer evenings are best imo, i shot a good few last summer just out walking with the dog

Spannerman7

What I do is lay out some sardines or other smelly tinned grub, you need to hold their intrest for a little while, use a caller you can turn on and off and adjust volume, have the caller noise near the bait, either remote or speaker and wire. They will come in quickly (once they are near) and can go just as quickly, it still may take 30-40mins to call one. Be well hidden and down wind of where you think they may come from about 50 yards away if using rifle. Once you spot him turn off the caller and he will sniff out the bait.
If the caller is left on they will cop something is wrong very quickly and run. I prefer using the rifle and setting up an ambush type kill zone but shotgun will work just as good with some BB or AAA. It's a bit like fishing, lots of waiting, a big rush of excitment and a satisfied feeling on completion. Summer evenings are great but you can be sucessful most times if you have the patients.
The beauty of this shooting is that you are in control of most of the elements to it, plan it out well and you will suceed 50% of the time at least. It's a good way to get an old big dog fox, I had one that was lamp shy and plugged him in Oct using this method.
Good luck and enjoy.

browning 12 bore

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Picture 170.jpgPicture 155.jpgwell fella here it is being shooting foxs for years at day time calling them in rabbit calls or cub calls or mouse stress calls all work very well also i tell you my camo i walk into the field middle sit down and call most camo would be a trousers and if he is coming in stay still then when he moves again you move to get set up then when he stops you pull the trigger works very well for me any way shot 24 this year already day and night:D

pugw

I got a video by the warrener a few years back "calling day & night" he used a hare decoy and a masking lure, try it near big forestries where you have seen fox runs! You'd also want to watch your wind direction! Only ever tried it once without much luck!

tonytoc11

There's a video on fieldsports brittain of a lad calling them with a Wam call around a grove and shooting them with a shotgun....your reactions would want to be spot on though.

landkeeper

i have done it for years it's great sport but you really need to be very well camouflaged or have a vantage point where you can see for a long distance and centrefire rifle ,foxes are very clever and more than once i have been surprised when one appears from right behind you, last year in the snow was good sport:D
i find high ground on the edge of a bog or similar good, where you can call and spot , the biggest thing to watch is as others have mentioned the wind direction
and sudden movement as you'll be spotted in an instant .one of the remote u callers is good as you can set it up far enough away from you to divert attention when you are lining up for the shot

johngalway

One thing to look out for is magpies, they'll follow a fox swooping down onto him and generally going ape****.

Feidhlim Dignan

you could try walking up areas of cover with a dog and shotgun and have another lad at one end. between 4 of us we shot 3 foxes on saturday in meath while out after phesents with an english setter.

mixerbarcoe

Feidhlim Dignan wrote: »

you could try walking up areas of cover with a dog and shotgun and have another lad at one end. between 4 of us we shot 3 foxes on saturday in meath while out after phesents with an english setter.

i do this most sundays with the local gun club... the last twice we have been out we did the same cover and shot 3 the first day and 4 the second..and it wasnt that big of a cover either...usually only around 5 or 6 with guns..trying to get lads to come on the sunday morning is the hard part..

Tackleberrywho

remington 700 wrote: »

i have shot hundreds of foxes over the years by night but always wanted to shoot foxes by day just wondering on any advice on calls, lures, time of day, clothing, thanks for any advice.

Lots of foxes around all year during the day. This guy was shot in the morning yesterday by a friend.

The Big Fella

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Lots of foxes around all year during the day. This guy was shot in the morning yesterday by a friend.

Thats one well fed fox.:D Was he called in or just spotted and shot?

cavan shooter

There is a plantation close to me that seems to be foxville. I got 4 out of it by sitting in the back of a ditch and using a quiet rabbit squeeler.

I had to do some prep work first and once a week I dropped a dead rabbit in the field 100 yards from my wee hide. Once you settle in wait a good 30 mins before calling and if nothing comes in 10 mins give up

robbie mars

Mate o mine was out the other morning (8.30am ) or thereabouts saw four of them gave a couple of squeeks they came running but as usual no gun with him typicak