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White Death strikes again! #6114747
01/05/18 08:16 PM
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As I drove by a farm I have coyote sets in I saw what I thought was a coyote curled up out in the snow covered corn stalks, I stopped, looked through scope, yup it's got ears.
Instead of check traps by driving into the section I walked back in there with my white coveralls on, and my Tactical.20
I thought if I used a grass strip to the high spot in the field east of the coyote I could look from high rock or dirt pile and see coyote to the west of me, wind was out of the north.
Got there, couldn't see it, decided since it was just over the hill 200 yds away I tried calling coyote to me with mouse squeaks, didn't work, tried rabbit squeals, no coyote, I thought if he's still there he would have heard it and at least looked to see what was going on.
So I crept closer to the top of hill, being careful not to kick any corn stalks.
Finally spotted it curled up with stalks blocking my view of it except where shoulder is, decided to shoot off hand from 70 yds, hit it and a fox jumped up and ran 20 yds and fell over!
Lol, I never got a good look at it til it got up.
Been five or more years since I stalked a fox.

Last edited by Tactical.20; 01/05/18 08:20 PM.
Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6114751
01/05/18 08:20 PM
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Picture soon, nice red male.
One year before mange killed them off I shot 78 by stalking

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6114870
01/05/18 09:33 PM
01/05/18 09:33 PM
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NW Arkansas
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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6114931
01/05/18 10:03 PM
01/05/18 10:03 PM
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I hope you didn't just kill the last red in northwest Iowa!

Joking of course, nicely done T.20, good looking fox too.


Eh...wot?

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6114935
01/05/18 10:05 PM
01/05/18 10:05 PM
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Central Oregon
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Nice


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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6114990
01/05/18 10:46 PM
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No, I'm seeing fox tracks in several places, we will never see high numbers of them again probably, caught two this year, all three were males
It would be fun if ia had fox like pa does

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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115036
01/05/18 11:19 PM
01/05/18 11:19 PM
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Maine, Aroostook
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Pretty animal. Nice!

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115102
01/06/18 12:21 AM
01/06/18 12:21 AM
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Nice looking red.

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115135
01/06/18 01:06 AM
01/06/18 01:06 AM
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T20, that is one more beauty of a red fox. Nice stalk

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115142
01/06/18 01:17 AM
01/06/18 01:17 AM
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Thanks, bullet hit foot, tail, chest had good hole in it, sure better to shoot with a good rest, at least I didn't miss
Thanks guys, he had more fleas than all my last 51 coyote, lol
About one in ten coyote even have a flea, never used to be like that

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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115369
01/06/18 10:42 AM
01/06/18 10:42 AM
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That's why the thrill never goes away. Never know what or how things shape up until the end. Nice work!!


"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground".
Genesis 1:26
Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115423
01/06/18 11:13 AM
01/06/18 11:13 AM
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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: 330-Trapper] #6115507
01/06/18 12:22 PM
01/06/18 12:22 PM
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In the south central Pa Mounta...
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In the south central Pa Mounta...
Nice shooting!!


I don’t trap because I want to
I trap because I have to
Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115656
01/06/18 03:07 PM
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I was actually slightly disappointed it wasn't a coyote, a fox isn't as hard to stalk normally.
I think I shot 13 of last 15 stalks on coyote, it's fun out smarting them

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6115704
01/06/18 04:03 PM
01/06/18 04:03 PM
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Western N Y
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Cherry Red, sweet.

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6116260
01/06/18 11:57 PM
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Might be a few coyotes out tomorrow

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6116331
01/07/18 02:47 AM
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Excellent, nice fox

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6116592
01/07/18 10:29 AM
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I couldn't tell what bullet hit first, chest tail or foot

Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6116952
01/07/18 03:27 PM
01/07/18 03:27 PM
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Way to go.Congrats


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Re: White Death strikes again! [Re: Tactical.20] #6117191
01/07/18 06:18 PM
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Thanks! Hoping for time to get out on my snow shoes

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