Frozen leaves and no wind made it sound as if I were walking on Corn Flakes approaching my stand. I knew I would easily be able to hear anything answering the call. With the crunching and rustling of leaves the predator charged in on a dead run. The jackrabbit distress was blaring on the E-call. Not surprised as I raised my gun to see it was a grey fox. She slammed on the breaks at 18 yards and one shot from the twenty gauge dropped her without a twitch. No matter how many times this happens to me I still get that blood pumping excitement that was felt the first time. It was a female with beautiful full fur—a true trophy in my book. The grey fox in my opinion is one of the most bullish and brave little critters to roam the woods. It never ceases to amaze me how brave they really are. The ability to climb trees has kept the grey fox in my area from being wiped out by the coyote. Yes, they climb trees and quite well too.
Everyone seems to have a sure fire method for calling the grey fox. Some will tell you of the famed Grey fox pup distress while others swear by the grey fox fight. Whatever you choose, the grey fox is a trophy predator. I would like to hear about your favorite grey gox calling sound, send me an email and let me know.



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Firearms like this one can be found at a fraction of it's original cost.

     What does WTS mean? If your not farmiliar with that abreveation its time I introduce you to it. Want to sell, and it can be found in classified ads all over the internet. You can come across some great hunting gear at a fraction of the original cost. I am currently looking at a Johnny Stewart PM3 call for 65 dollars shipped. Or how about a Fox Pro FX5 with 185 sounds and a Fox Pro bag for $400 or best offer. In the last ten minutes I have seen some great deals on everything from dies and reloading gear to camouflage and rifles. Lets face it the economy is not in the best of shape and fellow hunters need to make ends meet. This is a sad fact but the fact is they need the money for bills and you need some new gear. Check your favorite forums to see if they have a classified section, you might not know what you're missing. Have you ever made a buy from a classified ad? Email me and let me know what you got for a great deal.


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     The trail was easy to follow because the snow was painted red with blood from the wounded coyote. I had made what I thought was a good shot but apparently it wasn't. After three hundred yards the coyote crossed a frozen pond fed by running water. The ice held the coyote but, I was unwilling to risk it all to chase him. It always keeps me up at night knowing I didn't recover a dead coyote or worse leaving a mortally wounded one out in the field. After seeing that blood trail I had to wonder how much blood is in a coyote? I have seen deer lose what seemed to be half that and expire in under a hundred yards. After posing this question, My buddy Garett and I did some research  and this is what we came up with.

Canines carry 1.3 fluid ounces of blood per pound. So a thirty eight pound coyote would carry roughly 49.4 ounces of blood or 6.175 cups in its system. Figuring out what amount of blood loss would make the coyote expire is almost impossible. But, in humans thirty percent of total blood loss is where the real trouble begins. So for sake of argument I will say a coyote is tougher than a human and say forty percent.   That coyote would have to loose 19.76 ounces of blood or 2.5 cups to loose motor function. Blood has close to the same consistency as milk so here is your science project. Take two and a half cups of milk and let it drip, not pour in a trail. Then take a picture and send it in. I will post it up here cause your as crazy as I am. 

In summary this information tells us that all the data in the world wont make up for a bad shot. It is interesting though isn't it.

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     Tonight is the night I planned on hunting the bait. The wind was right and there should be just enough bait left for a hunt. Shock came over me as I got close to the bait site. The whole thicket field was gone. Brush hogged from tree line to tree line. Now what? Well it didn't matter because the coyotes came back and chewed through the nylon strap as they usually do. From drop off to destruction this deer lasted a total of six days. By the time the wind was in my favor the bait was gone. My guess is that there were two maybe three coyotes feeding on this bait.


This is a heavy duty nylon strap chewed through

  Once coyotes know the bait is available and plentiful there is less pressure to feed. Leaving them no reason to rush into the bait at nightfall. My plan is to let them struggle a little this week without my handout. I will refresh the bait site after three or four days and there should be hot early evening action by day two or three. Provided the wind is right.

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Turkey vultures can do real damage to a bait site

     Day two proved to have no takers upon inspection. I knew it was only a matter of time, the coyotes would find it soon. Having already taken two coyotes from this site I figured it may take the ravenous racket of crows to call in the next group of coyotes. Day three brought me a big surprise. I noticed movement as I approached the bait...turkey vultures! If you've never seen an adult vulture they are quite a sight. Most standing three feet tall with a wingspread of over six feet. They had begun to tear and rip the flesh from the rear of the roadkill. The vultures spooked from the bait circling the site like a pack of ...well vultures. Upon their spooking it flushed the crows that had taken up residence in the trees. It was almost eerie to be surrounded by so many vultures and crows. However I knew the battle these carrion grazers were waging was going to bring in the coyotes. Lets see what happens in the next few days!

Here the ravens and vultures have been feeding.



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