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Offline wolftrapper

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Had a great day Monday
« on: February 04, 2014, 05:05:20 PM »
Made three stands Monday morning.  Called in three coyotes on the first stand, closest one was thirty feet. He heard the safety click, and booked.  Running shot, missed. 

Second stand, five coyotes come at me at once.  They are about 350 yds out, coming in a ragged line, across an alfalfa field.  I maintain until they are about 125 to 150 yds, then drop one.  The others scatter, and after they stop, I give a puppy distress, and one comes charging back in.  I drop him at about 100 yds.  I try puppy distress again, and the first coyote gets up, and runs off.  The others clear out.  I find lots of blood, and follow the track for about half a mile....blood stops, coyote keeps going into private property.  DANG, I hate when that happens.

I look around for stragglers for a while, saw nothing, and head up the road.  I drive about four miles, to my next hunting area, and there is this fox.  He trots off into a stubble field, and I go up a shallow gully, parallel to his line of travel. After about 150 yds. I stop, and give a weak, rabbit distress.  He comes running in about ten seconds, can't stop him, even though I bark, squeak, cuss, he keeps coming.  I'm shooting a .222 Rem, with Hornady 50 gr V-Max.  I'm concerned about pelt damage.  He finally stops about 100 feet away.  He is facing me, but not directly.  I put the crosshairs right on the point of his shoulder, and fire.  He's down, and when I rolled him over....no exit wound!  YAY!

Don't know how many of you have had five show up at once, but it's difficult to maintain, under those circumstances....at least for me.  I had all five at once, in my field of view in my scope.  I picked the one that looked the oldest...his ears stuck out to the sides, like a lop-eared rabbit, he looked a bit like that Yoda character, from Star Wars.  He was big, too.  Hate to wound an animal, but it happens.  That's a small target, when they are facing you.  Need to focus better.

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014, 05:21:30 PM »
Thats a beautiful fox!!!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014, 05:22:20 PM »
Congrats!!! Man I want a fox.
Slinging arrows and flinging lead is in my blood!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014, 06:50:18 PM »
So jealous... Lucky you!!! congrats :tup: :tup: :tup:

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014, 09:25:44 PM »
Thats is awesome.   Great job.  The most I have called in was 3.  I shot with them with the old 870 shot gun and got a double.  Nice fox!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2014, 04:11:54 PM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2014, 04:15:44 PM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!

Where did he say this was in Washington?
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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2014, 04:17:59 PM »
Small game regs say September thru March no limit on fox in washington. Show me otherwise please.
Congrats on a good hunt

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2014, 04:18:19 PM »
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Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!

What the hell are you talking about? Fox hunting is perfectly legal in most of the state. Here is the info direct from the regs:

Fox: Daily bag limit- none
Season: Statewide Sept 1-March 15.
Closed within the exterior boundries of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan, Wenatchee, and Gifford Pinchot Ntnl Forest and GMUs 407 and 410.

Make sure you know what you are talking about before you run your mouth.

Great hunt by the way!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2014, 04:19:46 PM »
I didn't even check the regs but even more of a reason not to come on spouting off.  :bdid:
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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2014, 04:21:40 PM »
Oh, oh. Another uninformed hunter spewing typical BS they have not a clue about.........
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2014, 04:25:38 PM »
Fox in Washington is on my list of to do's........


Very nice job...... :tup:
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2014, 04:39:27 PM »
good day foresure,I wanna go poach a fox sunday  :bash: awesome fox by the way

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2014, 04:47:54 PM »
good day foresure,I wanna go poach a fox sunday  :bash: awesome fox by the way



With the 17WSM I hope ? I ordered a Boyds stock for mine yesterday.
I couldn't care less about what anybody says..............

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2014, 05:36:26 PM »
 :IBCOOL:Thanks for all of the POSITIVE feedback, guys.  As for the other......guess.

I hope that you all get your fox.  Let me know where I can find the "poached fox" recipe, will you?

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2014, 06:06:44 PM »
Awesome job. I lost a fox I shot in mt this year.  congrats  :tup:

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2014, 07:04:38 PM »
Nice fur pilgrim.

Did you shoot them with a Savage.06Shot
cause we seem to be low on that ammo............... :sry:

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2014, 07:19:35 PM »
savage.06 I think you need to take a little time to read the regs yourself!! nice job....btw!!
Right place, at the right time...

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2014, 07:24:15 PM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!

Pilgrim alert move along folks no poaching to report here!  :chuckle:
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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2014, 07:55:01 PM »
good day foresure,I wanna go poach a fox sunday  :bash: awesome fox by the way



With the 17WSM I hope ? I ordered a Boyds stock for mine yesterday.
oyeah that gun is my lil baby,love it

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2014, 08:01:23 PM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!

Pilgrim alert move along folks no poaching to report here!  :chuckle:

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2014, 11:13:14 PM »
Nice Fox!

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2014, 12:47:30 AM »
omg ! sell me that fox please ? that is a nice one ! :tup:

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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2014, 09:16:43 AM »
Awesome! Good job!


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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2014, 09:19:32 AM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!
TROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL?

That would be a great day for me very cool.
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Re: Had a great day Monday
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2014, 10:40:09 AM »
Poaching is illegal watch your *censored* you ignorant *censored*! Fox hunting in the state of Washington is illegal check your regs!
It looks like YOU are the ignorant one....

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