longbow62
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Looks like gray's, red's and coyotes as others have noted. Gray foxes can be very vocal. It reminds me of a beagle with laryngitis. They can be very unwary of humans.
I used to do a lot of predator hunting and it got to the point I would not shoot any any more Gray's. It was just to easy. Besides I like watching them.
I have called many up with them seeming unafraid even after seeing me. I once while in my tree stand accidentally dropped an arrow with brightly colored orange fletching off my bow string and it stuck straight up in the ground. A gray came by and saw it. The crazy thing smelled the fletching then reared back and attacked the arrow leaving little teeth marks on the wood shaft, and messing up my feathers. I shooed him off and the fox just looked at me a minute and went on his way. Another time I had made a mock scrape and one came up smelled it then proceeded to roll in it. Same deal I said hey fox and he looked up at me for a minute and walked off. The most bizarre encounter I ever had with a gray was when I was walking out from checking a game cam. I was walking down a shallow creek and saw this gray fox sitting off the back about 15 yards away. We were about eye to eye since I was down in the creek. I started barking at the fox and it started barking back at me. This went on for several minutes. I finally just started walking on out and the fox just sat there watching me leave.
Also one season I kept seeing a group of three several times. One had been severely injured and had a horrible limp. He would always come through well behind the other two. He appeared fat and healthy other than the bad limp. I don't think he could catch anything on his own. I suspect they were sharing whatever they caught with the injured one. Gray fox can also climb trees, which puts them at an advantage over the red fox in dog or coyote confrontations.
I can't comment much on reds because I have never once called one up. I have also never saw a red while deer hunting. I have spent an awful lot of time sitting in a tree too. I think they are more nocturnal than gray's generally, and prefer more pasture type settings rather than woods and thickets. I have always considered their population to be considerably less than that of gray's at least where I live. I have seen a few reds in the daylight out of a vehicle, but even that's been rare. Mostly if I have seen one it's been crossing he road at night.
Coyotes I never cared for and I have called up and shot a bunch of them over the years. They are the hardest out of all the predators to call up and kill. It's like they come full speed seconds after you start calling or it's like 20 minutes in and being very cautious. It's like a coin flip if your going to kill one even if you call one up. They are very wary using every sense eyes, nose, and hearing. One whiff and they are gone. Coyotes where I live very often have Mange. I killed one this past turkey season. There were two, and both had a very serious case of the Mange. I have seen coyotes chasing or harassing deer many times. I'm not a shoot everything I see on sight, and have let many walk I easily could have shot. I would rather call them up while predator hunting.
I used to do a lot of predator hunting and it got to the point I would not shoot any any more Gray's. It was just to easy. Besides I like watching them.
I have called many up with them seeming unafraid even after seeing me. I once while in my tree stand accidentally dropped an arrow with brightly colored orange fletching off my bow string and it stuck straight up in the ground. A gray came by and saw it. The crazy thing smelled the fletching then reared back and attacked the arrow leaving little teeth marks on the wood shaft, and messing up my feathers. I shooed him off and the fox just looked at me a minute and went on his way. Another time I had made a mock scrape and one came up smelled it then proceeded to roll in it. Same deal I said hey fox and he looked up at me for a minute and walked off. The most bizarre encounter I ever had with a gray was when I was walking out from checking a game cam. I was walking down a shallow creek and saw this gray fox sitting off the back about 15 yards away. We were about eye to eye since I was down in the creek. I started barking at the fox and it started barking back at me. This went on for several minutes. I finally just started walking on out and the fox just sat there watching me leave.
Also one season I kept seeing a group of three several times. One had been severely injured and had a horrible limp. He would always come through well behind the other two. He appeared fat and healthy other than the bad limp. I don't think he could catch anything on his own. I suspect they were sharing whatever they caught with the injured one. Gray fox can also climb trees, which puts them at an advantage over the red fox in dog or coyote confrontations.
I can't comment much on reds because I have never once called one up. I have also never saw a red while deer hunting. I have spent an awful lot of time sitting in a tree too. I think they are more nocturnal than gray's generally, and prefer more pasture type settings rather than woods and thickets. I have always considered their population to be considerably less than that of gray's at least where I live. I have seen a few reds in the daylight out of a vehicle, but even that's been rare. Mostly if I have seen one it's been crossing he road at night.
Coyotes I never cared for and I have called up and shot a bunch of them over the years. They are the hardest out of all the predators to call up and kill. It's like they come full speed seconds after you start calling or it's like 20 minutes in and being very cautious. It's like a coin flip if your going to kill one even if you call one up. They are very wary using every sense eyes, nose, and hearing. One whiff and they are gone. Coyotes where I live very often have Mange. I killed one this past turkey season. There were two, and both had a very serious case of the Mange. I have seen coyotes chasing or harassing deer many times. I'm not a shoot everything I see on sight, and have let many walk I easily could have shot. I would rather call them up while predator hunting.
