Predator Call

I feel that one of the easiest predators to call is the fox.  In fact, the very first critter that I ever called was a gray fox.  He responded to my game call the very first time I ever blew it in the woods.  I was a ten year old boy and I had never seen a gray fox in the wild until that evening.  Since that day, I have called hundreds of gray foxes and a few reds in the Texas Hill Country.  It is rare to call a fox where the coyote population is high for coyotes will prey on the lesser predators.

While the gray fox is not a large predator, he generally responds very aggressively to distress sounds, taking a direct line to the predator call.  It is not until he is very close to the source of the sound that he attempts to gain wind advantage.  Perhaps the reason for this behavior is due to the fact that the fox’s olfactory senses are not as good as some other predators such as the coyote.