Ithaca 37
12-22-2002, 08:44 AM
Yesterday was great! Cars and trucks sliding off the road everywhere as we drove to our hunting spot. So bad we actually debated turning around. But there's nothing better than a few inches of fresh snow for bird hunting. That, and a 5 mile an hour breeze made for perfect scenting conditions. Scout was picking up scent of coveys three hundred yards away and pointing them from 75 yards. First time it happened I misjudged where the birds were by 50 yards! smilies/biggrin.gif Then I realized what was happening and adjusted for it.
As I was following some five hour old chukar tracks I found where another animal was following them, too. Small tracks almost the size of a small housecat. Had me wondering for a couple of minutes but realized it had to be a kit fox. Here's a picture:
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/kit_fox.htm
http://www.floodlight-findings.com/2redfox/kitfox.html
They usually aren't out in the daylight. He had the chukars pretty jumpy so we had a hard time approaching them but that was OK. It was a thrill knowing a kit fox was around!
For you other chukar hunters---we were finding the birds two hundred yards from the rims out in the sagebrush flats.
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 12-22-2002 09:49: Message edited by: Ithaca 37 ]</font>
As I was following some five hour old chukar tracks I found where another animal was following them, too. Small tracks almost the size of a small housecat. Had me wondering for a couple of minutes but realized it had to be a kit fox. Here's a picture:
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/kit_fox.htm
http://www.floodlight-findings.com/2redfox/kitfox.html
They usually aren't out in the daylight. He had the chukars pretty jumpy so we had a hard time approaching them but that was OK. It was a thrill knowing a kit fox was around!
For you other chukar hunters---we were finding the birds two hundred yards from the rims out in the sagebrush flats.
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 12-22-2002 09:49: Message edited by: Ithaca 37 ]</font>