Wildlife agency cites disease, habitat loss, and predator pressure as contributing factors behind emergency closure. A stealthy woodland predator with tree-climbing skills and a secretive nature is vanishing from Illinois forests. In July 2025, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources … [Read More]
Fox Hunting
Sounds to Use for Calling Red Foxes
This is an excerpt from Andrew Lewand’s article “Seeing Red,” which appeared in the January 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Andrew Lewand Most red fox hunters rely on prey distress sounds for their calling efforts. The truth is that certain sounds are more … [Read More]
Scientists: Red Foxes Use Magnetic Field to Help Them Hunt
A Discovery Channel video shows how red foxes pinpoint field mice buried deep beneath snow using their incredible hearing and the magnetic field of the North Pole. “He almost always comes up empty handed, unless he’s facing north,” the narrator … [Read More]
Judging Distance at Night While Predator Hunting
By Dave Kaprocki Before you can learn to judge distance at night, you have to know what kind of light-beam your light produces. Is it a small hand-held light, a 6-volt headlight or a large spotlight? Your light source determines … [Read More]
Predator Hunting Tips: Roll With the Changes
Adapt to seasonal conditions to call more predators [Read More]
Video: Mousing Fox Takes Nose Dive
You never know what you’ll see in the wild. Videographer Jay Ellioff caught this red fox mousing on video just down the road from our offices in Iola. It’s spectacular footage of a predator in its element.
Arizona Gray Fox Calling
Reader Mark Healy submitted this video on the forum. He calls in a gray fox while on an Arizona scouting outing.
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Reader Video: Calling in Young Fox
Forum user Lion Caller submitted this video of he and his son calling in a young gray fox on an Arizona hunt.
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