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Rich Higgins
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posted February 02, 2003 10:22 AM
On the first stand this morning, Tyler and I called in and filmed 2 fox, a hummingbird, a wolf and a man.
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Leonard
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posted February 02, 2003 11:57 AM
Rich, I've decided that this is a "teaser". Was the wolf on a leash? What kind of hummingbird? We have many black chinned here, you may have Anna's or Calliope? We did have one migrating Allen's last fall, quite an event, he intimidated the residents. Two foxes suggest gray fox, I can't remember the last time I called a kit fox in the daytime.
Remember that deep ravine across from the melon patch by the freeway? We went along the fence to a ranch gate, and turned off into the state trust, where we made a stand. Ten minutes later we called in a man with a two foot length of pipe in each hand, determined to break up the "fight". Had to let him go.
Good hunting. LB
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20t-n-t
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posted February 02, 2003 12:24 PM
Leonard thats to good, LMAO...
Hunt smarter
Slydog
Still LMAO
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Rich Higgins
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posted February 02, 2003 03:20 PM
Leonard, the foxes were greys, the hummingbird was a pitbull, and the wolf was an 84% hybrid, not on a leash and came in 100 yards ahead of the man. The hummingbird would fly down and hover just over and slightly behind my head everytime I blew a series on the AP6. This continued through the 30 minute stand. I don't know why they were named "hummingbirds" this one sounded like a mini chainsaw. The wolf hybrid came along the base of the hill until he was directly below us and then came straight up to 20 yards or so and then pretended to ignore us. Would not look at us regardless what sound I made. Maybe it was intimidated by the hummingbird. The man followed the wolf to the base of the hill and stood there looking for the source of the sound for several minutes until Tyler and I stood up and waved. We walked down and talked to him for a while and he told us where the coyotes hang out during the day. We drove over there for the second stand, walked back in 200 yards and just as we sat down Tyler pointed down at the bike trail about 150 yards where a biker was standing next to his bike with his Spandex pulled down taking a leak. After he got on the bike and started down the trail, I howled once and in just a couple of seconds a coyote walked into view 30 yards down the hill. It had to have been in the wash below us when we set up. I hadn't been in that area for several years and it's all housing developements now. Bike and hiking trails everywhere.
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moses man
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posted February 02, 2003 09:47 PM
This place is great , i have not laughed this much in months . Rich , i gotta go callin with you some time . up here all i ever get is the occasional farm dog trying to eat me , and once in a while a real P---ed of Bull . I dont howl around bulls anymore . J.
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Greenside
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posted February 03, 2003 02:03 PM
Saturday afternoon,my calling partner and I went out for a quick stand. We got set up and we both did a couple of howls. Dogs barking on a farm yard about one half mile away. Waited a couple of more minutes and we both howled again, dogs barking at a quarter mile away. A few minutes later my partner started into some distress calls. I hear snarling in his direction and looked his way just as he was stands up and starts yelling and screaming, and running down the hill, while waving his arms. I couldn't see what happened, but as it turned out he had a two German Sherpards show up and they were not real happy to see him. He did manage to run them off.
After all that commotion, he returned to the stand,sat down and did a couple of voice howls and I howled a couple of times on a Song Dog. He started again on the distress. Ten minutes later a pair of coyotes came charging me,on their way to the call. I barked and stopped the first one, and put him down at about 40 yds. The second one took off, and I started barking at him to stop him, while I trying to chamber another round. Somehow I manage to jack and then jam two rounds into the receiver, just as I get him stopped at about 125 yards. When I finally managed to get a round chambered, I missed him at about 250yard.
Calling coyotes can be alot of fun! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Dennis
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Locohead
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posted February 03, 2003 07:36 PM
We have lots of urban red foxes around my neighborhood. One night, I thought I would test out my new Nikon flash and so I headed to the local high school football field. I hid real cool like and proceeded to call in a college kid. He came jogging everytime while I called, and stopped everytime I stopped. I was hoping he would go away but he kept coming. After he was about 20 yards off and standing there staring at me, I stood up to let him know it was a human. He immediately turned around, and being self conscious, I called out to him to explain that I wasn't crazy. He then started jogging away.
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Rich Higgins
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posted February 03, 2003 09:19 PM
Jerry, if you do move to Arizona next year. We will definitely do some calling together. We get our share of farm dogs too. More than our share of joggers and bikers and other hunters. It used to annoy us when someone would bust a stand, now we just change our focus and target them. It can be entertaining.
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Krustyklimber
prefers the bunny hugger pronunciation: ky o tee
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posted February 03, 2003 09:53 PM
I love hummingbirds.
Living here at sea level I have hummingbirds all year long.
This picture was taken from my computer desk out the living room window (he's about nine feet from me with the window wide open). Sorry the scan came out kinda dirty.
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Leonard
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posted February 03, 2003 11:00 PM
Cool! Looks like a Black chin to me. See the identifying white spot back of the eye? I have a few that stay the winter, but summer is standing room only. LB
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Rich Higgins
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posted February 04, 2003 05:18 AM
Leonard,the one hat was harrassing me ha a gray body and a solid black head and throat. Do you know what it was?
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Leonard
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posted February 04, 2003 09:27 AM
Although they are not known to be a desert species, my guess is that you were attacked by a migrating male black-chin? The gorget can appear dark at some times, and brilliant irridescent rosy red, at others, depending on the light angles. They also have a white spot on the reverse of each interior tailfeather, if they flare it for you.
They have a knack of getting directly behind your head and changing the frequency of the wing beat. Turn your head, and they are gone, they seldom look you in the face when they are threatening. They are always quarrelsome with each other, however, when the young leave the nest, I have seen six roosting on the same feeder, obviously family groups. Normal situation is continuous dog fights.
I have four feeders strung along the back porch, (to limit territorial problems) they put on quite a show, at the expense of almost a quart of nectar per day.
Good hunting. LB
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