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goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/19/24 11:43 PM
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So my 7 year olds wanted to start a YouTube channel, but they're 7... so I threw out the idea of what if we did a series of videos calling foxes with strange stuff? I have done this hand squeaking technique since HS or before, so we tried "calling one bare handed." I got one to come in, based on the barking in the brush, but that video was kind of a bust. This weekend at the ranch we tried a little kid's musical instrument and had a fox come in good. What else should we try that's goofy, silly, nontraditional that might work? I'm thinking in season we might try and shoot one with a pink cricket 22 or something. I REALLY want to try and call one with a crying newborn. I missed the chance with my own kids. Nearly have to be a recording, unless somebody has a really outdoorsy baby mamma lol. Any more ideas?
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/20/24 12:05 AM
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All the dogs I kwil try to tearthe sqeaker out of chew toys.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/20/24 10:26 PM
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I actually bought some $1 squeaky toys, pulled the squeaker out and popped the primer out of a couple 45-70 cases and put the squeakers in them. They work pretty good.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/20/24 11:56 PM
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I got a case of Primos mouse squeakers on ebay from a store going out of business. I have them all over the place.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/22/24 02:22 PM
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I have done the dog squeakers to actual calls, but just lipsqueak most of the time.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/22/24 08:03 PM
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Curiosity will get them too. I was deer hunting last year and a bobcat came by about 75 yards away. I started tapping two small rocks together and it came up to about 20 yards trying to figure out what the sound was.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/23/24 09:58 AM
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Not so much a call, but hang a turkey feather by a string on a day with a breeze. All sorts of critters wiill check it out. Best of luck!
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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08/24/24 02:38 PM
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Now that's a good idea! Just hang one in video range of the deer stand... might pick up an interesting video.
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Re: goofy things to call varmints with?
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09/02/24 01:00 AM
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Now that's a good idea! Just hang one in video range of the deer stand... might pick up an interesting video. I hang something over most of my foothold traps. Feathers are bad about getting hung up in lower limbs of trees. I use old compact disks now and they spin/flash. Bobcats have to see what's going on with them.
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