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Old 10-11-2009, 08:59 PM
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Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

A little help would be greatly appreciated as google keeps turning out australian websites and American Websites.
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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

If you put Fox Caller in to Google and click on UK too, you should find that the first hit will solve your problem!
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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

Type in fox CALLER on ebay as fox appear to be a make of refferees whisle, several there now.
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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

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A little help would be greatly appreciated as google keeps turning out australian websites and American Websites.
If pics of dead coyotes don't bother you there are some excellent calls in MP3 at the bottom of this page:

Coyote Calling with Free MP3 Sounds

Jackrabbit distress (hare), Cottontail distress (rabbit) & the High Pitched Squeal are probably the most useful for use in the UK. You could try putting the files on your phone (if it has a built-in speaker) and see if that works. Alternatively, you could try calling using your hand (suck on the palm, you have far more control than the usual 'kissing the back of your hand' usually recommended) and use the MP3's to see if you are making the right noise.

I've been calling foxes for thirty years now I suppose, with practice you'll get better results using your hand than any call in my experience - though the hare calls are very loud and are useful for calling in distant, unseen foxes.

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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

I think Jonathan is spot on re sucking the back of the palm. I first read about this a while ago on WAB of course It costs nothing, and with practice as Jonathan says should get better results.

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A small piece of polystyrene, damp the corner with your tounge, wipe it across a piece of glass.
Give it a try, it costs nothing and works really well.
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Re: Want to buy a fox whistle! dont know where..

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A small piece of polystyrene, damp the corner with your tounge, wipe it across a piece of glass.
Give it a try, it costs nothing and works really well.
Yep, that works well too Snake. You can get an excellent high-pitched mouse-like squeek using polystyrene, which will sometimes bring in wary foxes when a rabbit distress doesn't work.

If one call doesn't work it's sometimes worth varying them. Try blowing the 'squeak' thing cut out of a squeaky toy, or put a blade of grass between your thumbs pressed together as if praying, and blow across that (supposed to make a sound like a roe kid). Listen to alarmed young bantam chicks and try to immitate their call - a simple 'seep' sound that becomes louder and more agitated as they become alarmed - that can work too at times.

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A little help would be greatly appreciated as google keeps turning out australian websites and American Websites.
there is a really good one at foxcalluk.co.uk, i really want t lol.

good luck finding one!
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