HARDCORE

witlxxit talking. Justin will sik-ntly point
his linger in tlx- direction lx- warns mc
to line up tlx - canoc w lx-n we're w ithin
the - last 50 yards of tlx- coon.
Sometimes lx- warns tlx- canoc slightly
angled to nuke a partkular six*, so
iivtcad of talking, he points Work out
a few hand signals lx-fore k-aving the
IxHise. A coon will cenainly hear any
human vofce. no nutter how quktly
whispered.
Critter Calling
Ilx- easiest way Ls to |xill tlx- Ixut up
on tlx- Ixink and set up dose by. Ibis
is no different llun parking vixir vehi-
cle ami walking into the fiekl to call.
11x- advantage is that ycxi are likely to
lx - in country wlx-re no one has ever
called before. As with any set. w ind is a
factor, so key on it ami keep in mind,
with tlx- Ixink al yrxir Ixick, tlx*y can't
circle lx-hind you.
Ilx- cxlx-r technique is to positk>n
tlx- canex- w ithin 20 yards of tlx- Ixink,
anchor, ami tlx-n call while silting quietly.
Ihis technique is rvx as effective
at night, as critters nuy conx* right up
to tlx- Ixink withcxit any warning, nuking
it diflxult to get into posjtkxi for a
slxx witlxxit lx-ing Ixistcd. At dawn
ami dusk, with a t»t of light, calling
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from tlx- Ixxit can lx- deadly since ycxi
luve the opprxtunity to see tlx-m coming
before they're riglit on top of you.
End Of Ibe Trip
For once tlx- weatherman was right,
and at I a.m. tlx- snow started falling,
ami the wind picked up. We still had
three mik-s to go Ixit didn't care; we
were luving a lull. We floated past a
huge tree that had falk-n into tlx- water
wlx-n Justin signaled nx- lx- spotted
eyes 75 yards alx-ad. I lined up tlxc-ancx-
while he- gn with tlxrifle.
At 50 yards we sini|)ly Id the current
push us slowly downstream.
W ahin 30 yards we see it's a red fox
sniffing around some logs on the Ixink.
Justin NIT c|uk-tly with tlx- gun ready :LS
we drifted to within 20 yards. I lxim|xxl
ilx- patklk- against the skk- of tlx- canoe
in an attempt to keep it straight, aixl
tlx- fox ran offi It happens.
Farther akxig. with snow falling, we
s|Xit a ccxOT at tlx - water's edge. I |Xisitk>n
tlx- canoe. Justin rcaclx-s tlx- rifle,
ami we drift down to vviihin 10 yards.
After tlx- slxx ilx- CTXMI rolls into tlxwater.
W'e retrieved the ctx>n ami kept
mewing.
In tlx- last mile of cxir flcut the wind
was Itkivving Ixiri/ontally upstream into
cxir faces. It was lurd to see. squinting,
with sleet hitting cxir eyes. We rounded
one more Ix-nd and spotted the la>t
ccxin of tlx- night rooting arcxind scxix-
IXVLSI) along tlx- Ixink. nuking it easy
for us to drift over to him and put ilx*
last prinx - hick - in the Ixxit.
CXir final ecxint of aninuls s|xxted
was It) cxxxis, iwo fox, frxir Ix-avers,
lified
at night, nuking everything vxxi do a
link- nxxe challenging Tlx- reward is
thai ganx- animals are exit foraging, ami
it's ama/ing wlut ycxill see.
This kiml of hunt is a real treasure,
an adventure, kiml of like lx -ing on a
niglutinx - safari.