First one for the New Year
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:18 am
I went out to a place yesterday I'd never hunted before. A lady that owned some land had complained to her neighbor about the coyotes around her place. She said her daughter had seen coyotes chasing a deer through their yard and it was almost a nightly event hearing them howling behind her house. The neighbor was talking to a guy I know and was wondering if he knew of anyone that hunted them. He gave him my name and number and we had a meeting with the lady.
Not knowing the lay of the property, I went out their around 8:00 AM to check it out. The wind was blowing about 15 to 18 mph out of the south, ideal direction since I was coming in from the north. I didn't have the best set up because of the terrain. There was a small grassy patch about 60 by 35 yards between two small draws leading into a bigger wooded draw that ran behind the lady's house. Due to the wind direction, I sat across the draw next to the field so if one came out down wind I could see it before it hit my scent stream.
Since this area had never been hunted, I thought I would try calling different than I usually start. I had the FoxPro sitting in the taller grass in the middle of the patch about 45 yards away.
I started it up with some challenge howls and then went into the jack rabbit. About 30 seconds after I hit the jack rabbit, this coyote came running up out of the draw about 30 yards from the FoxPro. It ran right up to within 5-6 feet of the Pro and stopped and looked at it. The instant it stopped, I shot and dropped him right there, no spin, just drop dead.
He weighed 42.5 lbs., had a very large head, a white tipped tail, dark hair on the front of his front legs and an over all nice coat. I've wanted to get a full body mount of a coyote for a long time and decided this guy would look good mounted. He's at the taxidermist now. I shot him with a Sierra 39 BK. A tiny .20 caliber entrance and no exit. I'll post pictures when I get him back.
Not knowing the lay of the property, I went out their around 8:00 AM to check it out. The wind was blowing about 15 to 18 mph out of the south, ideal direction since I was coming in from the north. I didn't have the best set up because of the terrain. There was a small grassy patch about 60 by 35 yards between two small draws leading into a bigger wooded draw that ran behind the lady's house. Due to the wind direction, I sat across the draw next to the field so if one came out down wind I could see it before it hit my scent stream.
Since this area had never been hunted, I thought I would try calling different than I usually start. I had the FoxPro sitting in the taller grass in the middle of the patch about 45 yards away.
I started it up with some challenge howls and then went into the jack rabbit. About 30 seconds after I hit the jack rabbit, this coyote came running up out of the draw about 30 yards from the FoxPro. It ran right up to within 5-6 feet of the Pro and stopped and looked at it. The instant it stopped, I shot and dropped him right there, no spin, just drop dead.
He weighed 42.5 lbs., had a very large head, a white tipped tail, dark hair on the front of his front legs and an over all nice coat. I've wanted to get a full body mount of a coyote for a long time and decided this guy would look good mounted. He's at the taxidermist now. I shot him with a Sierra 39 BK. A tiny .20 caliber entrance and no exit. I'll post pictures when I get him back.
Thats a nice coyote right there!! Congratulations!! 