I haven't been on here in a while because of graduating from college, getting a job, moving, and all that fun crap.
But now I live as far west in NC as you can get and work on a large cattle farm with a healthy population of bobcats and coyotes. Just recently the farm was issued a permit to spotlight coyotes. Man what a blast!
Just a few days after that my coyote hunting buddy called me and said he had been on the farm the night before and had called in 7 coyotes and not hit a one becuase he didn't have anybody to hold the light for him. I must admit it is pretty hard to spotlight and shoot at the same time without a scope mounted light. So from then on my wife goes and holds the spotlight for the two of us to shoot. I have only been able to go spotlighting 3 times and the first time was the only time I saw any action. I managed to bag one with my .204 on the run after he had been launched into action by my buddy's .22 hornet. The other two times we have been able to lacate them but not able to call them within range. Then tonight I managed to get away from working cows about 30 min before dark and decided I would go thin out some of the bobcat population. I set up in the edge of a pasture where I had seen one back in the spring. I used a few different bird distress calls, and just sat back and waited. Then just like I had hoped right before dark I caught something out of the corner of my eye and it was a bobcat not 40 yards away. So I put the crosshairs on him and squeezed the trigger....nothing. Dummy me had forgot to put a shell in the chamber!
So I hastily cycled one in there, regrouped and squeezed the trigger again. This time the cat did just what you would expect him to do when he meets up with a 32 grain v-max right in the chest. Thats right, just fall into a heap and not even twitch. Now that you've had too read all my ramblings... here is a pic of the cat. Sorry but no coyote pics becuase my wife had temporarily misplaced the camera for the last few coyotes.
