I thought you all might enjoy the scenery where my first North Dakota coyote was taken. A couple weeks ago a friend took me out where he hunts coyotes. I brought another friend’s Remington 700 VL-SS in .204. The story for this coyote isn’t very exciting since this one didn’t come into a call. From the road we saw this one pouncing on a mouse and I was dropped off to put the sneak on him. It took me a good ten minutes to get into position, and by this time the coyote was laying down, enjoying the afternoon breeze. The shot was a little over 100 yards, and the 40 gr. factory v-max went in and didn’t come out. He just slumped over, probably didn’t feel a thing. I just got a call from the taxidermist who said the tanned pelt is ready to be picked up. He’ll make a good wall-hanger. I wish I would have weighed him because he was a big dog.
Overall hunting for the trip was quite slow since we had very warm weather for the whole trip. It was an absolute blast, however, just getting out and doing the hiking, howling back and forth with the coyotes, seeing the mule deer, etc. My good experience with my buddy’s .204 led me to buy the one I just got. Now I can’t wait to put this one into action.
Ben
