Post by coyote6974 on Dec 9, 2009 20:13:42 GMT -5
Over this past weekend I decided to try some calling. I traveled to the county line and set up on the downwind side of a large thicket I've known to hold coyotes. I set my Foxpro in a shelled cornfield on the east end of the thicket and turned on the dying bunny blues. After two or three minutes a coyote vaulted a broken down fence separting the thicket from the cornfield, and made a beeline toward my caller. I quickly found him in my rifle scope and sent out an 85 grain HP. The bullet smacked into the coyotes neck and knocked him over DRT.
This coyote was a good sized male that would weigh just over 30 pounds. He had some fur missing from his belly, but was otherwise in good shape.
On Saturday morning I didn't want to spend my morning off freezing in a tree, so it seemed like a great morning for more calling. I set up in a fencerow between two cornfields with an open ditch about 100 yards away. I aimed my call toward the ditch and began calling with a cottontail distress sound. At about the two minute mark I spotted a fast moving coyote running parallel to the ditch. I found it in my scope as it cut into the shelled cornfield, headed toward my caller. Because of the cornstalks I couldn't get a clear shot at the incoming yote, but realized I needed to stop it before it make it to my caller. I barked several times in a vain attempt to get the coyote to stop. It finally paused at my caller, gave it a quick sniff then took off at a full run going away at an 11 oclock angle. I settled my crosshairs just ahead of its shoulder and squeezed off a shot. The bullet hit the coyote just behind its shoulder and rolled it. This one came back to its feet and tried running, but went back down and stayed down.
This coyote was a very large female that would weigh well over 30 pounds. She was well furred in great condition.
After dragging this coyote to my truck, I decided to try my luck at another location. I'd seen a coyote from my deerstand one morning so I drove to the gravel pit where I deer hunt and set up beside a shelled cornfield that borders the north end of the gravel pit. I again began calling using a distressed rabbit sound. After about 5 minutes, a coyote stepped into the cornfield from some tall grass between the cornfield and the gravel pit. I found this coyote in my scope and released another 85 grainer. The bullet hit him just behind his shoulder and put him down DRT.
This coyote was a big male in excellent condition.
All in all, a great weekend for calling.
Good Hunting Y'all.. Coyote 6974
This coyote was a good sized male that would weigh just over 30 pounds. He had some fur missing from his belly, but was otherwise in good shape.
On Saturday morning I didn't want to spend my morning off freezing in a tree, so it seemed like a great morning for more calling. I set up in a fencerow between two cornfields with an open ditch about 100 yards away. I aimed my call toward the ditch and began calling with a cottontail distress sound. At about the two minute mark I spotted a fast moving coyote running parallel to the ditch. I found it in my scope as it cut into the shelled cornfield, headed toward my caller. Because of the cornstalks I couldn't get a clear shot at the incoming yote, but realized I needed to stop it before it make it to my caller. I barked several times in a vain attempt to get the coyote to stop. It finally paused at my caller, gave it a quick sniff then took off at a full run going away at an 11 oclock angle. I settled my crosshairs just ahead of its shoulder and squeezed off a shot. The bullet hit the coyote just behind its shoulder and rolled it. This one came back to its feet and tried running, but went back down and stayed down.
This coyote was a very large female that would weigh well over 30 pounds. She was well furred in great condition.
After dragging this coyote to my truck, I decided to try my luck at another location. I'd seen a coyote from my deerstand one morning so I drove to the gravel pit where I deer hunt and set up beside a shelled cornfield that borders the north end of the gravel pit. I again began calling using a distressed rabbit sound. After about 5 minutes, a coyote stepped into the cornfield from some tall grass between the cornfield and the gravel pit. I found this coyote in my scope and released another 85 grainer. The bullet hit him just behind his shoulder and put him down DRT.
This coyote was a big male in excellent condition.
All in all, a great weekend for calling.
Good Hunting Y'all.. Coyote 6974
