azcoyotehunter
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Dusty and I headed out to a new hunting spot I had my eye on for a while.
Our first stand nothing.
Second stand one dog came in at the 3min mark, but winded us
3rd stand I shot a coyote at the 2min mark, another dog showed up a couple of minutes later and wouldn't come in.
We had a couple dry stands, then called one in. I watched him run in from a several hundred yards out, he stopped at 180yrds and Dusty could see him as well. I was telling Dusty "now kill him, now now now" right when the dog went to leave I dropped the hammer on him. Dusty didn't have as clear a shot as I did.
Next stand, same thing. A dog comes full bore in till 200yrds and was starting to come in down wind. Dusty lets one fly, 1sec later so do I. We both missed.
Next stand we're calling and I catch something slow moving to my left about 50yrds away, I said to Dusty "Bobcat Bobcat!!" Dusty is real cool about it and only looks but doesn't swing his rifle yet to look through his scope. I lose sight of whatever it was. I see it again and when I get the crosshairs on it I realize "BADGER!!!!" BAM!! He's down. I'm high fiving Dusty (been looking for a trophy badger for sometime, this guy had no exit wound).
We call another couple of stands and have a really dark coyote wind us and take off.
Not bad for a 5 hour hunt. Dusty and I will be back out next weekend, to try and top this one!!
Although Dusty didn't get a dog today, his spirits were high and he had the right attitude!! Something I look for in a hunting partner, I may have dropped the hammer on three critters but it was the hunting team that got the kills.
Dusty... bring more than 5 bullets this time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Our first stand nothing.
Second stand one dog came in at the 3min mark, but winded us
3rd stand I shot a coyote at the 2min mark, another dog showed up a couple of minutes later and wouldn't come in.
We had a couple dry stands, then called one in. I watched him run in from a several hundred yards out, he stopped at 180yrds and Dusty could see him as well. I was telling Dusty "now kill him, now now now" right when the dog went to leave I dropped the hammer on him. Dusty didn't have as clear a shot as I did.
Next stand, same thing. A dog comes full bore in till 200yrds and was starting to come in down wind. Dusty lets one fly, 1sec later so do I. We both missed.
Next stand we're calling and I catch something slow moving to my left about 50yrds away, I said to Dusty "Bobcat Bobcat!!" Dusty is real cool about it and only looks but doesn't swing his rifle yet to look through his scope. I lose sight of whatever it was. I see it again and when I get the crosshairs on it I realize "BADGER!!!!" BAM!! He's down. I'm high fiving Dusty (been looking for a trophy badger for sometime, this guy had no exit wound).
We call another couple of stands and have a really dark coyote wind us and take off.
Not bad for a 5 hour hunt. Dusty and I will be back out next weekend, to try and top this one!!
Although Dusty didn't get a dog today, his spirits were high and he had the right attitude!! Something I look for in a hunting partner, I may have dropped the hammer on three critters but it was the hunting team that got the kills.
Dusty... bring more than 5 bullets this time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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