azcoyotehunter
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Got off work around 1pm today, headed out to my favorite hunting spot up the road.
1st stand: Nothing
2nd Stand: Had a coyote come in at the 6min mark, walked around my call, shot him at 80yrds. He ran another 50yrds before dropping
3rd stand: Spotted a dog coming in and he stopped at 100yrds+, I zoomed up my scope and turned down the call. He looked around, then started walking away, so I dropped him
4th & 5th stands: Nothing
6th stand: I was switching to distressed woodpecker (mistake!). I see at 80 yrds two dogs that had been sneaking awawy taking off. I switch back to female howler and not only do they come back, but two more. All 4 are 80+yrds and in front of me. I drop one, throw a shot at another one slowly walking off and hold the stand another 10min, nothing returned /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
7th stand: I call in a coyote, cool thing was he came trotting across the mud flats so I had a scope on him for 2min straight, he started to circle to my downwind, so I drilled him.
At this point I had been hunting for 1.5hrs and gotten 4 coyotes. So do I keep dropping them and potentially kill a hot spot or call it a day, go home, drink beer and play video games...... I decided to call it a day. This spot I take all the first time predator hunters and out of town guests to. I have always gotten dogs out there, so I need to keep the area hot.
All shots were >80yrs, I learned that when using a howler, and not a distress call the coyotes will hold back. I *think* they are looking for the other coyote.
All coyotes taken were male, and I was using the female howl and barks on my Foxpro Scorpion. The .243 was the weapon of the day (good thing too, some really poor shot placements today).
Tomorrow moring I'll lay off the dogs for a while and go looking for that lion!!
P.S. The area I hunt is a LOT more open than in the picture, I took the pic with that back drop to prevent lurkers (people that watch posts for locations to hunt, but don't contribute anyting... my big pet peeve) from hitting my hot spot
1st stand: Nothing
2nd Stand: Had a coyote come in at the 6min mark, walked around my call, shot him at 80yrds. He ran another 50yrds before dropping
3rd stand: Spotted a dog coming in and he stopped at 100yrds+, I zoomed up my scope and turned down the call. He looked around, then started walking away, so I dropped him
4th & 5th stands: Nothing
6th stand: I was switching to distressed woodpecker (mistake!). I see at 80 yrds two dogs that had been sneaking awawy taking off. I switch back to female howler and not only do they come back, but two more. All 4 are 80+yrds and in front of me. I drop one, throw a shot at another one slowly walking off and hold the stand another 10min, nothing returned /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
7th stand: I call in a coyote, cool thing was he came trotting across the mud flats so I had a scope on him for 2min straight, he started to circle to my downwind, so I drilled him.
At this point I had been hunting for 1.5hrs and gotten 4 coyotes. So do I keep dropping them and potentially kill a hot spot or call it a day, go home, drink beer and play video games...... I decided to call it a day. This spot I take all the first time predator hunters and out of town guests to. I have always gotten dogs out there, so I need to keep the area hot.
All shots were >80yrs, I learned that when using a howler, and not a distress call the coyotes will hold back. I *think* they are looking for the other coyote.
All coyotes taken were male, and I was using the female howl and barks on my Foxpro Scorpion. The .243 was the weapon of the day (good thing too, some really poor shot placements today).
Tomorrow moring I'll lay off the dogs for a while and go looking for that lion!!
P.S. The area I hunt is a LOT more open than in the picture, I took the pic with that back drop to prevent lurkers (people that watch posts for locations to hunt, but don't contribute anyting... my big pet peeve) from hitting my hot spot