plumbob
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Well #2 fell for me today! Today is my birthday, I turned 30 today. Today me and my boy took the motorcycle out for a ride, to check out some areas I had never hunted before. There was coyote poop just everywhere on the roads. It is a mixture of old fields, wood, and other Army training areas. Later I talked to my buddy and told him that we should go hunting this evening. So we decided to go about 6 this evening.
So we get out to the woods this evening, set up in the first spot and get ate up by the mosquitos. Stay there for about 5 minutes, can't stand it anymore and leave. We walk down the road, and find a spot where an old road goes through the woods. We set up on both sides, but I set up wrong. I was facing the wrong way, and kept hearing something behind me. We get up, and walk about 20 yards, a coyote takes off through the woods.
So we walk up the road to the top of the hill, and that coyote just starts barking his head off. I tell my buddy, we are busted, might as well leave. But then I thought, if I can keep him barking, Jake can sneak up on him. So I start out with a pup in distress on a THO open reed, Jake starts sneaking in. We go at it for about 20 minutes, him barking and I'm doing the distress thing. The coyote once lets out a short howl, not sure if it was a alarm or a what.
I'm not expecting anything to come to me the whole time. Out of the blue, here he comes, about 25 yards from me. It is a black coyote! I throw up the Mossberg 835, and the #4 Buck puts him on the ground! It was a young one, I know some don't like the idea. Probably not as smart as some others.
We go to a few more spots, I think we were to loud or something. I would start calling and coyotes would start barking their heads off. I'm going to try a sneakier approach next time. I do pretty good, but sometimes my buddy Jake is a little loud. Am I wrong to think we are busted when they bark?
It was a good birthday, killing my #2 coyote just topped it off! I'll post some pics on here tommorow. Thanks for reading.
Plumbob
So we get out to the woods this evening, set up in the first spot and get ate up by the mosquitos. Stay there for about 5 minutes, can't stand it anymore and leave. We walk down the road, and find a spot where an old road goes through the woods. We set up on both sides, but I set up wrong. I was facing the wrong way, and kept hearing something behind me. We get up, and walk about 20 yards, a coyote takes off through the woods.
So we walk up the road to the top of the hill, and that coyote just starts barking his head off. I tell my buddy, we are busted, might as well leave. But then I thought, if I can keep him barking, Jake can sneak up on him. So I start out with a pup in distress on a THO open reed, Jake starts sneaking in. We go at it for about 20 minutes, him barking and I'm doing the distress thing. The coyote once lets out a short howl, not sure if it was a alarm or a what.
I'm not expecting anything to come to me the whole time. Out of the blue, here he comes, about 25 yards from me. It is a black coyote! I throw up the Mossberg 835, and the #4 Buck puts him on the ground! It was a young one, I know some don't like the idea. Probably not as smart as some others.
We go to a few more spots, I think we were to loud or something. I would start calling and coyotes would start barking their heads off. I'm going to try a sneakier approach next time. I do pretty good, but sometimes my buddy Jake is a little loud. Am I wrong to think we are busted when they bark?
It was a good birthday, killing my #2 coyote just topped it off! I'll post some pics on here tommorow. Thanks for reading.
Plumbob
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