STS
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Yesterday I was finally able to get everything to come together, and I was able to take my son out for the first time this year. We rolled out of bed at 0445 and made the drive to Eastern Washington. After a couple of stops, I was so busy making sure that my son had all of his gear that I forgot my boots, we were at the first stand around 0850. It was a perfect stand. We were able to approach a very large sage basin completely unseen. There was very little if any wind and pretty cold, at least for Washington, about 15 degrees. There were tracks everywhere so I knew we would see some action.
We set out the cs-24 around fifty yards. We quickly discussed how to move when we need to itch our noses or how to adjust our sitting position. I started the sequence with my favorite, Lightning Jack, and I immediately caught sight of a coyote on a dead run across the basin. He was an easy 1200 yards away and coming on a string. It was perfect. I had plenty of time to get my son onto the yote. he couldn't believe how fast he was covering the ground. At about 500 yards he dropped out of sight due to terrain, and I was able to reposition for the shot. He popped up at about 200 yards or so and he stopped at 164 yards. I was shooting my AR15 in .223 today, and the Blackhills 60 grain Vmax finished the job. Immediately after my shot I could hear two shots from my right. My son " finished him off" with his Cabela's side by side cap shotgun. He's been using it as a trainer for firearm safety. Anyway, here he is with his first yote! A big male that probably ran about 30 lbs.
We made a few more stands yesterday in areas with a ton of sign. But being a weekend, there were a bunch of fellows out chukar hunting. So we were unable to draw anything else into our stands. But we sure had a great time together. By the way, he slept all the way home, and when we walked into the house he ate three bowls of mom's stew...I had two.
We set out the cs-24 around fifty yards. We quickly discussed how to move when we need to itch our noses or how to adjust our sitting position. I started the sequence with my favorite, Lightning Jack, and I immediately caught sight of a coyote on a dead run across the basin. He was an easy 1200 yards away and coming on a string. It was perfect. I had plenty of time to get my son onto the yote. he couldn't believe how fast he was covering the ground. At about 500 yards he dropped out of sight due to terrain, and I was able to reposition for the shot. He popped up at about 200 yards or so and he stopped at 164 yards. I was shooting my AR15 in .223 today, and the Blackhills 60 grain Vmax finished the job. Immediately after my shot I could hear two shots from my right. My son " finished him off" with his Cabela's side by side cap shotgun. He's been using it as a trainer for firearm safety. Anyway, here he is with his first yote! A big male that probably ran about 30 lbs.
We made a few more stands yesterday in areas with a ton of sign. But being a weekend, there were a bunch of fellows out chukar hunting. So we were unable to draw anything else into our stands. But we sure had a great time together. By the way, he slept all the way home, and when we walked into the house he ate three bowls of mom's stew...I had two.
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