orkan
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Went out on a weekend calling excursion with a couple buddies. Calling was pretty slow, as its still not cold enough and there is no snow... but we were able to get a few.
Howled these two up. You'll notice the dog on the right is a coy-dog, while the dog on the left is a normal coyote. I howled them both up on the same stand. The land owners dog has been laying the pipe to the coyotes in the area. He and his wife were very excited that we were able to get one killed. Coy-dogs are much more aggressive than the regular coyotes. This one was a male, while the coyote was a female. We spotted 4 other coyotes from that stand. The others weren't interested in my 22-250.
As you can see by the background... its big country! We put on some miles and my legs are dead. Called up 3 dogs on a set, but they caught something they didn't like. I tried bark-stopping them as they left, but they weren't having it. I started up with the pup yelps and this female came up on top of a ridge about 250yds away. I figured it at 300yds, and thusly hit her a little high. Its [beeep] hard to judge distance in that terrain. That 22-250 is a laser beam.
It was a long drag. I rigged up a rope to aid in dragging these vermin back to the truck. It works best if you hook them around the snout. Easier to drag. Still, it was over 3/4 of a mile back to the truck... up and down some rugged terrain.
We got a fourth dog this weekend, while we were driving to another spot. He didn't make it too far.
It was a very fun weekend, and I can't wait for the weather to get more hostile so these little bastards will start cooperating.
Howled these two up. You'll notice the dog on the right is a coy-dog, while the dog on the left is a normal coyote. I howled them both up on the same stand. The land owners dog has been laying the pipe to the coyotes in the area. He and his wife were very excited that we were able to get one killed. Coy-dogs are much more aggressive than the regular coyotes. This one was a male, while the coyote was a female. We spotted 4 other coyotes from that stand. The others weren't interested in my 22-250.
As you can see by the background... its big country! We put on some miles and my legs are dead. Called up 3 dogs on a set, but they caught something they didn't like. I tried bark-stopping them as they left, but they weren't having it. I started up with the pup yelps and this female came up on top of a ridge about 250yds away. I figured it at 300yds, and thusly hit her a little high. Its [beeep] hard to judge distance in that terrain. That 22-250 is a laser beam.
It was a long drag. I rigged up a rope to aid in dragging these vermin back to the truck. It works best if you hook them around the snout. Easier to drag. Still, it was over 3/4 of a mile back to the truck... up and down some rugged terrain.
We got a fourth dog this weekend, while we were driving to another spot. He didn't make it too far.
It was a very fun weekend, and I can't wait for the weather to get more hostile so these little bastards will start cooperating.
