Snowshoes
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This morning was once again calm and I could see we got another light dusting of snow.
I drive to an area where a long slough always seems to hold a coyote or two and the quarter mile walk in reveals a fair number of coyote tracks. Encouraged by the sign I have high hopes as I set up in front of a dirt pile. Glass the fields and farm yard for a few minutes before picking up a pair of coyotes leaving the farm yard and heading towards the slough I’m set up at. They get to within 300 yards of me and stop, the one lays down after a minute or two and the other sits down.
I give a few low volume distress cries with a closed reed and slowly increase the decibel level until I see I have the coyotes attention. They both stand up and trot towards the cattails, where I lose sight of them. A few seconds later they clear the cattails and are now standing at the edge of the field. Cross hairs on the biggest one and 132 yard shot has coyote number one down. The shot scares the mate back into the cattails along with a third coyote that I hadn’t picked out.
I have a different coyote run out of the cattails on the other side of the slough . I give some yelps with the howler and that stops the coyote, it turns around and starts coming back. I can see its not a nice looking coyote and let it keep on getting closer in hopes of a better coyote may show up. The coyote makes a pile of racket as it runs through the cattails and then into an open spot on the ice. Not seeing anything else, the crosshairs are on the coyotes chest…… 62 yard shot drops it.
The shot sends another coyote that I hadn’t seen through the cattails and into the field on the far side. I bark a couple time but this coyote isn’t stopping, so I estimate the lead required as its on a fast trot , a squeeze of the trigger rolls the coyote. Sometimes I get lucky on running shots….. More often not …but sometimes
I drive to an area where a long slough always seems to hold a coyote or two and the quarter mile walk in reveals a fair number of coyote tracks. Encouraged by the sign I have high hopes as I set up in front of a dirt pile. Glass the fields and farm yard for a few minutes before picking up a pair of coyotes leaving the farm yard and heading towards the slough I’m set up at. They get to within 300 yards of me and stop, the one lays down after a minute or two and the other sits down.
I give a few low volume distress cries with a closed reed and slowly increase the decibel level until I see I have the coyotes attention. They both stand up and trot towards the cattails, where I lose sight of them. A few seconds later they clear the cattails and are now standing at the edge of the field. Cross hairs on the biggest one and 132 yard shot has coyote number one down. The shot scares the mate back into the cattails along with a third coyote that I hadn’t picked out.
I have a different coyote run out of the cattails on the other side of the slough . I give some yelps with the howler and that stops the coyote, it turns around and starts coming back. I can see its not a nice looking coyote and let it keep on getting closer in hopes of a better coyote may show up. The coyote makes a pile of racket as it runs through the cattails and then into an open spot on the ice. Not seeing anything else, the crosshairs are on the coyotes chest…… 62 yard shot drops it.
The shot sends another coyote that I hadn’t seen through the cattails and into the field on the far side. I bark a couple time but this coyote isn’t stopping, so I estimate the lead required as its on a fast trot , a squeeze of the trigger rolls the coyote. Sometimes I get lucky on running shots….. More often not …but sometimes
