derbyacresbob
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I left the house at about 8:30 am this morning to make some stands in some higher country than I have been calling lately.
On the way up to where I wanted to start calling two coyotes crossed the ranch road I was on about 400 yards in front of me. They were not in a hurry.
When I got even with them the slowest one was about 100 yards away when I got out of my truck. I laid down with my bi-pod on my 22-250 and the slow coyote stopped to look back at me.
This is the slow coyote that should not have stopped and looked back at 150 yards away.
The first stand I made I was using my shotgun and had my Fury and Jack Attack decoy set about 15 yards from me. No takers on stand #1.
On stand #2, I had my shotgun again and I sat in the shade of a big long rock that was about 4 feet high. There was a bunch of rocks across from me on the other side of a narrow valley. I was sitting next to a rock on a small ridge that had junipers and rocks on it.
I had my fury, Jack Attack Decoy and my Contour Roam video Camera set up about 15 yards in front of me.
You can see my caller towards the bottom of the above picture.
I started out with Bay Bee Cottontail and after quite a while I went to Adult Rat sound. After quite a while I switched to Screamin Jay sound on full blast volume 40.
The rock I was sitting in the shade of I had to raise my head up a little every once in a while to see down the ridge I was on off to my right. I could see about 25 yards to my right but to see about 300 yards to my right I needed to peek over the rock.
Screaming Jay had been playing full blast for quite a while when I peeked over the rock to my right again.
This is what I saw coming my way from the right over the rock. I didn't peek over the rock anymore after I took a few pictures.
I told myself that I wasn't going to take anymore pictures until the bobcat stopped or got to my Fury and decoy. I couldn't see the bobcat and I knew it had about 150 yards more to travel before I could see it again. I knew If I did see it again it would only be about 25 yards away from me.
It seemed like it took forever but it was only about 2 to 3 minutes that went by before I saw the bobcat again. It was crouched down and sneaking in slowly when it stopped in some low brush about 10 yards from the Fury and decoy.
It stopped for only about 15 seconds and then dashed right up to the Fury and Jack Attack Decoy. So I started taking pictures.
It all happened so fast I was hoping that I got some pictures before the bobcat left the caller and decoy. The bobcat circled around to my left and I took a few pictures while it was leaving.
Below is the short video of the bobcat coming up to the Fury and Jack Attack Decoy.
http://vid148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/derbyacresbob/FuryDeekBC.mp4
This bobcat made my day!
I blanked on 4 more stands and then headed for home.
On the way up to where I wanted to start calling two coyotes crossed the ranch road I was on about 400 yards in front of me. They were not in a hurry.
When I got even with them the slowest one was about 100 yards away when I got out of my truck. I laid down with my bi-pod on my 22-250 and the slow coyote stopped to look back at me.
This is the slow coyote that should not have stopped and looked back at 150 yards away.
The first stand I made I was using my shotgun and had my Fury and Jack Attack decoy set about 15 yards from me. No takers on stand #1.
On stand #2, I had my shotgun again and I sat in the shade of a big long rock that was about 4 feet high. There was a bunch of rocks across from me on the other side of a narrow valley. I was sitting next to a rock on a small ridge that had junipers and rocks on it.
I had my fury, Jack Attack Decoy and my Contour Roam video Camera set up about 15 yards in front of me.
You can see my caller towards the bottom of the above picture.
I started out with Bay Bee Cottontail and after quite a while I went to Adult Rat sound. After quite a while I switched to Screamin Jay sound on full blast volume 40.
The rock I was sitting in the shade of I had to raise my head up a little every once in a while to see down the ridge I was on off to my right. I could see about 25 yards to my right but to see about 300 yards to my right I needed to peek over the rock.
Screaming Jay had been playing full blast for quite a while when I peeked over the rock to my right again.
This is what I saw coming my way from the right over the rock. I didn't peek over the rock anymore after I took a few pictures.
I told myself that I wasn't going to take anymore pictures until the bobcat stopped or got to my Fury and decoy. I couldn't see the bobcat and I knew it had about 150 yards more to travel before I could see it again. I knew If I did see it again it would only be about 25 yards away from me.
It seemed like it took forever but it was only about 2 to 3 minutes that went by before I saw the bobcat again. It was crouched down and sneaking in slowly when it stopped in some low brush about 10 yards from the Fury and decoy.
It stopped for only about 15 seconds and then dashed right up to the Fury and Jack Attack Decoy. So I started taking pictures.
It all happened so fast I was hoping that I got some pictures before the bobcat left the caller and decoy. The bobcat circled around to my left and I took a few pictures while it was leaving.
Below is the short video of the bobcat coming up to the Fury and Jack Attack Decoy.
http://vid148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/derbyacresbob/FuryDeekBC.mp4
This bobcat made my day!
I blanked on 4 more stands and then headed for home.
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