204 AR
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As I got home from work the wind was dropping. The unpicked cornfield to the west of our place promised a chance of success, and though in two years I've never called anything around our small acreage the different crops in the neighborhood make this a different year. I can tell you that is where all the pheasants have been hiding for sure!
It was a long shot I thought but worth a try. About 200 yds from my back door is a decent stand, although the curve of the land gives a blind spot between you and the cornfield. It would have to do, and any coyote would have to come out of the corn quite a ways, but with nothing to lose I started pheasant distress. After about 3 minutes a rooster flushed from the corn. Another minute and another rooster, this one closer. Another minute or so, and there he is, right next to the Fury! I was pointing that way, so had him in the scope quickly and squeezed. Nothing! I had forgotten to chamber a round in the 243lbc! I quickly hid the bolt release, and he started back to the corn. I totally blew a gimme shot as I shot too quickly and behind him.
Well not believing it worked, and I blew it, I sat quietly for a moment in sadness before shrugging and hitting pup distress, preset #1. I really didn't believe at this point but it was too early to quit. Scanning in the distance revealed nothing, then glancing back close we spotted each other at the same instant, another coyote at about 75 yds. He started trotting off and the first shot was errant but number 2 rolled him up.
After another minute or two I decided "good enough" and collected my prize, one of the nicer light colored coyotes I've ever shot. I plan to get him tanned if I can find a taxidermist to answer the phone tonight.
This is where things get interesting. As I'm putting stuff away in the garage another one, or the first one, starts barking and howling from maybe 100 yds away between a shelter belt and and the corn field. Pup distress, then female challenge howls did no good but to keep him barking. I finally gave up and will try it again another time.
It was a long shot I thought but worth a try. About 200 yds from my back door is a decent stand, although the curve of the land gives a blind spot between you and the cornfield. It would have to do, and any coyote would have to come out of the corn quite a ways, but with nothing to lose I started pheasant distress. After about 3 minutes a rooster flushed from the corn. Another minute and another rooster, this one closer. Another minute or so, and there he is, right next to the Fury! I was pointing that way, so had him in the scope quickly and squeezed. Nothing! I had forgotten to chamber a round in the 243lbc! I quickly hid the bolt release, and he started back to the corn. I totally blew a gimme shot as I shot too quickly and behind him.
Well not believing it worked, and I blew it, I sat quietly for a moment in sadness before shrugging and hitting pup distress, preset #1. I really didn't believe at this point but it was too early to quit. Scanning in the distance revealed nothing, then glancing back close we spotted each other at the same instant, another coyote at about 75 yds. He started trotting off and the first shot was errant but number 2 rolled him up.
After another minute or two I decided "good enough" and collected my prize, one of the nicer light colored coyotes I've ever shot. I plan to get him tanned if I can find a taxidermist to answer the phone tonight.
This is where things get interesting. As I'm putting stuff away in the garage another one, or the first one, starts barking and howling from maybe 100 yds away between a shelter belt and and the corn field. Pup distress, then female challenge howls did no good but to keep him barking. I finally gave up and will try it again another time.
