CountryWildcat
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Went and picked up this guy a few nights ago. Pretty quick turnaround really as I didn't get him to the taxidermist til after furharvester season was comppleted.
I am very happy with how he turned out. Originally wanted a lower, more crouched stalking pose but my taxidermist was worried he'd be too long for that form, so I went with this instead.
I don't know that I ever posted this hunt. We had a couple inches of snow and a weekend without work, so a friend and I took his son and my brother with us and we hunted all day on Saturday.
Didn't get a single coyote, but on one of the places he had permission we set up on either side of a tree row facing into some thick brush that bordered a creek. I think we called him with jackrabbit, had a decoy out to my right about 10 yds. I was the only one who saw him alive, my brother was the only other one that could have possibly seen him along with me. It was typical of what I read about cat calling. I scanned the edge and thought, I don't remember that stump being there. He was sitting, watching the decoy, and never flinched as I swung the rifle and got on him. One shot to the chest with and the 60gr Vmax never exited. He was dead before he hit the ground.
I am determined to take my friend to some of my spots and try to get him a cat; I am so happy to have had a chance at one in my first year of calling. He weighed 26 lbs and was over 30 inches nose to tail.
I am very happy with how he turned out. Originally wanted a lower, more crouched stalking pose but my taxidermist was worried he'd be too long for that form, so I went with this instead.
I don't know that I ever posted this hunt. We had a couple inches of snow and a weekend without work, so a friend and I took his son and my brother with us and we hunted all day on Saturday.
Didn't get a single coyote, but on one of the places he had permission we set up on either side of a tree row facing into some thick brush that bordered a creek. I think we called him with jackrabbit, had a decoy out to my right about 10 yds. I was the only one who saw him alive, my brother was the only other one that could have possibly seen him along with me. It was typical of what I read about cat calling. I scanned the edge and thought, I don't remember that stump being there. He was sitting, watching the decoy, and never flinched as I swung the rifle and got on him. One shot to the chest with and the 60gr Vmax never exited. He was dead before he hit the ground.
I am determined to take my friend to some of my spots and try to get him a cat; I am so happy to have had a chance at one in my first year of calling. He weighed 26 lbs and was over 30 inches nose to tail.
