Saturday was A Great Day

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Went out Sat. morning to try and call in a bobcat. No luck. Went home & turned some more calls.

Along about 4:00, I decided to go out and try for a coyote. I decided to use the Johnny Stewart PM-4 electronic call that I got in early Dec. I have never had any luck using an electronic call. I get to the first spot and set the call & clipped my bird feather decoy to a weed about 40 yds in front of me. I push the button for cottontail distress & nothing. I then tried another card & nothing. Was getting frantic about this time as the 3rd card had the bobcat calls on it. I thought what the heck & pushed the button for Squealing Bird and darn if it didn't work. So after letting it play for little bit I turn the sound off and was reaching in my coat pocket for my hand calls. Had 2 lanyards (1 w/1 call 1 w/2 calls) and dang if the lanyards werent knotted up. I was trying to untangle the mess when I look up and here is a coyote about 18 yds in front of me. He turned and didn't run, just kind of walked off over the top of a hill that I couldn't see, but could see everything after about 50 yds. I pushed the button on the caller for rodent sqeeks hoping to get the coyote to come back to the call. I see something in the sage brush that didnt look right so I gently swung the rifle around toward it and shot the coyote at about 40 yards with the new 223. This was the same coyote that had came in earlier.

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By now it is about 5:15 and I had time for one more stand. I really screwed up on this one, as I put the decoy feather and call behind me and then only place I had to hide was a low spot in some feed. After the first bird squeal, a coyote came out of the fence row on a dead run right by me (less than 5 yds) and to the call & decoy. There was know way I could get a shot off. About this time another coyote came out of the fence row and got into the milo stubble. He hit an opening and I whistled. Shot him at 45 yds. I then stood up to see if I could see the first one in the milo stubble. He was heading out of dodge. I then see a 3rd one, or should say the head at about 250 yds. I took a standing shot & missed him.

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What a day, I was so pumped. Also bloodied the new Ruger Hawkeye in 223 using 50 gr. soft points, no exits on either of these.
 
Great job on the recovery!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Thanks for sharing!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Nice story I have had poor luck getting them to come back after they have left. But it seems like he liked hte PM4.
 
Yes it is a Hawkeye. I have both a 22-250 & 220 Swift in the Ruger Varmit/Target models, but I am getting to old to pack that much extra weight around. Got this one in 223 just to be different. I am thinking so far it will be a shooter, but all shots have been with factory fodder. Was really surprised that shooting into chest cavity from head on the bullets didn't exit.

I was really surprised with the PM-4. Course using a bird squeal and having feathers for a decoy was probably something these dogs had never seen or heard before. I know there are several people calling in the same areas I was in.
 
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