wolverines
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As the title states, no videos to share. I’ll get to that later.
I got to my first spot at 9:00 Friday night. There was a straight line track going down the middle of the road. Kinda thought I was too late. Got all of my gear out and headed towards my calling spot. Not too far in I heard some howls to the north. I picked up the pace to get to a low spot hoping I could stay undetected. I wasn’t running my scanner to conserve battery since I didn’t charge after my last night out, but halfway to my spot I thought I’d better take a look since there were no more howls. Sure enough, there was a coyote walking south maybe 100 or so yards from me. I scrambled to get my rifle set up and get the thermal on. Now it’s headed west away from me. I hit record and lip squeaked to try to get it to turn broadside. It stopped and just turned slightly but not much. I could see its head straight in line with its chest (if that makes sense) so I put the dot right on its face. Squeezed the trigger and my scope turned off on the shot. Grabbed my scanner and could see it was a bang flop.
Ended up hitting it right where the dot was at 166 yards. Just a little 21# female.
Went to my next spot. I called 2 in here last year on my first time out there, but nothing since. Had a NNE wind so I could finally make a move to the north end of the property and set up a little different than I had been. Got the caller going and about 10-12 minutes into the set I saw a coyote straight east. It stood for a bit listening and then headed north. At that point I lost sight of it until it popped back out heading straight south of my call. Hit record, got on it, and took the shot when it stopped. Again, my scope shut off on the shot. Got on the scanner and had another bang flop.
This was a nice 36# male down at 149 yards.
Went to a 3rd spot but nothing there. Went home. Would’ve been some great video but lost when the shots broke. I need to put my internal cr123s in to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, it took this experience to make that idea dawn on me. I am using an external battery pack (TRB) with a magnet USB c connection. Must've got jarred just enough to lose connection on the shot. Hasn't been much of an issue prior to this.
***after thought, I just want to give a shout out to Dark Night Outdoors. I realized Monday that I lost the eye piece to my Super Yoter. Found one on DNO website and ordered. Didn't pay for the expedited shipping. They got it to me on Wednesday!! Not sure if they're on this forum and/or if they're sponsors here, but that service was nothing short of impressive.
I got to my first spot at 9:00 Friday night. There was a straight line track going down the middle of the road. Kinda thought I was too late. Got all of my gear out and headed towards my calling spot. Not too far in I heard some howls to the north. I picked up the pace to get to a low spot hoping I could stay undetected. I wasn’t running my scanner to conserve battery since I didn’t charge after my last night out, but halfway to my spot I thought I’d better take a look since there were no more howls. Sure enough, there was a coyote walking south maybe 100 or so yards from me. I scrambled to get my rifle set up and get the thermal on. Now it’s headed west away from me. I hit record and lip squeaked to try to get it to turn broadside. It stopped and just turned slightly but not much. I could see its head straight in line with its chest (if that makes sense) so I put the dot right on its face. Squeezed the trigger and my scope turned off on the shot. Grabbed my scanner and could see it was a bang flop.
Ended up hitting it right where the dot was at 166 yards. Just a little 21# female.
Went to my next spot. I called 2 in here last year on my first time out there, but nothing since. Had a NNE wind so I could finally make a move to the north end of the property and set up a little different than I had been. Got the caller going and about 10-12 minutes into the set I saw a coyote straight east. It stood for a bit listening and then headed north. At that point I lost sight of it until it popped back out heading straight south of my call. Hit record, got on it, and took the shot when it stopped. Again, my scope shut off on the shot. Got on the scanner and had another bang flop.
This was a nice 36# male down at 149 yards.
Went to a 3rd spot but nothing there. Went home. Would’ve been some great video but lost when the shots broke. I need to put my internal cr123s in to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, it took this experience to make that idea dawn on me. I am using an external battery pack (TRB) with a magnet USB c connection. Must've got jarred just enough to lose connection on the shot. Hasn't been much of an issue prior to this.
***after thought, I just want to give a shout out to Dark Night Outdoors. I realized Monday that I lost the eye piece to my Super Yoter. Found one on DNO website and ordered. Didn't pay for the expedited shipping. They got it to me on Wednesday!! Not sure if they're on this forum and/or if they're sponsors here, but that service was nothing short of impressive.
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