I blew it!. Got up late to start with. Didn't have much time. Then I broke one of my own rules on Eastern hunting. Stay on stand at least 45 min,if not an hour.
As I was headed down an old muddy tote road towards where I wanted to set up,I cut a good deer crossing, and decided I'd better make a quick set-up there. I know better. I only worked the Phantom call for 15 min or so, and headed down another mile or so to where I had originaly planned on. Made my hour stand there and had to head back.
Much to my horror,when I reached my first set,there were a fresh pair of coyote tracks in the mud.
You have to under stand,these are not ordinary coyotes. We've taken four times the coyotes from here that are even supposed to live in an territory here in Maine. The few that remain here,one huge dog in particular, have made a fool of me several times this winter.They've been hunted over bait,ran and outsmarted hounds,and been subject to every call I could get my hands on. I was fortunate enough to get one of the new Phantom callers to test,and even though I didn't belive these coyotes were callable, I had to try it here. A true test,if you will.
These coyotes are the equal to a B&C buck to me.
The Phantom worked,I didn't.
They're killing me.
NiM