I decided not to hunt any more until June unless I got calls from farmers with problems. A property owner I hunt on is calving and says she has seen a coyote among her cows 4 times since Easter morning, so I made it out there last Sunday night.
I made 4 sets with the 3rd being productive. I am set up on the North side of a small East/West hollow with an east wind (my 9:00) and the call about 60yds from me in the bottom of the hollow. Started with pup distress and silence. Next some howls and silence and pair howls and silence. Next was a fight for a couple minutes followed by 2 pup distresses simultaneously pretty loud.
I see him coming quickly at my 10:00 across the hollow. I get in the gun and then "fiddle" with the remote to shut one of the sounds off and lower the volume. He continues coming but the path he's taking tells me that he is trying to get downwind far enough that he will be back in brush and not be shootable. I howl him stopped but not long enough for a shot so repeat and this time get the shot off. 150yds per onx/29min in set/11:10pm. Run down, ragged furred male so I figure since Naomi has been seeing him in the daylight that he has been tending a den.
The house in the background is an old abandoned farmhouse.
I made 4 sets with the 3rd being productive. I am set up on the North side of a small East/West hollow with an east wind (my 9:00) and the call about 60yds from me in the bottom of the hollow. Started with pup distress and silence. Next some howls and silence and pair howls and silence. Next was a fight for a couple minutes followed by 2 pup distresses simultaneously pretty loud.
I see him coming quickly at my 10:00 across the hollow. I get in the gun and then "fiddle" with the remote to shut one of the sounds off and lower the volume. He continues coming but the path he's taking tells me that he is trying to get downwind far enough that he will be back in brush and not be shootable. I howl him stopped but not long enough for a shot so repeat and this time get the shot off. 150yds per onx/29min in set/11:10pm. Run down, ragged furred male so I figure since Naomi has been seeing him in the daylight that he has been tending a den.
The house in the background is an old abandoned farmhouse.