I was watching the edge of a creek bottom, when I caught glimpses of a bobcat pouncing through the vegetation toward my call. She disappeared before I could get a standing still shot. Minutes passed and I began to think she lost interest, until I saw the top of her back in shin high grass stalking my call. I called the stand a few minutes later, while walking down to get my cat I saw 2 coyotes standing on the tree line. They were just sitting there watching me, I slowly made my way to the ground to prone out. From my ground level perspective only one remained visible.
A final view from the cat's perspective.
Shorty after, I found myself setup over watching a bottom with sporadic cedar trees and splotches of mule-tail. My silhouette, broken by the blue-stem overgrowing the crest of the hill. I heard commotion behind me in the blue-stem and the sound of coyote turning tail. I heard them run parallel to my 3 o'clock through weeds and then the pair appeared to my 2 o'clock, in the valley below. I did not give them a chance to get further out in the open, I just killed the first one I had a chance too.
I began my final stand of the day with a couple howls. I had a group reply a few hundred yards away. I looked through the scope and I saw 3 on the side of a hill, yipping and playing grab azz. Appeared a male was trying to mount a female and she was not having it. I watched them for a couple minutes and then went into distress, it got their attention. They all sat down staring in my direction for a few moments, then they turned around and disappeared over the hill. They were keen to my ways...
This post is nominated for Hunter of the Month. Sorry, the nifty little .gif isn't rotating, so all you see is "Nominated" for now.
A final view from the cat's perspective.
Shorty after, I found myself setup over watching a bottom with sporadic cedar trees and splotches of mule-tail. My silhouette, broken by the blue-stem overgrowing the crest of the hill. I heard commotion behind me in the blue-stem and the sound of coyote turning tail. I heard them run parallel to my 3 o'clock through weeds and then the pair appeared to my 2 o'clock, in the valley below. I did not give them a chance to get further out in the open, I just killed the first one I had a chance too.
I began my final stand of the day with a couple howls. I had a group reply a few hundred yards away. I looked through the scope and I saw 3 on the side of a hill, yipping and playing grab azz. Appeared a male was trying to mount a female and she was not having it. I watched them for a couple minutes and then went into distress, it got their attention. They all sat down staring in my direction for a few moments, then they turned around and disappeared over the hill. They were keen to my ways...
This post is nominated for Hunter of the Month. Sorry, the nifty little .gif isn't rotating, so all you see is "Nominated" for now.
