H-n-F, I grew up near Richmond, but I live in Dare County, NC. I run a charter fishing business on the OBX at Oregon Inlet, been here 35 years. I've been hunting in Bath for over 20 years and I lease, year round, a 200 yr old house that sits on about 5,000 acres of private land with the Jackson River running through the pasture in front of the house. The land is probably 3000 acres wooded and 2000 pasture. It's also bordered on one side by the GW National Forest. I spend as much time there as possible, averaging about 3 months per year. A month in the fall hunting Turkeys and Deer, a couple weeks in April hunting turks, and another 6 weeks or so scattered throughout the year hunting varmints.
As recently as 8 or 10 years ago Coyotes were only a rumor in the area. Then we started shooting a couple each year while Deer hunting and now it's gotten to where we see them constantly, in both the woods and in the pastures where they like to hunt mice and rodents along the riverbank and fencelines. The first morning of Turkey season last Spring, the first thing I called in was a 'yote that thought he was about to have a poultry brunch. This past November, on election night, I kept going out on the porch during commercials to "check the weather" and it sounded like every Coyote in the state was tuned up in my vicinity. I know they're decieving to hear, but it sounded like I could hear 30 or 40 of them giving a concert in all directions from my house. It seemed there could hardly be anything else alive in the woods besides 'Yotes, that there was enough of them to eat the place clean. It's amazing how fast they've taken over the area.
I've shot a few while Deer hunting and the aforementioned one while Turkey hunting, but I'm just getting into actually hunting them. So I have a lot to learn and I'm looking forward to gleaning some valuable info from this message board and website. I've done plenty of Fox calling, and although they're not 'Yotes, I expect some of the experience I've gained from Foxes will apply to my newest endeavor. I have all the gear necessary for night hunting and I'm in the process of getting rigged up with a good shooter.
Bath has a $50 per head bounty on Coyotes too, but we always give the carcasses to the landowner's Dad, who takes them to the courthouse and collects the loot.
Oh, and there was a verified kill of a 78 1/2 lb Cougar about 4 miles from me last March. Verified to me personally by a local Deputy Sherrif and the local Game Warden. It had been killing a neighbor's sheep.
Here's a view of my frontyard and my backyard. My little bit of paradise...
As recently as 8 or 10 years ago Coyotes were only a rumor in the area. Then we started shooting a couple each year while Deer hunting and now it's gotten to where we see them constantly, in both the woods and in the pastures where they like to hunt mice and rodents along the riverbank and fencelines. The first morning of Turkey season last Spring, the first thing I called in was a 'yote that thought he was about to have a poultry brunch. This past November, on election night, I kept going out on the porch during commercials to "check the weather" and it sounded like every Coyote in the state was tuned up in my vicinity. I know they're decieving to hear, but it sounded like I could hear 30 or 40 of them giving a concert in all directions from my house. It seemed there could hardly be anything else alive in the woods besides 'Yotes, that there was enough of them to eat the place clean. It's amazing how fast they've taken over the area.
I've shot a few while Deer hunting and the aforementioned one while Turkey hunting, but I'm just getting into actually hunting them. So I have a lot to learn and I'm looking forward to gleaning some valuable info from this message board and website. I've done plenty of Fox calling, and although they're not 'Yotes, I expect some of the experience I've gained from Foxes will apply to my newest endeavor. I have all the gear necessary for night hunting and I'm in the process of getting rigged up with a good shooter.
Bath has a $50 per head bounty on Coyotes too, but we always give the carcasses to the landowner's Dad, who takes them to the courthouse and collects the loot.
Oh, and there was a verified kill of a 78 1/2 lb Cougar about 4 miles from me last March. Verified to me personally by a local Deputy Sherrif and the local Game Warden. It had been killing a neighbor's sheep.
Here's a view of my frontyard and my backyard. My little bit of paradise...
