Hyperwrx
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I am 100% satisfied with my Stoeger Model 2000 Turkey 12 Gauge Shotgun. I have owned shotguns that were 3x the price of this Stoeger but I'd take my Stoeger over them hands-down. The gun is light, inertia driven, camo dipped, pistol gripped, and an all around wicked firearm for coyotes. With a Carlson's Dead Coyote Choke I have shot and killed multiple coyotes in the 45-55 yard range. All this for about $560. I recommend this shotgun without reservation and no I'm not endorsed by Stoeger.
This morning's calling was terrible because of the wind proceeding a storm coming in. I did 5 stands and only #2 had a coyote come in. I was on a ladder with the call 15 feet away. It circles the bush the caller was in once and began to walk away. I raise my shotgun and pull the trigger and hear only a CLICK. Primer didn't fire. Coyote runs off.
Afternoon I called up Tyler Higgins and Andrew (Kodiak61) and we went out to an area Tyler thought might hold some bobcats. Toward the end of the afternoon we arrive at Tyler's spot. Andrew and I had ladders and Tyler was standing on the stands. Minaska was playing rabbit distress. We all had shotguns and Dead Coyote T Shot as we were all in the thick stuff. No misting as I'm out of the the ingredients and Tyler and Andrew wouldn't pee in my misting bottle when I asked.
Stand #1- Andrew and I set up on the fringe of the thick stuff both on ladders pushed up against Mesquite trees. Tyler is covering our downwind standing against another Mesquite. 10 minutes into a play/pause/play sequence of rabbit distress I get the urge to look to my hard right slowly as there was a small clearing I hadn't checked in a while. Sitting there in the middle of the clearing was a nice bobcat staring straight at me and the caller. He's probably 40 yards out and seems content to just sit there and stare all afternoon. I don't move and after a short while the cat lowers it's head for some reason which gives me the opportunity to raise my shotgun and shoot. Bobcat down. We weigh it back at the house and it's 18 pounds and a male. Nice markings and is in the freezer now.
Stand #2- We're down the road a mile and back in the thick stuff. We set up again with Andrew and I on ladders watching the kill zone with Tyler watching our downwind. Caller is about 20' to my right in a creosote bush. 1 minute 30 seconds into the 1st sequence we have a coyote break out of the thick stuff and come running into toward the bush. I get a bead on him but he approaches the caller from behind the creosote bush and I don't want to shoot into the that bush so I hold off. Apparently Tyler also had him in his sites but holds on shooting him as the coyote was on a beeline for my ladder. This is the sign of a shooter who thinks with his head. So often we see shooters shoot a coyote as it's walking into the kill zone or towards another hunter. Tyler always has an overall picture of the stand and will pass on a good shot knowing it will evolve into a better shot for someone else. I like that. Finally the coyote steps from behind the bush and I shoot and drop him. As soon as I shoot I see a 2nd coyote had also came part way in and high-tails it out of the area. I switch the Minaska to pup distress and not 1 minute goes by and the 2nd coyote comes running back into the stand looking for the hurt coyote. He comes almost all the way into the caller and turns around. I shoot and he stumbles (I apparently broke both back legs with the first shot). He's crawling and Tyler anchors him with a 2nd shot from 35'.
Unfortunately luck of the draw would have Andrew on the opposite side of the action both stands. Ya never know where they're gonna come from.
Driving out I spot a big tarantula and stop to catch it for my classroom but just can't get the nerve to reach down and pick it up. I put my hand down and as its starts climbing on it I jerk it away like a sissy. After it lunges at me and I scream like a 9 year old girl we put it in Tyler's backpack and put it in the back of the truck. At Burger King I open the backpack and it jumps out and goes underneath my bed liner of my truck and vanishes. GREAT.
Fun times!
This morning's calling was terrible because of the wind proceeding a storm coming in. I did 5 stands and only #2 had a coyote come in. I was on a ladder with the call 15 feet away. It circles the bush the caller was in once and began to walk away. I raise my shotgun and pull the trigger and hear only a CLICK. Primer didn't fire. Coyote runs off.
Afternoon I called up Tyler Higgins and Andrew (Kodiak61) and we went out to an area Tyler thought might hold some bobcats. Toward the end of the afternoon we arrive at Tyler's spot. Andrew and I had ladders and Tyler was standing on the stands. Minaska was playing rabbit distress. We all had shotguns and Dead Coyote T Shot as we were all in the thick stuff. No misting as I'm out of the the ingredients and Tyler and Andrew wouldn't pee in my misting bottle when I asked.
Stand #1- Andrew and I set up on the fringe of the thick stuff both on ladders pushed up against Mesquite trees. Tyler is covering our downwind standing against another Mesquite. 10 minutes into a play/pause/play sequence of rabbit distress I get the urge to look to my hard right slowly as there was a small clearing I hadn't checked in a while. Sitting there in the middle of the clearing was a nice bobcat staring straight at me and the caller. He's probably 40 yards out and seems content to just sit there and stare all afternoon. I don't move and after a short while the cat lowers it's head for some reason which gives me the opportunity to raise my shotgun and shoot. Bobcat down. We weigh it back at the house and it's 18 pounds and a male. Nice markings and is in the freezer now.
Stand #2- We're down the road a mile and back in the thick stuff. We set up again with Andrew and I on ladders watching the kill zone with Tyler watching our downwind. Caller is about 20' to my right in a creosote bush. 1 minute 30 seconds into the 1st sequence we have a coyote break out of the thick stuff and come running into toward the bush. I get a bead on him but he approaches the caller from behind the creosote bush and I don't want to shoot into the that bush so I hold off. Apparently Tyler also had him in his sites but holds on shooting him as the coyote was on a beeline for my ladder. This is the sign of a shooter who thinks with his head. So often we see shooters shoot a coyote as it's walking into the kill zone or towards another hunter. Tyler always has an overall picture of the stand and will pass on a good shot knowing it will evolve into a better shot for someone else. I like that. Finally the coyote steps from behind the bush and I shoot and drop him. As soon as I shoot I see a 2nd coyote had also came part way in and high-tails it out of the area. I switch the Minaska to pup distress and not 1 minute goes by and the 2nd coyote comes running back into the stand looking for the hurt coyote. He comes almost all the way into the caller and turns around. I shoot and he stumbles (I apparently broke both back legs with the first shot). He's crawling and Tyler anchors him with a 2nd shot from 35'.
Unfortunately luck of the draw would have Andrew on the opposite side of the action both stands. Ya never know where they're gonna come from.
Driving out I spot a big tarantula and stop to catch it for my classroom but just can't get the nerve to reach down and pick it up. I put my hand down and as its starts climbing on it I jerk it away like a sissy. After it lunges at me and I scream like a 9 year old girl we put it in Tyler's backpack and put it in the back of the truck. At Burger King I open the backpack and it jumps out and goes underneath my bed liner of my truck and vanishes. GREAT.
Fun times!
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