3rd stand of Wednesday night. Saw a skunk on #1. Decided after this stand to try the next county North of mine. Saw a red fox on #2. Walked out the ridge about 800yds from #2 to the next pasture herding the cows and calves as I went. This is a steep W/E ridge and I had a slight W wind. Set the call about 60yds W of me and started with a den raid and within seconds I get flashes of green then another coming up the hill FAST. Drop the scanner (it is on a lanyard) and into the gun. Gotta move the tripod cause I have it set up for my down wind quarter because that is the 'close encounter shot". Vid shows what happens to #1 at 65yd. and a buddy. #2 and a buddy shows up at 105yd and vid shows and hit and a MISS
. These first 3 shots I did not take the time to adjust the tripod to get my elbow to my knee, so I was not steady-no need to be dumb and old without showing it. #3 (might have been #2's buddy) then shows up at ~ 160yds. I am now on a knee and let drive. I still have a problem with aiming too far forward and didn't recover 2/3 until the next afternoon as they made it out of the pasture and into a cut-over. Didn't get a pic of all 3 cause the buzzards had #1 picked clean at 3pm.Nice seeing coyotes on a stand
. All YOY 2m,1feNow to today (Friday). As I am watching Alf's video, the neighbor texts saying 'dogs are howling to a siren in town somewhere behind Pete's'. I finish chores and head there at about 1:00. Not knowing exactly where to be I go to the 'chocolate drop' (what I call the high knobs of a ridge-kinda looks like a Hershey Kiss) behind Pete's and hit a siren at mid volume--wholly chit Lisbeth, I am right on top of em. Can't see 10 ft here and easy for them to downwind me so I back track about 120-150 and get on their level. I can only see maybe 15yds here but that is the way this woods is. I set the call 10yds downhill from me and get hunkered against a tree. Hit a pup howl sequence. Nothing. Wait about a minute then I howl 2-3 times and all hell breaks loose in front and above me AND close. I pick up movement at 15-20yds., but it is behind a 6" tree apparently shaking it head (flies?). It disappears then reappears at about 12yds and BANG. adult male 2:05pm. No other takers after 15min. If there are 3 pics in this post the day kill is the one with the 870 against the fence.
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! Congrats Mike ! Well earned for sure !