Baiting

My Season is counting down. I did pick up this young female last night about 11:30. I had a couple of previous pictures on the cell cam from the night before around 1 o'clock but she returned a little earlier last night. It hasn't been a stellar season on the bait pile as this is only my 9th for the year. I average about 15 per year on the bait pile, but won't make that this time around. She was a really light, almost white colored young female unbred. Here she is from the night before.

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And the video from last night.

 
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My Season is counting down. I did pick up this young female last night about 11:30. I had a couple of previous pictures on the cell cam from the night before around 1 o'clock but she returned a little earlier last night. It hasn't been a stellar season on the bait pile as this is only my 9th for the year. I average about 15 per year on the bait pile, but won't make that this time around. She was a really light, almost white colored young female unbred. Here she is from the night before.

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And the video from last night.

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Way to go, perfect shot placement!(y)
 
Well, as some of you know I ended my calling season last week. I was hoping to pick up another one or two on the bait pile. This female came in at 9 tonight but I didn't know she was out there until about 9:15 (alarms were turned off) and I shot her at 9:17. I felt rushed on taking the shot because she was right in my downwind, but made it happen anyway. We have a strong Nor'easter going on and it had been raining since about 10 last night. Humidity was above 90% and video quality was appreciably degraded, but I had to take what I was offered. Here is the video:

 
Thanks guys, for taking the time to reply. I'm pretty much limited to one actually hitting the bait pile in my yard with all this rye planted around me. I've never had rye planted around me before so not sure when they may harvest it. Everything I read says June, but it is already starting to yellow pretty good so I'm hoping for May.
 
This young female had reservations at the diner for 11:45. She was a couple minutes late, so we couldn't allow her to check out without paying the price. Range was 116 yds. at the shot and she folded like an accordion. I have been trying a different bullet looking for a little more penetration on shoulder shots while hoping to still maintain DRT's. I've only shot 3 so far with this bullet, but all have been flat out pounded. This one I intentionally shot right in the shoulder. Small pencil entry and no exit. It is the Hornady 50 gr. SP #2245. The BC is only .214 but for the ranges I shoot it should be adequate. I'm pushing it at 3,200 FPS out of an 18" barrel suppressed. Here she is the night previous.

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Thanks guys for the replies. You're right Mike. I've killed 11 this year on the bait pile and only got 6 last year which was a very slow year. Best year on the bait pile was 36 in 2020 and 85 total calling and baiting. That was of course the Covid year. Over the 15 years I 've been running the bait pile, I've averaged about 12+ per season, mostly in the spring. I'm at 185 total over that span of 15 years on the bait pile.
 
There are lots of reviews of the Mars OneleafAi MT1000 thermal scope floating around on YouTube, but not very many featuring more than one or two coyote kills. This video covers close up shots under 25 yds. all the way out to 312 yds. It shows 4 different reticles and 3 different colors in both black hot and white hot during optimal weather and terrible after all day rain and with high humidity. It shows with the Picture in Picture and without so the viewer should get a good idea of the capabilities of this scope. A couple of the close shot happened so quickly that I didn't have time to either refocus or reduce the zoom level. This video has both calling and bait pile shooting.

 
Nice video DU. Thanks for posting. Not a fan of the "X" reticle I see on there. Looks kind of confusing to me, but I usually go for a single red dot but my shots are typically within 60 yards. Then again, I was trained using AimPoint red dots on rifles for quite a few years (daytime use) so its engrained in me I guess...
 
I picked up #12 on the bait pile tonight. She had visited around 1 A.M. on the 8th, but had not returned until tonight. The wind was brisk NE which puts the scent across the field and into the woods, but also runs the risk of a coyote winding me once I open the window. I've been testing the 50 gr. Hornady soft point #2245 and decided to take the harder straight on shot to see how it did on a frontal hit. I shot her at 9:20 so she came in fairly early. You can tell in the video she looks like she was hit with a sledgehammer. I've only killed 4 coyotes with the bullet, but it has been impressive so far. This appears to be a young female from last year as she didn't show any signs of having bred or at least she didn't take if she was bred.

 
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