Got out for 5 sets Thursday night and got this adult male on the 4th. I got answers to my howls from sets 1 and 2 at the end of my hearing in this direction so after making a 3rd set a couple miles out the ridge from 1 and 2, I went to where I thought they might be.
I am facing N in a hollow that stretches for almost a mile with a slight N drifting wind. The call is 40-50y in front of me in the bottom and I am tucked into a hillside fence/treeline (the branches of which became a problem when the coyotes come in!) about 40ft higher than the call.
I start out with a rabbit and 3-4min in I see one coming quickly. it gets to 150ish and "disappears"
. As I am scanning with the rifle, I find another approaching fast. Every time I mute, he stops coming and I decide not to shoot even though he is inside 200 because "he is coming hard"-dang near regretted those decisions! When he drops out of sight ,I turn the call on again and by this time said to myself "look dumbshit, leave it on". Well, he disappears for 5 minutes!! Musta decided to nap. Finally, I catch heat through the leaves and get out of the scanner and into the gun, luckily get him stopped in a window through the branches and 'let drive'.
~100-120yds per onx. Even though it is a summer hide, if it wasn't so far from the car, I would have tried to tan it for a wall hanger.
This is the second double lung with the 55NBT that ran 50ish yds. This went in towards the back of the ribs and exited with a 1/2" hole behind the far leg-even had some copper shrapnel at the exit hole.
As a side note, Made 6 sets last night with the young fella who I take sometimes with no action other than 2 foxes called in AND MY THERMION CRAPPED OUT at the start of the 3rd set-won't power up!!! Sent the email to them a while ago.
I am facing N in a hollow that stretches for almost a mile with a slight N drifting wind. The call is 40-50y in front of me in the bottom and I am tucked into a hillside fence/treeline (the branches of which became a problem when the coyotes come in!) about 40ft higher than the call.
I start out with a rabbit and 3-4min in I see one coming quickly. it gets to 150ish and "disappears"
. As I am scanning with the rifle, I find another approaching fast. Every time I mute, he stops coming and I decide not to shoot even though he is inside 200 because "he is coming hard"-dang near regretted those decisions! When he drops out of sight ,I turn the call on again and by this time said to myself "look dumbshit, leave it on". Well, he disappears for 5 minutes!! Musta decided to nap. Finally, I catch heat through the leaves and get out of the scanner and into the gun, luckily get him stopped in a window through the branches and 'let drive'.~100-120yds per onx. Even though it is a summer hide, if it wasn't so far from the car, I would have tried to tan it for a wall hanger.
This is the second double lung with the 55NBT that ran 50ish yds. This went in towards the back of the ribs and exited with a 1/2" hole behind the far leg-even had some copper shrapnel at the exit hole.
As a side note, Made 6 sets last night with the young fella who I take sometimes with no action other than 2 foxes called in AND MY THERMION CRAPPED OUT at the start of the 3rd set-won't power up!!! Sent the email to them a while ago.
…….. nice shot !
