First North Carolina Coyote

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Nightfisher

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I became interested in Coyote hunting when I stumbled on the Predator Masters forum a couple of years ago and started reading about calling and hunting techniques. At the same time I started hearing that there was some Coyotes in the southern part of our state. Until a few years ago I had never heard of any being around here. Then this past fall I started hearing about them being in the Piedmont area where I live. I had a friend that told me that he had 5 sheep killed by the Coyotes at his farm about 20 miles away. He put me on a place that I could go hunting where they had been seeing them travel through a farm.

I went to the farm one Saturday the last of October and scouted it out. I went back in the next Saturday about an hour before daylight and set up and waited for day break. As it started breaking daylight I started my first set of rabbit distress calls and then waited for about 10 or 15 minutes and then made a second set of calls. I was set up in a weed field on the edge of a big wheat field with a slight rise in the center. As I was waiting I started thinking to myself that this was crazy, that there wasn’t enough coyotes around here for me to be able to call one in like this and there he was on the top of the wheat field in a full trot about 150 to 175 yards out looking for me. I got my rifle that, was on a by-pod turned to him and shot him at about 100 to 125 yards. I went out and carried him to the edge of the field and went back to my rifle and here comes his partner at about 200 yards in a draw to my far right. I started up with the rifle and he spotted me and took off running. I made a loud lip squeak at him and I couldn’t believe that he heard it and stopped. I took a quick shot and missed him. I was still too shook up from shooting the first one.

I couldn’t believe it! The first live Coyote that I had EVER seen and I had called them in and got one. I have read here on PM how some people have hunted for 1 to 3 years before they ever got their first one and I got one on my first hunt and if I hadn’t missed the second one I would have gotten two. God has always been good to me but he does have a sense of humor because I haven’t called in but one since then and I have been about 15 times.

Thanks for all the help getting me hung on Coyote hunting especially Rick Cronk and Jimmy. All I have learned was from this forum and I have enjoyed it. Sorry for the long post.

Thanks again
Nightfisher
 
Congratulations!

Great story, glad to hear you had success from what you've learned here. We can all learn something from each other if we just listen and share. Rich sure knows his calls and Jimmy sure knows how to scout coyote. I've learned lots from them, too. I got to meet Jimmy last month in Kentucky and he's every bit as genuine and dedicated to this sport as you might imagine. Now if ole' Rich would just show up in Illinois and take me huntin' I'd be in heaven! Nikonut /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Congratulations, seems like a lot of us find the excitement of coyote hunting the same way. Now that you have called in and harvested the first one, you will be looking for (creating) spare time, excuses, etc to get out there after more of them LOL.
 
DOD You’re right. Another farmer called last night and seems that he has some land needs some of my attention this coming Saturday if you catch my drift.

Nightfisher
 
Nightfisher--Congratulations on bagging your first coyote. On future outings, when you call in one coyote and bag that one or even if you miss it, start doing some wounded coyote yipes or coyote pup distress sounds to try to bring in other coyotes that might still be in the vicinity. I think you could have called that second coyote right up to where you dropped the first one. An open reed call works best for making the wounded coyote sounds. Just bite down fairly close to the tip of the reed and do the Yiiiiipe Yiiiiipe Yiiiiipe sound. If you have ever heard a dog get its foot or tail stepped on, you'll know the sound I'm talking about.

Get a camera and give us some pictures of your next coyote!
 
Hey Nightfisher,

Here's to you man. I am glad to here another "long" story. These are the absolute best kind. Congrats on your score.
I too got my first with 2 yotes coming in, and what a rush that can be.
 
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