Fun way to hunt coyotes
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GhostsoftheGrass
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My way of explaining it isn't going to be the full detail of the rules and regulations the State has written. You can read them yourselves. I'm not going to type out the exact word for word regulation. I emailed KS Game & Parks over the matter years ago because I to was confused on it stated. Rules are rules and trust me that I didn't make them, nor did I break them. I just figured you guys would get a kick out the footage. If I knew it was going to cause a stink I would have left it on my personal computer for my own viewing. You guys think I like being called an unethical hunter? That's the worst nightmare of an outdoorsman. I'll go home and post one of my hundred calling videos so all you guys get the same feeling, 'oh another coyote gets called in, and shot' lol.. Come on guys. Be civil with me here.
varminter .223
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If Illinois had laws like that the roads around home would be backed up with trucks so bad every weekend that you wouldn't be able to move. If it snowed every section would be fenced in with trucks lol!
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GhostsoftheGrass
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In all honesty I wish they would make coyote hunting, CALL ONLY! We have so many running groups around my local area. Gun runners or dog runners. In a 30 mile radius I can think of 3 groups of dog runners(3-5 rigs per group), 5 groups of gun runners, (4-6 rigs per group and 1 group having up to 12 pickups go). Our area gets hammered hard. Like one guy stated about hunting and being surrounding by vehicles. That has happened to me once before. I just sat and watched them chase a coyote and all while I was doing that, here comes a coyote from the opposite direction. I actually shot it. It was a young dumb pup but I counted it..lol. Its just weird how all the methods there are to hunt a coyote. Multiple methods and all are effective. Spot n stalk is my new favorite that I enjoyed alot. Of course I gotta go to the sandhills to make it happen.
canislatrans54
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At the risk of being "slammed", I would like to comment on the OP's post/video.
Since the landowner gave permission to cross the wheat, IMO, no harm, no foul.
Looks mighty muddy there.
Glad to see that you stayed on the edge of the field.
Also, if I may...you might pass on to the gunner, that he needs to "aim"/lead the coyote's head by about 12"...regardless of the angle, or distance, when the coyote's at full speed.
If he does, using anything from BB to 00 Buck, should result in a fatal head shot 90% of the time, with the 1st shot.
As someone with a lot of experience shotgunning from a truck, it was evident that he was "aiming" at the main torso area....which by the time the shot string was getting to the coyote, was resulting in the pellets either hitting it's rear, or missing behind it completely.
I do agree that I am amazed by the steadiness of the camera work!! Well done!!
The next coyote (I think it was the 3rd one you chased), where you took it down a path created by (I'm assuming) an irrigation rig....were you using a .22 pistol on that one?
Fourth coyote (back to the shotty), gunner did a nice job!
BTW, what shotty was being used; what choke; and what shells?
Coyote #5...I feel for the hound hunter. Dumping right on top of that coyote, and the dogs didn't line out. Wow.
But, I see you gunner figured out the "lead" on getting a head shot!
Yes, lots of fun!!
At the risk of bringing more "slamming" my way.....the topic of trespassing has been brought up.
I am going to give this group of hound hunters (and the OP & his gunner), the benefit of the doubt.
If their group is similar to the group of guys that I grew up hunting with (with my dad)...who my dad still follows around once in a while (although he no longer actually chases).......a lot of the ground that they (meaning the guys I know) hunt, is owned by them, or members of their families. The rest of the ground that is not owned by one of them, someone in the group has gotten permission for the group to be on.
In Ottawa, Saline & Lincoln counties (north-central Kansas), most of the coyote hunting is doen this way....either using sighthounds, or shotgunning from trucks.
Has been that way since World War 2.
Yes, there are callers too.
You guys who call, who seem to have had a problem with the video......that is your right.
But, if I may, I would like to point something out: The large majority of guys who hunt with sighthounds, or by shotgunning from trucks.....in their view, hunting with calls "isn't hunting"....just as you have stated that in your view, hunting their way "isn't hunting".
Folks, it is all hunting.
We don't all have to agree with how someone else does it.
But, if it is legal...where it is being done...then we should all stand together in unity. The more we bicker amongst ourselves, the more power the anti-hunters have to work in their favor.
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Everything I have said above, is based on 40+ years of hunting coyotes, in various ways.
As a child, hunting with Dad, using sighthounds. (I can even remember when it was legal to hunt under an airplane).
From my teens, into my early 30s, shotgunning from a truck.
And since 1995, using calls.
It's all coyote hunting. Only different methods. And YES, it is all legal in the state of Kansas.
Since the landowner gave permission to cross the wheat, IMO, no harm, no foul.
Looks mighty muddy there.
Glad to see that you stayed on the edge of the field.
Also, if I may...you might pass on to the gunner, that he needs to "aim"/lead the coyote's head by about 12"...regardless of the angle, or distance, when the coyote's at full speed.
If he does, using anything from BB to 00 Buck, should result in a fatal head shot 90% of the time, with the 1st shot.
As someone with a lot of experience shotgunning from a truck, it was evident that he was "aiming" at the main torso area....which by the time the shot string was getting to the coyote, was resulting in the pellets either hitting it's rear, or missing behind it completely.
I do agree that I am amazed by the steadiness of the camera work!! Well done!!
The next coyote (I think it was the 3rd one you chased), where you took it down a path created by (I'm assuming) an irrigation rig....were you using a .22 pistol on that one?
Fourth coyote (back to the shotty), gunner did a nice job!
BTW, what shotty was being used; what choke; and what shells?
Coyote #5...I feel for the hound hunter. Dumping right on top of that coyote, and the dogs didn't line out. Wow.
But, I see you gunner figured out the "lead" on getting a head shot!
Yes, lots of fun!!
At the risk of bringing more "slamming" my way.....the topic of trespassing has been brought up.
I am going to give this group of hound hunters (and the OP & his gunner), the benefit of the doubt.
If their group is similar to the group of guys that I grew up hunting with (with my dad)...who my dad still follows around once in a while (although he no longer actually chases).......a lot of the ground that they (meaning the guys I know) hunt, is owned by them, or members of their families. The rest of the ground that is not owned by one of them, someone in the group has gotten permission for the group to be on.
In Ottawa, Saline & Lincoln counties (north-central Kansas), most of the coyote hunting is doen this way....either using sighthounds, or shotgunning from trucks.
Has been that way since World War 2.
Yes, there are callers too.
You guys who call, who seem to have had a problem with the video......that is your right.
But, if I may, I would like to point something out: The large majority of guys who hunt with sighthounds, or by shotgunning from trucks.....in their view, hunting with calls "isn't hunting"....just as you have stated that in your view, hunting their way "isn't hunting".
Folks, it is all hunting.
We don't all have to agree with how someone else does it.
But, if it is legal...where it is being done...then we should all stand together in unity. The more we bicker amongst ourselves, the more power the anti-hunters have to work in their favor.
..........
Everything I have said above, is based on 40+ years of hunting coyotes, in various ways.
As a child, hunting with Dad, using sighthounds. (I can even remember when it was legal to hunt under an airplane).
From my teens, into my early 30s, shotgunning from a truck.
And since 1995, using calls.
It's all coyote hunting. Only different methods. And YES, it is all legal in the state of Kansas.
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GhostsoftheGrass
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Oh geez the pheasants were unbelievable thick down there. Seen hundreds/thousands.
skinney
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Originally Posted By: PanyoteOriginally Posted By: GhostsoftheGrassIt's no different then using grey hounds. So you couple fellas can say what you want n keep your noses up high if you'd like. This is another way how guys hunt coyotes here, plain n simple. It's very popular around here. I didn't make the laws, I'm not being a renegade and doing whatever I feel. I'd really hate to see what you boys think about Texas folks and using a helicopter. Next time, think what you want n yell into your computer screen and go to the next forum topic, please and thank you. All the snob comments on this site are getting worse and worse and starting to think nothing is worth posting anymore. But I'm a person that has to defend himself for someone trying to pin a jack*ss label upon myself.
+1 well said!
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+1 well said!
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That method of killing coyotes is really affective I will say that. When you go out and kill 15+ in a day it doesn't take long to put a dent in the numbers. Good for ranchers,bad for predator hunters. I used to hunt really good ground that's been ran like that. Coyotes that were there are either dead or have moved somewhere else. You'd have to park a long ways and walk to that spot if you wanted to call it because they hear a vehicle and take off running.