Jeff Mock
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"Will Coyotes come to the call when it's really, really hot, or do they just lay up in the shade"?
This is a question often asked, and one that has many differant answers.
Last weekend, Jay Nistetter and I decided to test the theory.....agian. We'd done this once before about 8 or 9 years ago, and we just so happened to have chosen about the hottest day of the year...in Yuma Arizona. If memory serves be correctly, it was about 118 degrees. The callin was good, but we were DONE by noon!
Well, this past weekend, we weren't going to Yuma, but to a ranch in Southern Arizona, and yes, it was HOT! If I had to guess, I'd say around 110-112 degrees, and we were going for the whole weekend!
On one of our first stands, Jay is playing the FOXPRO Prarie Blaster, and we have a visitor. She checked up at about 50 yards, and just stared at the decoy mounted to the FOXPRO.
I just ordered a brand new DPMS LR-243L, and let me tell you...The .243 cuts them ZERO slack!
A few stands later, Jay is making the FOXPRO sing, and we have another visitor! This dominant male came in ready to scrap! He starts raking the ground with his hind legs, and then all of a sudden, squats and drops a load right there, and begins raking his hind legs lettin every other dog in the area know that this was his turf, and he was ready to mix it up.
Little did he know, the "newly broken in" .243 had his number. 164 yards, BANG...FLOP! DRT!
As I was walking up to collect him, the first thing I noticed about this dog was just how long his legs were! He was all legs and head!
As I returned, I asked Jay if he had a scale cause this dog was just a little heavier than usual. Jay broke out his scale, and we weiged the dog.
32.9 pounds! Not to bad for an Arizona Desert dog.
We made a few more stands that day, and missed a few coyotes, but we braved the extreme heat, and survived the day! We went into town and had supper at a great BBQ joint, and talked about what a day we'd had, and how hot it had been.
The next morning, and about 4:00 a.m., Jay was driving us out to make our first stand by sun-up, it's dark! Up ahead in the road, I see something being lit up by the headlights of Jay's truck. It's black with a big white stripe laying in the road, dead.
I just knew that Jay saw that FRESHLY killed skunk in the middle of the road...I just KNEW IT....WRONGO!!!
CRUNCH!!!
JEFF: "JAY, didn't you see that dead skunk in the road"???
JAY: "No...but I felt it"...
Needless to say, we had PLENTY of coverscent for the truck for the remainder of the trip!
We made a few stands, but it got quite a bit hotter, ALOT sooner that day, and we didn't get the cooperation from the dog's that we were hoping for...
By about our 4th or 5th stand, it is HOT! Off come the leafy wear suits! We are down to our t-shirts and hats, and desparately seeking any bit of shade we can find.
On about our 6th stand, I break out the FOXPRO FURY and my MOJO CRITTER decoy.
Jay and I are sharing the ONLY shade tree winthin a quater mile of us, and the FOXPRO is wailing!
About 3 minutes into the call, I hear Jay move a bit, and I peek over my left shoulder where Jay is sitting.
12 yards or so away, I see a coyote turn and start hightailing it our of the area! Jay begins to bark at it, and it slows down, just a bit, and begins "hopping" away from us!
Now I have been witness to some MIGHTY FINE shootin in my time, but let me tell you boys and girls, I do believe that Uncle Jay was showin off just a bit!
As this coyote is "HOPPING" away from us, Jay is steady lining up his own DMPS LR-243L, topped with an EOTech red-dot & 3 power maginfier, and on about the 4th hop, Jay let's one fly, KABOOM!
This coyote is in mid-air when Jay's bullet hit it!
My only response to the shot was "WOW"!
Jay's response to me was, "AND he was running away"! SHOWOFF!!!
Seriousy though, Jay made a great shot on that dog, and I felt lucky just to be able to have seen it!
We madew a few more stands, but very soon reched the conclusion that the coyotes weren't interested in seeing Uncle Jay perform any more trick shots, so we decided to call it a trip, and head home.
It was a great trip, and we had a very good time, and YES...the coyotes will come in to the call when it's HOT outside, unless they know that Uncle Jay and his "trick shooting" are there waiting for them.
Thanks for the great time Jay, I had a blast!
This is a question often asked, and one that has many differant answers.
Last weekend, Jay Nistetter and I decided to test the theory.....agian. We'd done this once before about 8 or 9 years ago, and we just so happened to have chosen about the hottest day of the year...in Yuma Arizona. If memory serves be correctly, it was about 118 degrees. The callin was good, but we were DONE by noon!
Well, this past weekend, we weren't going to Yuma, but to a ranch in Southern Arizona, and yes, it was HOT! If I had to guess, I'd say around 110-112 degrees, and we were going for the whole weekend!
On one of our first stands, Jay is playing the FOXPRO Prarie Blaster, and we have a visitor. She checked up at about 50 yards, and just stared at the decoy mounted to the FOXPRO.
I just ordered a brand new DPMS LR-243L, and let me tell you...The .243 cuts them ZERO slack!
A few stands later, Jay is making the FOXPRO sing, and we have another visitor! This dominant male came in ready to scrap! He starts raking the ground with his hind legs, and then all of a sudden, squats and drops a load right there, and begins raking his hind legs lettin every other dog in the area know that this was his turf, and he was ready to mix it up.
Little did he know, the "newly broken in" .243 had his number. 164 yards, BANG...FLOP! DRT!
As I was walking up to collect him, the first thing I noticed about this dog was just how long his legs were! He was all legs and head!
As I returned, I asked Jay if he had a scale cause this dog was just a little heavier than usual. Jay broke out his scale, and we weiged the dog.
32.9 pounds! Not to bad for an Arizona Desert dog.
We made a few more stands that day, and missed a few coyotes, but we braved the extreme heat, and survived the day! We went into town and had supper at a great BBQ joint, and talked about what a day we'd had, and how hot it had been.
The next morning, and about 4:00 a.m., Jay was driving us out to make our first stand by sun-up, it's dark! Up ahead in the road, I see something being lit up by the headlights of Jay's truck. It's black with a big white stripe laying in the road, dead.
I just knew that Jay saw that FRESHLY killed skunk in the middle of the road...I just KNEW IT....WRONGO!!!
CRUNCH!!!
JEFF: "JAY, didn't you see that dead skunk in the road"???
JAY: "No...but I felt it"...
Needless to say, we had PLENTY of coverscent for the truck for the remainder of the trip!
We made a few stands, but it got quite a bit hotter, ALOT sooner that day, and we didn't get the cooperation from the dog's that we were hoping for...
By about our 4th or 5th stand, it is HOT! Off come the leafy wear suits! We are down to our t-shirts and hats, and desparately seeking any bit of shade we can find.
On about our 6th stand, I break out the FOXPRO FURY and my MOJO CRITTER decoy.
Jay and I are sharing the ONLY shade tree winthin a quater mile of us, and the FOXPRO is wailing!
About 3 minutes into the call, I hear Jay move a bit, and I peek over my left shoulder where Jay is sitting.
12 yards or so away, I see a coyote turn and start hightailing it our of the area! Jay begins to bark at it, and it slows down, just a bit, and begins "hopping" away from us!
Now I have been witness to some MIGHTY FINE shootin in my time, but let me tell you boys and girls, I do believe that Uncle Jay was showin off just a bit!
As this coyote is "HOPPING" away from us, Jay is steady lining up his own DMPS LR-243L, topped with an EOTech red-dot & 3 power maginfier, and on about the 4th hop, Jay let's one fly, KABOOM!
This coyote is in mid-air when Jay's bullet hit it!
My only response to the shot was "WOW"!
Jay's response to me was, "AND he was running away"! SHOWOFF!!!
Seriousy though, Jay made a great shot on that dog, and I felt lucky just to be able to have seen it!
We madew a few more stands, but very soon reched the conclusion that the coyotes weren't interested in seeing Uncle Jay perform any more trick shots, so we decided to call it a trip, and head home.
It was a great trip, and we had a very good time, and YES...the coyotes will come in to the call when it's HOT outside, unless they know that Uncle Jay and his "trick shooting" are there waiting for them.
Thanks for the great time Jay, I had a blast!
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