Snowshoes
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The plan this morning was to walk into a spot where I would sit and watch the creek valley for any travelling coyotes. Almost an hour passes, and I’m thinking about leaving when I see a scruffy coyote come trotting out of the trees and into the open. It stops behind the only tree between us, sits down and goes into some serious scratching. Next it’s rolling in the grass and I can tell this coyote has a real itch issue but I still cant get a clear shot off due to the tree branches.
Finally after a few minutes the coyote walks south few yards giving me a clear shot. A 153 yard shot puts this guy out of its misery.
Walk over and take a picture and then head back to the truck which was parked by the windbreak of the landowners yard site. The landowner is just pulling out when he sees me and then comes over to chat. He tell me that he has seen a fair number of coyotes in his other pasture a mile and half west. We depart and I head west, park the truck and walk in almost a half mile towards a heavy treed ravine. Before getting to where I wanted to call from I see two coyotes coming across a stubble field heading towards the ravine. I squat down and let them make the trees before I continue my journey. I was fortune to see them before they spotted me. I sneak in as close as I dare and setup in front of a willow bush roughly a 100 yards from the south bank of the ravine. The wind is directly in my face and its wide open behind me, there is a few willow bushes between the ravine and where I sat but enough open areas for a shot if need be. Knowing that I likely had two coyotes fairly close I kept the e-caller with me and started off with some cottontail distress. It hadn’t played for 20 seconds and here comes two coyotes on the run, I set the caller down but never had time to shut the volume off. I bark a couple times and the pair come to a slow halt, pick one and drop it. Chamber another round and about to line up the runner when I see a third coyote standing only a few yards from the downed one. Running coyote or standing coyote, not much of a dilemma as I swung off the runner. The e-caller is still playing and my stationary coyote is now trotting closer to me, I bark which stops it and down it goes. Shut the caller off and will save this spot for a month or so down the road. Shots were roughly 70 and 60 yards.
Finally after a few minutes the coyote walks south few yards giving me a clear shot. A 153 yard shot puts this guy out of its misery.
Walk over and take a picture and then head back to the truck which was parked by the windbreak of the landowners yard site. The landowner is just pulling out when he sees me and then comes over to chat. He tell me that he has seen a fair number of coyotes in his other pasture a mile and half west. We depart and I head west, park the truck and walk in almost a half mile towards a heavy treed ravine. Before getting to where I wanted to call from I see two coyotes coming across a stubble field heading towards the ravine. I squat down and let them make the trees before I continue my journey. I was fortune to see them before they spotted me. I sneak in as close as I dare and setup in front of a willow bush roughly a 100 yards from the south bank of the ravine. The wind is directly in my face and its wide open behind me, there is a few willow bushes between the ravine and where I sat but enough open areas for a shot if need be. Knowing that I likely had two coyotes fairly close I kept the e-caller with me and started off with some cottontail distress. It hadn’t played for 20 seconds and here comes two coyotes on the run, I set the caller down but never had time to shut the volume off. I bark a couple times and the pair come to a slow halt, pick one and drop it. Chamber another round and about to line up the runner when I see a third coyote standing only a few yards from the downed one. Running coyote or standing coyote, not much of a dilemma as I swung off the runner. The e-caller is still playing and my stationary coyote is now trotting closer to me, I bark which stops it and down it goes. Shut the caller off and will save this spot for a month or so down the road. Shots were roughly 70 and 60 yards.
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