Callnalldogs
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Finally got a chance Saturday to try out my new Carver calls. I had received them the week before as a birthday present from my wife. Also got the DVD "21 days of coyote heaven". My son and I watched it Tuesday and we were both itching to get out there. Awesome video. My son went to a birthday party at a friends, so I was on my own. I decided to take my Savage .17 hmr instead of my .223 R-15 Remington. The savage has a camera mount on the scope. I wanted to try and get a kill shot on video.
I started off at the first stand using the swift call. I heard several dogs howling on the other side of this hill. I couldn't close the deal. Never even saw them. I've probably over called this area. I got 9 out of there just last month. I tried several stands with no success. Around 2 pm I stopped and talked with this rancher. He tells me the area has been hit hard the last 2 months. Also he reminds me its mating season for coyotes. I got the Big dog howler, but i suck at it. Time to break out the e-caller and start talking dirty to these dogs.
On the next stand I park the truck behind this huge rock outcrop on the edge of this wide open area. I walk around to the other side, set up the Primos Alpha Dogg, climb up into the rocks, and start to call. I start off with a female invitation howl. Wait about 3 minutes. Then I go to the young answer howl. I have the camera mounted on the scope, but I'm not recording. I'm thinking if anything were coming, it would be coming in front of me. I thought wrong. Before I knew what was going on I had 2 dogs coming in hot from around the back of the outcrop where the truck was parked. They went straight to the caller, realized [beeep], turned ran straight towards me, get 10ft infront of me, see me scrambling to get the camera turned on, and then turn and haul butt out into the open. I'm struggling to get in position, I'm barking the whole time. Finally I get situated, bark 2 more times, she stops, I shoot, she drops. 187 yards with a .17hmr 17gr Hornady Vmax. She spun a few times then dropped right where I Shot her. You can tell in the video how much i had to adjust to get the shot. It's a bit shaky.
The third stand after that was a bit different. Start off female invite howl, then young answer, then challenge barks, and finally back to female invite howls. After about 12 minutes, on the other side of this draw, I spot a white face in the sunlight. This is a young one cautiously sneaking a peek at the commotion. She is taking her time. I'm getting nervous thinking she is going to split any second now. She finally moves out into the open. She stops, I shoot, she goes into a spin, I shoot again, she drops. 197 yds. The furthest I have ever shot a coyote with the Savage 93 .17hmr. Every coyote I have ever shot with that gun was recovered. The farthest one has ever gotten was about 20 yds, and that was a 150 yard shot. Of course I'm only talking about 7 dogs and about 4 fox, but still not bad. Check out the video on the link below the photo.
http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx283/zamfam08/guncam_zps9fadebcc.mp4
I started off at the first stand using the swift call. I heard several dogs howling on the other side of this hill. I couldn't close the deal. Never even saw them. I've probably over called this area. I got 9 out of there just last month. I tried several stands with no success. Around 2 pm I stopped and talked with this rancher. He tells me the area has been hit hard the last 2 months. Also he reminds me its mating season for coyotes. I got the Big dog howler, but i suck at it. Time to break out the e-caller and start talking dirty to these dogs.
On the next stand I park the truck behind this huge rock outcrop on the edge of this wide open area. I walk around to the other side, set up the Primos Alpha Dogg, climb up into the rocks, and start to call. I start off with a female invitation howl. Wait about 3 minutes. Then I go to the young answer howl. I have the camera mounted on the scope, but I'm not recording. I'm thinking if anything were coming, it would be coming in front of me. I thought wrong. Before I knew what was going on I had 2 dogs coming in hot from around the back of the outcrop where the truck was parked. They went straight to the caller, realized [beeep], turned ran straight towards me, get 10ft infront of me, see me scrambling to get the camera turned on, and then turn and haul butt out into the open. I'm struggling to get in position, I'm barking the whole time. Finally I get situated, bark 2 more times, she stops, I shoot, she drops. 187 yards with a .17hmr 17gr Hornady Vmax. She spun a few times then dropped right where I Shot her. You can tell in the video how much i had to adjust to get the shot. It's a bit shaky.
The third stand after that was a bit different. Start off female invite howl, then young answer, then challenge barks, and finally back to female invite howls. After about 12 minutes, on the other side of this draw, I spot a white face in the sunlight. This is a young one cautiously sneaking a peek at the commotion. She is taking her time. I'm getting nervous thinking she is going to split any second now. She finally moves out into the open. She stops, I shoot, she goes into a spin, I shoot again, she drops. 197 yds. The furthest I have ever shot a coyote with the Savage 93 .17hmr. Every coyote I have ever shot with that gun was recovered. The farthest one has ever gotten was about 20 yds, and that was a 150 yard shot. Of course I'm only talking about 7 dogs and about 4 fox, but still not bad. Check out the video on the link below the photo.
http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx283/zamfam08/guncam_zps9fadebcc.mp4
