Snowshoes
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November 10 2018,This morning was cloudy skies, a couple degrees below the freezing mark and windy. A constant 20 mph wind with gust to 35 mph equated to a hunt in as much shelter as possible. The hills in the nearby valley fit those requirements and that is where I head.
Parked the truck behind a bush patch and from there walked into the valley using the hills as cover and the wind to cover my footsteps. The clouds looked as if they could dump snow on me at any moment but so far, none .
As I was about the crest every little hill, I would stop to glass what was on the other side. About the third stop I was rewarded with the sight of a coyote sitting on the next hill over. The stalk was on and much of it on my knees. Slowly worked my way to where I could see the coyote and a quick range showed 164 yards. The coyote was looking away from me and I take the opportunity to get the rifle onto the bi-pod. The coyote glances back my direction and then stands up. The cross hairs are already steadied on its chest and a touch of the trigger sends the bullet to its mark. Big barrel chested male.
The report of the shot kicks a couple other coyotes into high gear and they waste no time vacating the area. Both of them were roughly 400 yards away when I first saw them. Funny how quick they can make tracks when they want to. In no time they were 600 yards out.
I saw one other coyote on my morning walk but it was almost a half mile away. Never used any calls today as I will save that for some other day.
Parked the truck behind a bush patch and from there walked into the valley using the hills as cover and the wind to cover my footsteps. The clouds looked as if they could dump snow on me at any moment but so far, none .
As I was about the crest every little hill, I would stop to glass what was on the other side. About the third stop I was rewarded with the sight of a coyote sitting on the next hill over. The stalk was on and much of it on my knees. Slowly worked my way to where I could see the coyote and a quick range showed 164 yards. The coyote was looking away from me and I take the opportunity to get the rifle onto the bi-pod. The coyote glances back my direction and then stands up. The cross hairs are already steadied on its chest and a touch of the trigger sends the bullet to its mark. Big barrel chested male.
The report of the shot kicks a couple other coyotes into high gear and they waste no time vacating the area. Both of them were roughly 400 yards away when I first saw them. Funny how quick they can make tracks when they want to. In no time they were 600 yards out.
I saw one other coyote on my morning walk but it was almost a half mile away. Never used any calls today as I will save that for some other day.