With my "luck" I'm gonna quit calling coyotes

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22magnum22

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This past Wednesday had the makings of a good time for thermal coyotes. Went out to one of my favorite spots, got there about 7 pm, could barely see my way to the spot I wanted for the current wind and was just settling in and did a quick scan and saw small sounder of hogs about 300 yds out. Decided against turning on the call as they appeared to be coming my way. So I wait...wait...wait probably 35-40 minutes and then saw something to my left and scanned for it and a female coyote nonchalantly walking toward the hogs. How she didn't get my wind puzzles me as she was coming from downwind side. 55gr Hornady Vmax did it again.
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Well, I won't have to charge any batteries before my next outing!
 
That works! Coyotes are always out there somewhere. If you happen to be at that somewhere when they are, all the better! Happy to see it was a successful sit.

I have to askā€¦ If you have an equally good chance of putting a kill shot on a coyote or a pig at the same time, which one are you going to shoot first? Just curious.
 
hunt0168 said:
That works! Coyotes are always out there somewhere. If you happen to be at that somewhere when they are, all the better! Happy to see it was a successful sit.

I have to askā€¦ If you have an equally good chance of putting a kill shot on a coyote or a pig at the same time, which one are you going to shoot first? Just curious.
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hunt0168, strangely enough, I was at this same site about 2 wks ago and had called off and on for around an hour and no takers from coyotes. I muted the call and decided to see if the hogs would come out to play. Now this property borders a big lake surrounded by very dense forest with lots of oaks with acorns and native pecans, good food source for all kinds of critters. A large boar came out of the thicket and I took him out. Less than 5 minutes another boar comes out and he goes down. They did not seem to be alarmed by the shots (not suppressed) and same thing on this last hunt. I took the coyote and immediately looked to see if the hogs would head for cover but, their reaction was to mill around and continue to feed. To answer your question, I will take hogs over coyotes as I know the damage hogs do to property, and I can use the e-call on coyotes another time.
 
Cold front Fri nite seems to have brought them out. One popped up while scanning - don't know where it came from. Just broadside looking at me - must have made some noise. Fast onto the rifle and didn't take a vid. It ran into the brush where I'm not going. Heard several shots out Fri nite and some howls too. Thurs nite - NOTHING in 2 hrs - Fri - 1/2 hr! And no caller either.
 
22magnum22 said:
To answer your question, I will take hogs over coyotes as I know the damage hogs do to property, and I can use the e-call on coyotes another time.
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We donā€™t have hogs here, thankfully. But for the damage they cause I was thinking just as you said. Hogs first would more than likely be my choice.
 
hunt0168 said:
We donā€™t have hogs here, thankfully. But for the damage they cause I was thinking just as you said. Hogs first would more than likely be my choice.
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I am privileged to have several properties to hunt and I feel an obligation to take out every hog I can. A good friend, now deceased, had a breakdown with his round baler that cost $7000.00 to repair, caused by deep holes hogs had rooted. The pictures below show hog wallows made in compacted soil of a gas well road the hogs use to alleviate ticks.
The roads are sprayed with some kind of petroleum based liquid to suppress dust and the hogs have figured out that mud is infused and is beneficial to them. I check these wallows regularly and have taken several hogs in and around them. The kidney shaped wallow is about 8 ft long and near 2 ft deep. The other wallow is about 16-20 inches deep and 5 ft across.
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You can see beyond this picture how thick foliage is and there is a rainy season creek running through it. Hogs lay up here during the hot days.
 
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Man, ive got an older cousin in ok and ive heard of the damage hogs do to farmland down there. Im not a farmer or rancher, but ive heard of ferel hogs in canada that have adapted to cold weather being a threat to the upper midwest. Plenty of coyote hunters up here in nd, but hogs get talked about every now and then also. Hopin they never make it this way. Good luck man!
 
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