First coyote!!
01-10-2003, 08:42 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: marlette michigan USA
Posts: 24
First coyote!!
I called my first coyote in two weeks ago but never fired a shot because I didn't even see it comin! Nearest I can figure is that it must have come in to the call down a ditch. In was callin for about ten min. when I heard one bark, down wind, and then it was over! Never saw him. Since then I have been watching the surrounding five miles for tracks. I know it's not the same as calling one in ,but it was still an awsome rush. Monday after work I drove around one of the sections I've been watching and noticed two coyotes crossing the open field. I got to a good sturdy fence post ASAP. I could only get a shot at the second yote but drilled her in the shoulder at 440 yds!! She spun in a circle and fell over! NO LIE. You have to love a .223 with a bi-pod.The next morn. I took out a pair of reds 300+ yds. Gota love it! One large male with a small female. I don't know how big coyotes get but, the female I got on Mon. weighed 42 lbs. and the one leading was much bigger! Something interestin. I wistled to get her to stop!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>this site is still the best. Keep it up!! By the way, range finders don't lie. nothing better than the outdoors.
01-11-2003, 09:01 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: victor ny
Posts: 538
RE: First coyote!!
congrats on your first coyote.thats some fine shooting for any round but is real good with a 223.a 42 pound female is a real nice size coyote.if the other one was bigger you most likly happened across an alfa pair and it was the male that got away.range finders are deffinetly an indaspencible(spelling) tool for the varmint-predator hunter.
01-12-2003, 09:40 AM
#4
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: marlette michigan USA
Posts: 24
RE: First coyote!!
Edward, I just bought a bushnal laser pro rang finder this fall. 500 yds on a nonreflective target and 1000 yds. on a reflective target! I paid $240 at Wal-Mart. I love the darn thing!
Coyoteseeker, what is the best way to call the male in? He is still traveling the same paths in and out and staying in the same three sections which are only 1 mile by 1 mile areas. Any help is apreciated.
Thanks for the help.
Coyoteseeker, what is the best way to call the male in? He is still traveling the same paths in and out and staying in the same three sections which are only 1 mile by 1 mile areas. Any help is apreciated.
Thanks for the help.
