2nd coyote and maybe 3rd of the season down

[fratri]

I had a couple of free hours this morning before family obligations kicked in so I thought I go out and do a quick coyote hunt. I got set up at first light… I waited for things to settle down and for it to lighten up more. It was a very overcast morning with just a slight wind coming from my right to left. I placed my ecaller about 40 yds in front of me and to the right. I started off with some hand calling….The dying rabbit sound travelled quite a bit through the morning still air. I called for about a minute and went silent…. I alternated between my hand calls and ecaller, calling off and on for about 10 minutes before I see something really light coloured coming up the edge of the corn/bean field from the bush. I reposition my shooting sticks, lose sight of him for a minute and then he pops up about 75 yds away. He is facing the direction of the caller giving me a good body shot. I go squeeze the trigger….nothing safety on, dam it…this caused me to panic a bit, pop off the safety coyote starts coming toward me I wolf him to stop, he keeps coming I wolf him again he stops facing me and I put the cross hairs on him and fire… I see him spinning in the scope… I notice another coyote running away across the corn field, I stand up and yell out wolf, wolf, he doesn’t stop. I say to myself, bullet goes where crosshairs are….so I try the best I can and put them on the coyote and pull the trigger, I notice the coyote flinches and looks hit. I aim again and bang, he makes it to the bush….My heart is racing like crazy…my first double I called in this season…wow…. After a couple minutes I walk over to the first coyote (60 yds away) I can’t find him… See some hair, little blood but can’t find him……Thinking back, I may have rushed the shot……I do the grid search for 30 mins, it begins raining, freezing rain kind of thing and decide to go over to the second coyote I shot at… Not hoping for much as it was a good 125 yds off hand shot at a running coyote… I was hoping but thinking not likely. With no snow I could not find the impact area so I started a grid search and by the time I reached the bush, there he was just a few yards in….I plan if the weather lets up to go back and look for the other guy as he may be down in the field too….Enjoy the pics….

[georgiaboy]

CONGRATS on your yotes!!
Nice set up...hope you find your other dog.

[coors]

That is a great story and I hope that you got the other one as well. We have far to many of those things running around here . Very nice pictures of the coyote.

[Ont_Excal]

Keep smoking those critters. You'll find the other I'm sure. If he's laying on his belly, he'll be a well disguised in that field.
I hope to get out once we get some snow for tracking.
Would like to get one with the crossbow for sure.

If you don't mind what are the callers you use??
Thanks

[Normous]

I'm liking you coyote posts fratri. You make them dead!

[fratri]

Keep smoking those critters. You'll find the other I'm sure. If he's laying on his belly, he'll be a well disguised in that field.
I hope to get out once we get some snow for tracking.
Would like to get one with the crossbow for sure.

If you don't mind what are the callers you use??
Thanks

I have a spitfire and some basic hand calls (dying rabbit sounds).... I alternate from ecaller to hand calls... play one minute on with one minute silence.... mind the approach and watch the wind....good luck

[muskyman454]

congrats on the dogs!! what caliber are you shooting?

[Raymond]

Not a coyote to be heard or seen this fall where I am at.
Raymond

[MADMAX2]

CONGRATS!!Frank whack and stack!!

[Dereck]

Good Job
from your posts you obviously have a system that works well

I hope to get one this winter with my new Savage Axis .243

[nybowbum]

Cool! I've got a 17HMR just waiting to get out and hit one. Congrats!

[j.krug]

Congrats on the dead dog double!!
That's a good size coyote in the pic.