Got to the farm just before first light
Setup and started off with a coyote howl... Waited a couple minutes then started on dying rabbit....
After 5-6minutes playing dying rabbit off and on I see a coyote.
I setup thinking of drawing out a coyote from the bush on my left (180yds away) but no, this coyote is coming in (500yds out) from my 12 O'clock through the cut corn field. I know it's just a matter of time before he winds me. Sure enough about 250 yds out he stops and starts heading back. I manage to wolf out loud enough for him to stop at about 350 yd mark, take the shot and miss...
I continue on with my set hoping that another comes out.....sure enough, after another 5 minutes of playing coyote howl followed by rabbit distress another coyote from the same direction as the first one is coming down my way.... She too stops at about the 250 yd mark, this time I wolf at her right away, she is broadside, crank up the scope and take the 250 yd shot. To my surprise she jumps and starts the death spin.... but manages to find her legs and zips to the small clump of trees/brush and out of sight....I wait about 20 minutes and make my way to follow up on it....
I make it to the impact area and see blood, as I make my way to the bush area she ran into, I notice more blood, lots of it too....Now I am thinking this coyote it dead, so much blood but knowing how tough they are I learned not to assume...... So as I start making my way through the bush/shrubs and pass a big blood trail, she jumps out of the bush and gets about 15 yds into the field and stops, I quickly get my gun up and finish her off.... They are tough.... She has a nice healthy coat so despite the two gun shots, was worth skinning out..
The blood trail
The pose
All skinned out
Setup and started off with a coyote howl... Waited a couple minutes then started on dying rabbit....
After 5-6minutes playing dying rabbit off and on I see a coyote.
I setup thinking of drawing out a coyote from the bush on my left (180yds away) but no, this coyote is coming in (500yds out) from my 12 O'clock through the cut corn field. I know it's just a matter of time before he winds me. Sure enough about 250 yds out he stops and starts heading back. I manage to wolf out loud enough for him to stop at about 350 yd mark, take the shot and miss...
I continue on with my set hoping that another comes out.....sure enough, after another 5 minutes of playing coyote howl followed by rabbit distress another coyote from the same direction as the first one is coming down my way.... She too stops at about the 250 yd mark, this time I wolf at her right away, she is broadside, crank up the scope and take the 250 yd shot. To my surprise she jumps and starts the death spin.... but manages to find her legs and zips to the small clump of trees/brush and out of sight....I wait about 20 minutes and make my way to follow up on it....
I make it to the impact area and see blood, as I make my way to the bush area she ran into, I notice more blood, lots of it too....Now I am thinking this coyote it dead, so much blood but knowing how tough they are I learned not to assume...... So as I start making my way through the bush/shrubs and pass a big blood trail, she jumps out of the bush and gets about 15 yds into the field and stops, I quickly get my gun up and finish her off.... They are tough.... She has a nice healthy coat so despite the two gun shots, was worth skinning out..
The blood trail
The pose
All skinned out
