Today I went out with a new forum member. He wanted to tag along for a coyote hunt so I could show him what I know. He arrived at my place and we headed out just in time to reach our first setup at first light. As we exited the vehicle I hear the vehicle door slam and look over to ryandir (our newer forum member) and with a startled look on his face, he apologies. (Rookie Mistake) 
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I set up the caller and decoy about 40 yds in front of us (which it turns out weren't needed or used). There was hardly any wind, just a slight breeze blowing from us into the field (45 degrees away from the bush). I started off with a couple of coyote greeting calls with my hand caller. I waited a minute and gave a big shout out with my dying rabbit hand call for about a minute and then went silent. After about the first minute or so the decoy stopped working WTF…. I then gave out another loud rabbit distress call with my hand caller,….. I waited another minute and gave a third call out with my hand caller and way in the distance I noticed a black object. I thought it was a raccoon for an instance because it was so dark and small from that range. I gave a few soft calls on my hand caller and that dark object got bigger and turns into a coyote. He starts making his way over to us…He eventually checks-up about 150 yds or so, I lip squeak to him and he comes in another 50 yds or so and for some reason, I drop the ecaller remote and my foxbang kicks in. This sudden loud (coyote pup distress)sound causes the coyote to stop quickly, he begins to look nervous so I take the shot, he spins around 3-4 times and then looks like he is going to try and make a break for it but I let another round off and down he goes…. After approaching him, he turned out to be not as black as I originally thought (very dark nevertheless) but much bigger than I suspected. I was going to skin him out on site but I wanted to take him home as he appears to be one of the biggest coyotes I have shot. After getting him home weighing him several times, official weight comes in just over 45lbs….
The View/Setup
The Prize
Both of us with the catch…
....I set up the caller and decoy about 40 yds in front of us (which it turns out weren't needed or used). There was hardly any wind, just a slight breeze blowing from us into the field (45 degrees away from the bush). I started off with a couple of coyote greeting calls with my hand caller. I waited a minute and gave a big shout out with my dying rabbit hand call for about a minute and then went silent. After about the first minute or so the decoy stopped working WTF…. I then gave out another loud rabbit distress call with my hand caller,….. I waited another minute and gave a third call out with my hand caller and way in the distance I noticed a black object. I thought it was a raccoon for an instance because it was so dark and small from that range. I gave a few soft calls on my hand caller and that dark object got bigger and turns into a coyote. He starts making his way over to us…He eventually checks-up about 150 yds or so, I lip squeak to him and he comes in another 50 yds or so and for some reason, I drop the ecaller remote and my foxbang kicks in. This sudden loud (coyote pup distress)sound causes the coyote to stop quickly, he begins to look nervous so I take the shot, he spins around 3-4 times and then looks like he is going to try and make a break for it but I let another round off and down he goes…. After approaching him, he turned out to be not as black as I originally thought (very dark nevertheless) but much bigger than I suspected. I was going to skin him out on site but I wanted to take him home as he appears to be one of the biggest coyotes I have shot. After getting him home weighing him several times, official weight comes in just over 45lbs….
The View/Setup
The Prize
Both of us with the catch…
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