And we're back.... Hard to believe I have been doing this for 13 years..
You may have seen my previous posts about our hunting experiences while wolf hunting since 2009 along the north shore of Lake Superior, and how it usually works out in the wolfs favour. We have 5 or 6 hunters that regularly get together to chase predators once the moose and deer seasons close. Well, here we go again for another season......
Started with an early morning phone call (at least for us retired folks). Seeing as I was up and it was a beautiful morning (-2C, no wind, skiff of snow on the ground), I decided to give the golf course behind my house a try for coyotes. Everyone else was working
We have an bylaw amendment allowing 10 of us to hunt in 3 different locations within the municipality for the purpose of controlling predators, as the town has a high coyote population.
Got to the golf course about 8:20 and walked down one of the fairways and set up at the 200 yard marker - gave a good view in both directions and across the driving range. River was behind me and running wide open so knew they couldnt cross from the other side. Packed light, only my caller, a hunters seat and my rifle. Set the FoxPro caller in a spruce tree about 25 yards away from me and set up at the base of another spruce. Sun was behind me.
Started with a female in heat call and no response. Waited 10 minutes and followed with a female interrogation howl. Nothing. Decided to move onto a prey in distress call about 10 minutes later when a helicopter spooled up and took off from the municipal airport. Not sure what he was doing behind me but was hovering in the air and making quite a racket for 7 or 8 minutes. Figured no use in calling with that racket so when he finally faded away, hit a new jackrabbit in distress call that lasts about 6 minutes. Ravens started flocking in and circling the tree with the caller in it. So I switched to another jackrabbit and attacking ravens call. The real ravens went nuts circling the tree and joining in the racket coming out of the caller.
I noticed movement coming out of the bush about 150 yards across the fairway in a treed strip and there is a coyote coming towards me. Get the scope on it, look down and flick the safety off, and look back and he is gone. He didnt come out in the open and was flitting among the spruce trees. I "woofed" at him and he stopped - behind a large spruce tree. I woofed again and he came around the tree and stood there looking directly at where I was sitting. He put his head down to the ground sniffing something and I put the crosshairs on the spine behind his head between his shoulder and pulled the trigger. He went down in a heap. I was using a .22-250 loaded with 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip handloads of mine. He fell within yards of where I dropped one last November hunting with Paddle2DaC and My72Jeep!
The Foxbang setting on the caller kicked in and started playing a pup in distress call. Another coyote started barking from the bush behind where I shot him. Tried a couple more pup distress calls but no response and nothing came out. We are limited to 2 wolf / coyote tags per calendar year and I had just filled my first one, my wife says she cant afford therapy for me if I tag out too early and have to wait till January for new tags.
Nicely furred male, well fed, an no exit wound. Invalidated my tag, and dragged him back to where I was sitting.
Photo taken from where he fell, I was set up in the shade against one of the spruce in the middle of the picture. Best use I have ever seen for a golf course! Unfortunately I didnt take a picture from where I was sitting to make a Fratri type "how it played out" diagram.
Loaded him up and decided to get my morning coffee. As I came out of Tim's drive through, saw hunting partner Wayne stopped at the entrance and waved him in. He asked me if I saw the coyote that had been standing on the road. We were looking at mine in the back of the truck when the coyote he had seen walked across in front of the truck. We stood there and I lip squeaked at him but be kept going across the parking lot. I ran and got my cell phone out of the cab as he was standing in the exit of the drive through. A truck rolled out and he took off at a run to the grass lawn between the parking lot and road, and stood there for a minute. Then he tried to become a road kill crossing the road causing the traffic to come to a halt
Anyways, went to M72j's shop, hung him and skinned him out. Other than a small entrance hole, no damage to the pelt which is nice and prime. Lots of fat on him. Final fleshing and stretching will be done tomorrow.
So good first day predator hunting!
You may have seen my previous posts about our hunting experiences while wolf hunting since 2009 along the north shore of Lake Superior, and how it usually works out in the wolfs favour. We have 5 or 6 hunters that regularly get together to chase predators once the moose and deer seasons close. Well, here we go again for another season......
Started with an early morning phone call (at least for us retired folks). Seeing as I was up and it was a beautiful morning (-2C, no wind, skiff of snow on the ground), I decided to give the golf course behind my house a try for coyotes. Everyone else was working
We have an bylaw amendment allowing 10 of us to hunt in 3 different locations within the municipality for the purpose of controlling predators, as the town has a high coyote population.Got to the golf course about 8:20 and walked down one of the fairways and set up at the 200 yard marker - gave a good view in both directions and across the driving range. River was behind me and running wide open so knew they couldnt cross from the other side. Packed light, only my caller, a hunters seat and my rifle. Set the FoxPro caller in a spruce tree about 25 yards away from me and set up at the base of another spruce. Sun was behind me.
Started with a female in heat call and no response. Waited 10 minutes and followed with a female interrogation howl. Nothing. Decided to move onto a prey in distress call about 10 minutes later when a helicopter spooled up and took off from the municipal airport. Not sure what he was doing behind me but was hovering in the air and making quite a racket for 7 or 8 minutes. Figured no use in calling with that racket so when he finally faded away, hit a new jackrabbit in distress call that lasts about 6 minutes. Ravens started flocking in and circling the tree with the caller in it. So I switched to another jackrabbit and attacking ravens call. The real ravens went nuts circling the tree and joining in the racket coming out of the caller.
I noticed movement coming out of the bush about 150 yards across the fairway in a treed strip and there is a coyote coming towards me. Get the scope on it, look down and flick the safety off, and look back and he is gone. He didnt come out in the open and was flitting among the spruce trees. I "woofed" at him and he stopped - behind a large spruce tree. I woofed again and he came around the tree and stood there looking directly at where I was sitting. He put his head down to the ground sniffing something and I put the crosshairs on the spine behind his head between his shoulder and pulled the trigger. He went down in a heap. I was using a .22-250 loaded with 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip handloads of mine. He fell within yards of where I dropped one last November hunting with Paddle2DaC and My72Jeep!
The Foxbang setting on the caller kicked in and started playing a pup in distress call. Another coyote started barking from the bush behind where I shot him. Tried a couple more pup distress calls but no response and nothing came out. We are limited to 2 wolf / coyote tags per calendar year and I had just filled my first one, my wife says she cant afford therapy for me if I tag out too early and have to wait till January for new tags.
Nicely furred male, well fed, an no exit wound. Invalidated my tag, and dragged him back to where I was sitting.
Photo taken from where he fell, I was set up in the shade against one of the spruce in the middle of the picture. Best use I have ever seen for a golf course! Unfortunately I didnt take a picture from where I was sitting to make a Fratri type "how it played out" diagram.
Loaded him up and decided to get my morning coffee. As I came out of Tim's drive through, saw hunting partner Wayne stopped at the entrance and waved him in. He asked me if I saw the coyote that had been standing on the road. We were looking at mine in the back of the truck when the coyote he had seen walked across in front of the truck. We stood there and I lip squeaked at him but be kept going across the parking lot. I ran and got my cell phone out of the cab as he was standing in the exit of the drive through. A truck rolled out and he took off at a run to the grass lawn between the parking lot and road, and stood there for a minute. Then he tried to become a road kill crossing the road causing the traffic to come to a halt
Anyways, went to M72j's shop, hung him and skinned him out. Other than a small entrance hole, no damage to the pelt which is nice and prime. Lots of fat on him. Final fleshing and stretching will be done tomorrow.
So good first day predator hunting!
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So following the title of the thread, check out the time stamps on todays photos...
