Yesterday I was away picking up a piece of equipment. As I was rolling in the driveway I met my grown daughter headed out the driveway carrying her .223 and her FoxPro. As it was -16 with a wind I was a bit surprised and I stopped my truck to ask her what was up?
She said she had been out for a walk down the road a bit near our neighbours acreage. Our neighbours were away for the weekend and she said the coyotes were basically surrounding their 10 acres and howling in broad daylight attempting, in her opinion, to sucker their dog out into the bush. So she was headed out into our large field next door to the acreage to attempt to lure the coyotes into the open to lay a hurtin' on them.
She just got nicely set up and received a phone call and had to shut down to deal with an important issue. She works with kids.
In discussions later we were spitballing trying to figure out what would have been her best "angle of attack" so to speak? What call to use to draw the coyotes out? Would the wind and scent been a factor being as the coyotes were already surrounding a human habitation?
Can't really draw you a picture here but if you can imagine the quarter section as a large square. We own the rest of that quarter section except the 10 acres. Top of the square being north. At the center bottom of the square is the 10 acres of the neighbours home. To the left (or west) of the acreage is all open very gently rolling field all the way to the north end of the quarter. To the right (or east) is pretty much all mature poplar forest all the way to the end of the quarter. At the extreme east edge of the poplar there is a small 15 acre hay field.
Nothing to the north after the land but a large lake. No issues with shooting in any direction with the exception of course of our neighbours property. We know them very well and have mutual permission to hunt and shoot on each others property.
So any advice on where would be a good place for her to position herself? What FoxPro call would work best in that situation? She felt there were at least two coyotes and perhaps three.
Thanks for any tips or advice.
Regards,
Dave.
She said she had been out for a walk down the road a bit near our neighbours acreage. Our neighbours were away for the weekend and she said the coyotes were basically surrounding their 10 acres and howling in broad daylight attempting, in her opinion, to sucker their dog out into the bush. So she was headed out into our large field next door to the acreage to attempt to lure the coyotes into the open to lay a hurtin' on them.
She just got nicely set up and received a phone call and had to shut down to deal with an important issue. She works with kids.
In discussions later we were spitballing trying to figure out what would have been her best "angle of attack" so to speak? What call to use to draw the coyotes out? Would the wind and scent been a factor being as the coyotes were already surrounding a human habitation?
Can't really draw you a picture here but if you can imagine the quarter section as a large square. We own the rest of that quarter section except the 10 acres. Top of the square being north. At the center bottom of the square is the 10 acres of the neighbours home. To the left (or west) of the acreage is all open very gently rolling field all the way to the north end of the quarter. To the right (or east) is pretty much all mature poplar forest all the way to the end of the quarter. At the extreme east edge of the poplar there is a small 15 acre hay field.
Nothing to the north after the land but a large lake. No issues with shooting in any direction with the exception of course of our neighbours property. We know them very well and have mutual permission to hunt and shoot on each others property.
So any advice on where would be a good place for her to position herself? What FoxPro call would work best in that situation? She felt there were at least two coyotes and perhaps three.
Thanks for any tips or advice.
Regards,
Dave.
