Damn ! I should have taken my time

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Adrian J Hare

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Should have taken another second and took my time :mad:

The pic have some snow in them as it was snowing like hell and they started to cover by the time I got to where I took them.

On my second set today right across the road from the house I got setup and started with a Jack Rabbit distress on Vol. 24 for 2 minutes. Waited 3 minutes with a silent state and then put on Lighting Jack for another 2 minutes at Vol. 38 and then quick change to dieing Jack for about 30 seconds and then silent for 2 minutes.

Then a Male howl 3 times and silent. As I am looking through the menu for distress jack again I glance up and there he is standing looking at the mojo about 100 yards out and I had to move my gun to the left about a foot , he caught me move. I had the flip up cap still on the front lens of the scope because it was snowing pretty good.

I shot and down he went, I then fastly changed to a Pup distress and reload with another round and watched for a second yote with no success. I played the distress Rabbit once again for about 2 minutes and then sat silent for a few and noughting.

I get up and walk out to the caller and look towards where the yote went down and No Yote :eek:

This is all I found :-/ Blood - Hair - crap

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I took up a follow and this happened about 25 yards away

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Here's a photo of the tree line I was set at and where the yote fell

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I followed it for a while and the snow was so deep and he headed into the thick bush with died falls I gave up on him
 
WHAT!?! I figured you could hit em anywhere with a .270wsm and they'd lay down for ya. Guess not ;)




I had the same thing happen to me back in the beginning of January. I shot a coyote at about 30 yards with my .22-250, he jumped and spun then ran back to where he came from. I stood up and took another shot at him but never touched him. I was waiting for him to fall over but never did, tracked him for 2 hours and he never stopped once, so must of graised him.
 
@ least you called in one, its been a tough go down here, lack of snow and all, I see up by your place plenty of the white stuff....Nothing worse than being on stand and having one show up and not be able to close the deal...been there, done that (more than I like to admit)....sure you won't let that happen again... continued success Adrian...
 
LOL yep never got him but the 270wsm still hit. I have to wonder if I hit a leg high.

Frank, there is too much snow right now and its hard to walk in. The first area I setup I walked 3 steps on top of crust and 2 I fell through to my knee's I went two fields and after the hunt I headed back to my home area where we didn't get the rain the other night.

Got to sight in the 243 and give it a try now :cool:

Thanks guys
 
Coyotes have a remarkable will to live. We tracked (and eventually found) one this past weekend that was hit low in the gut. He went 2.2 km despite losing about a foot and a half of intestines and more blood than I would have thought he had in his whole body.
 
If you had the snow to track him and you had blood why the hell would ya quit?

He's got hole in him, he's going to take you through the nastiest sh**t he can find.

I guess when the going gets tough the supposedly tough give up??

KR
 
Adrian J Hare said:
You don't live around here, you have no idea. Give up would you...
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It doesn't matter where you live Adrian.... his comment was off base and he has no clue... yotes are varmints that should be shot on site... it's the only way we will keep them under control.... and even that may end up a losing battle... many people just shoot em and leave 'em where they lie.... and that's fine... you made an effort to recover .... good enough...
 
Superbrad said:
It doesn't matter where you live Adrian.... his comment was off base and he has no clue... yotes are varmints that should be shot on site... it's the only way we will keep them under control.... and even that may end up a losing battle... many people just shoot em and leave 'em where they lie.... and that's fine... you made an effort to recover .... good enough...
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Thanks Brad,

Keven R spends a great deal of time to try and down grade me on these forums and this is just another shot from him....
 
Superbrad said:
It doesn't matter where you live Adrian.... his comment was off base and he has no clue... yotes are varmints that should be shot on site... it's the only way we will keep them under control.... and even that may end up a losing battle... many people just shoot em and leave 'em where they lie.... and that's fine... you made an effort to recover .... good enough...
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I have no clue... Since when are coyotes varmints?? I think you have no clue??

I have probably shot and or tracked more coyotes then you two guys have even seen,and through more snow then that. When they have a hole in them they are going to take you through the nastiest #### they can. Sounds to me that he made little effort to go after a annimal with a hole in him, just because it's a predator does that make it right for him to die a slow death, and because "many people shoot em and leave em where they lie" does that also make it right?? I think not!

He knew the conditions were "sopposedly" bad before he went out, living around there has nothing to do with it.

As DVXDUDE says in his post, he tracked a wounded one for two hours. Thats putting a effort in, five minutes is not!!

KR
 
I have to admit Adrian, your stories are well done with great pics but, when you give up because the bush is too thick or the snow is too deep sounds a bit lame. I hunt yotes too and I know were they go and how hard they are to stop, our group never gives up on one unless it goes into an area we don't have permission (even then we might sneak in) or we run out of daylight. Sometimes we have gone back the next day and picked up the trail to continue and recover them. I'm not going to get into the whole "we as hunters have to do whatever is possible to recover the game we hunt" thing, just stay away from the areas if you can't get into them.
Chris
 
Personally I think you did just fine Adriane.
From what I saw in the pic there certainly wasn't enough blood for me to track thru a tangled mess & in deep snow.
All I keep hearing is "go after a annimal with a hole in him"
You followed him long enough to determine how bad he was hit.
Personally I see no reason to chase a coyote with a nick on him!
 
Kevin R. said:
I have no clue... Since when are coyotes varmints?? I think you have no clue??

I have probably shot and or tracked more coyotes then you two guys have even seen,and through more snow then that. When they have a hole in them they are going to take you through the nastiest s**t they can. Sounds to me that he made little effort to go after a annimal with a hole in him, just because it's a predator does that make it right for him to die a slow death, and because "many people shoot em and leave em where they lie" does that also make it right?? I think not!

He knew the conditions were "sopposedly" bad before he went out, living around there has nothing to do with it.

As DVXDUDE says in his post, he tracked a wounded one for two hours. Thats putting a effort in, five minutes is not!!

KR
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If you want to spend your whole day tracking something that is no longer bleeding and never blead much in the first place then that is your business....

var·mint/ˈvärmənt/Noun: 1.A troublesome wild animal, esp. a fox.
2.A troublesome and mischievous person, esp. a child.

Coyotes are indeed varmints whether you choose to romanticize them because you hunt them or not.... they are overpopulated and taking a toll on other species and tehy need to be controlled.... shooting them and leaving them where they lay is perfectly acceptable practice.... I bring them to a local trapper so they get used but for those who do not have access to one ditching them is fine.... their carcass provides nourishment for other wild animals...
 
I've seen more blood than that when you cut a dogs toe nail too short. If I'd shot at one with a 270wsm and that's all the blood I saw and it took off I'd be thinking it was just a nick.
 
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