Tell your most rememberable coyote hunt.
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Guess I would have been 12 years old, out with my Great Grandad's T-bolt and my coyote call. I walked down to the edge of our hayfield and there was a yote trotting straight away from me but it wasn't spooked. I sat just behind the fence and blew my call. He spun and came to the edge of the trees from across the hayfield, 80 yards or so away. I aimed for the top of his head to compensate for the drop of my Long Rifle load and squeezed of the round. He dropped like a rock. I couldn't believe it! After a moment he sat up and started to biting at his legs and then started to trot away. By this time he had seen me crawl through the fence. I shot again, this time breaking his back. I had to finish him off when I got to him, didn't really like they way he was growling at me!
That was the first yote I ever shot. He was a fat bugger and I could hardly drag him in the snow. Grampa picked it up with the bale truck for me.
Got my first taste of buck....no, yote fever that day!
Noel
That was the first yote I ever shot. He was a fat bugger and I could hardly drag him in the snow. Grampa picked it up with the bale truck for me.
Got my first taste of buck....no, yote fever that day!
Noel
Last winter, north shore of PEI. I have only shot a couple of yotes, but have hunted alot, seen alot and now know what not to do in the future.
Anyway, this day, I was sitting on a downed tree on the edge of a small hedrow in a field. I was using the roots of the tree as a rest/blind. I had my Johnny Stewart PreyMaster call and my new Tikka T3 in 22-250.
My vehicle was parked behind me about 50 yds, I called for about 10-15 minutes and was getting ready to call it quits. Suddently through the hedgerow on my left I could see 2 Coyotes running from behind me towards the woods in front of me. I hit the button again on my JS call and they turned and ran straight towards me, I had just zoomed my scope out to its minimum power thinking I might see one at 60 yds only a minute before this.
Anyway, I lifted the gun saw a coyote face and pulled the trigger, there was no aiming the gun, just point and shoot. One dead male at 19 paces (about 15-20 yds) My heart was pounding....
Got him right in the neck. It was definitely memorable this was my second coyote.
Now after watching a video on hunting coyotes, I wonder if I could have taken the other one??
He is on my wall now, check out all of the scars on his snout. He also had a hole in his ear about an inch long which the taxidermist had to sew (not to mention the big hole in his neck. He was an average 35lb coyote (yes 35lb is average in Atlantic Canada 50lb is somewhat common 65lb is the biggest on record)
Anyway, this day, I was sitting on a downed tree on the edge of a small hedrow in a field. I was using the roots of the tree as a rest/blind. I had my Johnny Stewart PreyMaster call and my new Tikka T3 in 22-250.
My vehicle was parked behind me about 50 yds, I called for about 10-15 minutes and was getting ready to call it quits. Suddently through the hedgerow on my left I could see 2 Coyotes running from behind me towards the woods in front of me. I hit the button again on my JS call and they turned and ran straight towards me, I had just zoomed my scope out to its minimum power thinking I might see one at 60 yds only a minute before this.
Anyway, I lifted the gun saw a coyote face and pulled the trigger, there was no aiming the gun, just point and shoot. One dead male at 19 paces (about 15-20 yds) My heart was pounding....
Got him right in the neck. It was definitely memorable this was my second coyote.
Now after watching a video on hunting coyotes, I wonder if I could have taken the other one??
He is on my wall now, check out all of the scars on his snout. He also had a hole in his ear about an inch long which the taxidermist had to sew (not to mention the big hole in his neck. He was an average 35lb coyote (yes 35lb is average in Atlantic Canada 50lb is somewhat common 65lb is the biggest on record)
first yote hunt
my first yote hunt was at my uncle's farm, he had a house beside a 4 quater section of bush, so there was always deer, coyotes,bush rabbits. and lots of animals passing by. when i was 13 years old i heard of people calling in coyotes with distress calls, so i picked one up in town and i was off, one saturday morning walking into that bush, had an all white suit on white tuque and a sock over the end of my barrel, and another over the scope. (that must have been funny sight to see if a vehicle would have drove past lol) but anyways i walked into the bush sat down in a snow bank made maybe 15 seconds of calling, and well i had a coyote slowly making his wy towards me, then the fever kicked in as soon as he turned away from me to smell the ground i shouldered my uncles's old ruger m77 25-06 with a 6x scope and yanked the trigger and i mean yanked the trigger, he fell instantly to this day i don't know how i hit that yote i was waving with fever real bad, he was trying to get up so i hit him again, game over, i dragged thaT COYOTE HOME SEEMED LIKE 100MILES but i did it, and my uncle couldn't believe his eyes he was more suprised than i was he wanted the whole story and i think before he sold his land, i think he was in that bush everyday useing that caller trying to have a chance like i had. thats the only time ive called in a yote out of probally 4 or 5 other times ive tried. so yes ied say beginners luck. but boy ill never forget that for the rest of my life, don't get much better than that. thanks for reading one young mans hunting story.
my first yote hunt was at my uncle's farm, he had a house beside a 4 quater section of bush, so there was always deer, coyotes,bush rabbits. and lots of animals passing by. when i was 13 years old i heard of people calling in coyotes with distress calls, so i picked one up in town and i was off, one saturday morning walking into that bush, had an all white suit on white tuque and a sock over the end of my barrel, and another over the scope. (that must have been funny sight to see if a vehicle would have drove past lol) but anyways i walked into the bush sat down in a snow bank made maybe 15 seconds of calling, and well i had a coyote slowly making his wy towards me, then the fever kicked in as soon as he turned away from me to smell the ground i shouldered my uncles's old ruger m77 25-06 with a 6x scope and yanked the trigger and i mean yanked the trigger, he fell instantly to this day i don't know how i hit that yote i was waving with fever real bad, he was trying to get up so i hit him again, game over, i dragged thaT COYOTE HOME SEEMED LIKE 100MILES but i did it, and my uncle couldn't believe his eyes he was more suprised than i was he wanted the whole story and i think before he sold his land, i think he was in that bush everyday useing that caller trying to have a chance like i had. thats the only time ive called in a yote out of probally 4 or 5 other times ive tried. so yes ied say beginners luck. but boy ill never forget that for the rest of my life, don't get much better than that. thanks for reading one young mans hunting story.
sv7772 said:
I also called one in on my first try, about 3 minutes. The coyote fever got the best of me though... Missedhim with a .22 semi at 50yds. I had walked in to a field in the am, dropped a rabbit on the way in, figured I would throw the bunny in the field as a decoy. I played my dad's calling tape for about 30 seconds until the batteries died and I said that doesn;t sound too hard so I picked up the moth call and holy ####, called in a yote, he was sniffing the bunny within 2-3 minutes of me getting settled in. I guess i have a few memorable moments.
powder burner
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
The first time I tried to call a coyote, I screwed it up.
I was in the prone position on a hillside on the edge of a tree outcropping. I didnt see the coyote until he ran 50 yards away from me into the adjacent treeline.
Even though I was wearng snow camo from head to toe, I was silhoueted against the top of the hill, and he saw me and booked it.
I have had better experiences as well. Last winter I shot a coyote that I called in. He was 300+ yards away coming down a cut line towards me. I stopped calling after I saw him coming. he had to come over 2 different hills before he got to me. I was suprised how he pin pointed where I was calling from. They have amazing hearing!
He was coming in slowly and cautiously. At 75 yards I squeezed the trigger. I was on the other side of a ridge. As he got closer, coyote fever set in and my breathing quickened fogging up the scope.
Then he looked up all I could see was a furry/foggy blur. I caught him between the shoulder blades as he was walking towards me.
I have dropped some with my 30-06 as well. I was using FMJ's. My gf's dad has a feedlot and i shot one over the "dead" pile in one of his fields.
With the FMJ, he ran away about 80 yards through the bush. At first I thought I had missed because of lack of blood in the snow(although i musta scared him because there was yellow snow!). After following his tracks I started to see where he began to spray red.
another one I shot with the fmj's dropped like a stone.
I was in the prone position on a hillside on the edge of a tree outcropping. I didnt see the coyote until he ran 50 yards away from me into the adjacent treeline.
Even though I was wearng snow camo from head to toe, I was silhoueted against the top of the hill, and he saw me and booked it.
I have had better experiences as well. Last winter I shot a coyote that I called in. He was 300+ yards away coming down a cut line towards me. I stopped calling after I saw him coming. he had to come over 2 different hills before he got to me. I was suprised how he pin pointed where I was calling from. They have amazing hearing!
He was coming in slowly and cautiously. At 75 yards I squeezed the trigger. I was on the other side of a ridge. As he got closer, coyote fever set in and my breathing quickened fogging up the scope.
Then he looked up all I could see was a furry/foggy blur. I caught him between the shoulder blades as he was walking towards me.
I have dropped some with my 30-06 as well. I was using FMJ's. My gf's dad has a feedlot and i shot one over the "dead" pile in one of his fields.
With the FMJ, he ran away about 80 yards through the bush. At first I thought I had missed because of lack of blood in the snow(although i musta scared him because there was yellow snow!). After following his tracks I started to see where he began to spray red.
another one I shot with the fmj's dropped like a stone.
I have been hunting coyotes for a few years, but only really got dedicated into it this year.
It was a cold morning. We arrived at our spot about half an hour before first light. Our first spot was going to be a ridge that overlooked a large prairie and a little duck pond. We moved to just below it on the cliff side. Sun is just about up. Bright enough to hunt. My partner started calling. My goal was to wait a bit, then pop over the ridge, about 15 ft, to nail the yotes that came to the call.
I crept over the remainder of the ridge looking far to see the target. Nothing. Then I look down, and a little left, and there was one feet away. I put the crosshairs on him, but could not pull the trigger. I literally thought it was stuffed. I could not get my mind to let the trigger go. lol.
They are not all successes, but that is my most memorable failure.
I have since had luck at the same spot on yotes about the same distance away. Some are dumber and hungrier then others I guess.
It was a cold morning. We arrived at our spot about half an hour before first light. Our first spot was going to be a ridge that overlooked a large prairie and a little duck pond. We moved to just below it on the cliff side. Sun is just about up. Bright enough to hunt. My partner started calling. My goal was to wait a bit, then pop over the ridge, about 15 ft, to nail the yotes that came to the call.
I crept over the remainder of the ridge looking far to see the target. Nothing. Then I look down, and a little left, and there was one feet away. I put the crosshairs on him, but could not pull the trigger. I literally thought it was stuffed. I could not get my mind to let the trigger go. lol.
They are not all successes, but that is my most memorable failure.
I have since had luck at the same spot on yotes about the same distance away. Some are dumber and hungrier then others I guess.
So my brother, 13year old nephew and I all decide to go coyote calling. It's x-mas time and the snow has gone through a few thaw and freeze cycles. We set up at first light in the bottom of a coulee all on the side of a small table-top. Eveyone is in white from head to toe - I even have a balaclava on. The plan was for me to call and each of us had a segment to watch.
10 minutes into the calling I hear the light crunching of snow at a fast pace - I turn my head to look over my left shouder and see an open-jawed coyote on top of the table-top, staring at my head, 10 feet away and coming at a dead run. I scrambled and the coyote scrambled and I shot just as it went over the edge of the table-top.
Boy were there a lot of exclamations as the shot was the first sign for the other two that anything was going on! 'What was that?!' and I had to try tell them about the coyote. 'Well where is it?!' and we looked over the other side of the table-top and there was the coyote. I had hit him quartering away on the dead run at 10 yards with a 150gr FMJ from a .308, which made for a VERY large exit wound (tear).
I couldn't figure out how no one saw that coyote coming across the coulee at us until my nephew (who was watching that direction) said 'well, I kinda fell asleep'!
Only teenagers and the dead could sleep with someone screeching on a dying rabbit call 5 feet from them. I'm surprised he woke up from the shot.
10 minutes into the calling I hear the light crunching of snow at a fast pace - I turn my head to look over my left shouder and see an open-jawed coyote on top of the table-top, staring at my head, 10 feet away and coming at a dead run. I scrambled and the coyote scrambled and I shot just as it went over the edge of the table-top.
Boy were there a lot of exclamations as the shot was the first sign for the other two that anything was going on! 'What was that?!' and I had to try tell them about the coyote. 'Well where is it?!' and we looked over the other side of the table-top and there was the coyote. I had hit him quartering away on the dead run at 10 yards with a 150gr FMJ from a .308, which made for a VERY large exit wound (tear).
I couldn't figure out how no one saw that coyote coming across the coulee at us until my nephew (who was watching that direction) said 'well, I kinda fell asleep'!
Only teenagers and the dead could sleep with someone screeching on a dying rabbit call 5 feet from them. I'm surprised he woke up from the shot.
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Only ever shot One......
Not much to tell, it was a "hit the brakes, there's a Coyote" kinda deal.
One shot from my Ruger No1V 280 with a 140 Nosler and he came apart in the middle
Started actually "calling" them last winter...had a few show up but didn't bag any, they always seemed to keep just out of reach of the Lil Hornet
This is my 2nd Winter as a Professional Yote Hunter and now armed with abit more reach in the form of a 223
Still Nothing yet..
Not much to tell, it was a "hit the brakes, there's a Coyote" kinda deal.
One shot from my Ruger No1V 280 with a 140 Nosler and he came apart in the middle
Started actually "calling" them last winter...had a few show up but didn't bag any, they always seemed to keep just out of reach of the Lil Hornet
This is my 2nd Winter as a Professional Yote Hunter and now armed with abit more reach in the form of a 223
Still Nothing yet..
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
Any hunt when I get a coyote within 300 yards of my rifle is memorable!
Yote gun
In spring calving we usually have an influx of predators (coyotes). The nice tasty smell of blood and after birth really gets them going. The yotes were coming in usually around midnight - 1:00 AM.
I required a small calibre (quiet) rifle, as to not scare the bejesus out of neighbors. I elected for a Savage 93 in .22 mag with 3-9x40 scope. Ahhh the night problem... Installed a tactical 2000 light with momentary pressure switch. Them police guys have the best stuff.
My partner (old newfie / border collie dog) was my ears. The only thing she barks at are deer and yotes. She barked...I headed outside. I could just make out the four legged scavenger (115 yards) in the dim yard light glow, I flicked the light on to get his attention and a close fix on the yote.
On the second flick on (kept on) it lighted up his eyes.... they were such a lovely shade of sparkling green. Crosshairs lined up in the middle of his blinkers...bang..flop..flop.. dead.
Now we know as hunters you cannot shoot a 1/2 hour after dark, but as a rancher protecting livestock from predators....walla !!!! Farming isn't a way to make a living...it's a way of life...and damn fun I might ad.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Arch
In spring calving we usually have an influx of predators (coyotes). The nice tasty smell of blood and after birth really gets them going. The yotes were coming in usually around midnight - 1:00 AM.
I required a small calibre (quiet) rifle, as to not scare the bejesus out of neighbors. I elected for a Savage 93 in .22 mag with 3-9x40 scope. Ahhh the night problem... Installed a tactical 2000 light with momentary pressure switch. Them police guys have the best stuff.
My partner (old newfie / border collie dog) was my ears. The only thing she barks at are deer and yotes. She barked...I headed outside. I could just make out the four legged scavenger (115 yards) in the dim yard light glow, I flicked the light on to get his attention and a close fix on the yote.
On the second flick on (kept on) it lighted up his eyes.... they were such a lovely shade of sparkling green. Crosshairs lined up in the middle of his blinkers...bang..flop..flop.. dead.
Now we know as hunters you cannot shoot a 1/2 hour after dark, but as a rancher protecting livestock from predators....walla !!!! Farming isn't a way to make a living...it's a way of life...and damn fun I might ad.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Arch
The most memorable would be driving through some Wildlife Land in Southern Saskatchewan in February, only to find that the little hill in the trail was a 6 foot snow drift covered with wind-blown dirt. It took me 3 1/2 hours to shovel the truck out of that concrete hard snow. Thank God for tire chains too!
There are a lot of occasions tied for second place. Just to pick one, there was the time when seven coyotes crossed a basin in front of me, single file on a cow trail. When they got close to the sage brushy mild slope that I was hunkered down in, they spread out in the shrubs howling back at my e caller. It got a little hectic for a few moments, and I always felt that I should have got more than three, somehow. Times like that are almost enough to make you forget getting stuck.Almost but not quite.
Another stand in the same area a little later in the year produced this story. I had gotten a few answers in a little coulee and in short order had a pair holding up at the opposite edge. A third coyote appeared off to the right, and I settled a little deeper into my Ching Sling. The problem was, the pair decided that it was the month of romance and that a little game of "Ma and Pa coyote" was in order. I have never seen coyotes mating before, and soon watching some triple ### coyote #### through a 4.5-14 Leupold. They had a pretty solid lock-up going, with both trying to drag the other around, twisting and I imagine tearing the males #### half-way off. I sort of forgot about the third one until I glanced down at the frozen creek bottom and saw it standing beside the speaker. It was a easy shot, standing at 160 some yards and when I looked back the other two were gone, probably to lick their self inflicted wounds. They can do that, you know.
Watching Coyote #### on Leupold Vision might just edge out shoveling for the #1 spot, whatcha think?
Dogleg
Thank God for tire chains too!There are a lot of occasions tied for second place. Just to pick one, there was the time when seven coyotes crossed a basin in front of me, single file on a cow trail. When they got close to the sage brushy mild slope that I was hunkered down in, they spread out in the shrubs howling back at my e caller. It got a little hectic for a few moments, and I always felt that I should have got more than three, somehow. Times like that are almost enough to make you forget getting stuck.Almost but not quite.
Another stand in the same area a little later in the year produced this story. I had gotten a few answers in a little coulee and in short order had a pair holding up at the opposite edge. A third coyote appeared off to the right, and I settled a little deeper into my Ching Sling. The problem was, the pair decided that it was the month of romance and that a little game of "Ma and Pa coyote" was in order. I have never seen coyotes mating before, and soon watching some triple ### coyote #### through a 4.5-14 Leupold. They had a pretty solid lock-up going, with both trying to drag the other around, twisting and I imagine tearing the males #### half-way off. I sort of forgot about the third one until I glanced down at the frozen creek bottom and saw it standing beside the speaker. It was a easy shot, standing at 160 some yards and when I looked back the other two were gone, probably to lick their self inflicted wounds. They can do that, you know.
Watching Coyote #### on Leupold Vision might just edge out shoveling for the #1 spot, whatcha think?
Dogleg
powder burner
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
we were sitting in an abandoned oil lease that had a good view of the surrounding area.
My job was to watch the hillside behind us. I was looking without binoculars, and i kept staring at this rock. I thought ah its just a rock, kinda like how you see a dark stump that looks like an animal out in the woods but it's a stump.
then I looked backed and said, hey dad that rock looks like a coyote. Then he looked through the bino's and said 'thats because the rock that looks like a coyote, is a coyote. Sh!t, weturned to shoot and the coyote took off before we could make a shot.
He was sitting there the whole time in the afternon sun watching us and never moving.
Lesson learned. Always bring binocs and watch out for coyote rocks, LOL
My job was to watch the hillside behind us. I was looking without binoculars, and i kept staring at this rock. I thought ah its just a rock, kinda like how you see a dark stump that looks like an animal out in the woods but it's a stump.
then I looked backed and said, hey dad that rock looks like a coyote. Then he looked through the bino's and said 'thats because the rock that looks like a coyote, is a coyote. Sh!t, weturned to shoot and the coyote took off before we could make a shot.
He was sitting there the whole time in the afternon sun watching us and never moving.
Lesson learned. Always bring binocs and watch out for coyote rocks, LOL
I have two to tell.
First one, my brother in law were goose hunting and coming over the hill behind us was a yote. Never saw us, so we called him in by mouth squeeks and he came within 20 yards. First time I ever called one in.
Second one was minutes after getting one of my first deer, I was heading back to the farm house. I had one gate to go through and as I got to the gate I looked behing me and saw a yote at about 80 yards. Once I got through the gate and looked back he was 25 yards. That one I had to take. Oh ya, and there were no trees. A plain open hay field.
First one, my brother in law were goose hunting and coming over the hill behind us was a yote. Never saw us, so we called him in by mouth squeeks and he came within 20 yards. First time I ever called one in.
Second one was minutes after getting one of my first deer, I was heading back to the farm house. I had one gate to go through and as I got to the gate I looked behing me and saw a yote at about 80 yards. Once I got through the gate and looked back he was 25 yards. That one I had to take. Oh ya, and there were no trees. A plain open hay field.
yoodle dog
Regular
Mine is the first one I called in. Not the first I shot but the first I called. I bought a mouth call and a 22 mag. Told my dad I was going to call a coyote in. He just smiled and said ya ok. Went out the next morning and set up on the trail that I hunt deer. It is about 235 yards long and wide enough to drive two cars side by side down it. I set up at one end on top of a brush pile. Called for about 20 minutes and heard something behind me. I kept watching not making any noise and a coyote came down a cow trail to an opening in the bush behind me. She proped her front legs up on a log to look around not more than 10 yards away. Big mistake for her! Bang game over. I went back to my dad's and I don't know who was more surprised that I got one. Since then my brother and I hunt them with the Prey Master. If he uses the digital call, we see coyotes. If I use the call nothing. I can only bring them in with my mouth calls.
My brother tried setting up on that same log pile using the Prey Master caller and was using the raccoon/coyote fight. He said it played for 20 seconds and all of a sudden he hears growling and saw teeth cuming up out of the pile at his feet. He shot. It was about a 35 pound raccoon. He said he had bacon strips in his shorts. Wish I could have seen that stand.
Now we have the Fox Pro FX5 and the Fox Pro Jack In The Box. I will let you know how it works.
My brother tried setting up on that same log pile using the Prey Master caller and was using the raccoon/coyote fight. He said it played for 20 seconds and all of a sudden he hears growling and saw teeth cuming up out of the pile at his feet. He shot. It was about a 35 pound raccoon. He said he had bacon strips in his shorts. Wish I could have seen that stand.
Now we have the Fox Pro FX5 and the Fox Pro Jack In The Box. I will let you know how it works.
yoodle dog said:
I just bought the FX3, I have called one Coyote out , I say out because I called him out of the woods, just not "in" to my stand. I have also called a ton of crows and a Bald Eagle into about 40 yds or so.
Anyone want to buy a PreyMaster? I have one for sale in the EE forum.
