At -34° this morning I knew they'd be hungry. Been seeing a ton of coyote activity in my favorite spot lately so decided to take a run at them today. With a North wind showing it was a good time to head to the mouth of the river I've been shooting these coyotes on in the past.
When I arrived all was quiet and no wind at all. Perfect. After setting the foxpro 20 yards east of me I got my chair situated as best I could to cover the whole area ahead of me and beside me as I was alone on this one.
I started quiet with vole squeaks for 4 minutes and then silence for 2 minutes. Then I went to nutty nuthatch and after 2 minutes of that I couldn't help but notice I had a coyote hard charging around the corner from my 12 o'clock.
I had ranged the point he was rounding and it was 320yd so I lowered the volume slightly and adjusted my tripod for some action. He stopped out there and looked back before coming in hard again which made me think he wasn't alone. Again at 150 yards and in the middle of bad ice he stopped again and just as I was lining up on him he started running full speed at the decoy on the foxpro. Just as he crossed 75 yards I started yelling "woof" but it had no effect and at that moment the female rounded the same point he had come from.
You can see fur in the picture with the decoy where I shot him at 18 yards going full blast and he went down like the Berlin wall. I swung onto the female at about 280 yards but she was making no mistake and was quickly gaining yards. Before I could get a shot I noticed customer #1 was back up and making a run for it the way he had come. When he was halfway back I tried a runner but no luck on shot #2. Just as he hit the far shore at 175 yards I hit him mid stride and he rolled again this time down for the count.
With the foxbang feature having reset 3 times now on coyote pup distress I didnt think much chance on the female coming back so I shut the caller down then waited a few minutes to cool off. I then tried a couple different coyote vocals to see what the chances were of her coming back. When I put another coyote distress sound on much to my surprise she charged out of the bush on the opposite shore and was at about 80 yards. When I grabbed the rifle off the tripod to swing hard left she turned and ran and needless to say I did some harmless educational shooting in that direction.
Sorry for the long winded post, enjoy the pics.
When I arrived all was quiet and no wind at all. Perfect. After setting the foxpro 20 yards east of me I got my chair situated as best I could to cover the whole area ahead of me and beside me as I was alone on this one.
I started quiet with vole squeaks for 4 minutes and then silence for 2 minutes. Then I went to nutty nuthatch and after 2 minutes of that I couldn't help but notice I had a coyote hard charging around the corner from my 12 o'clock.
I had ranged the point he was rounding and it was 320yd so I lowered the volume slightly and adjusted my tripod for some action. He stopped out there and looked back before coming in hard again which made me think he wasn't alone. Again at 150 yards and in the middle of bad ice he stopped again and just as I was lining up on him he started running full speed at the decoy on the foxpro. Just as he crossed 75 yards I started yelling "woof" but it had no effect and at that moment the female rounded the same point he had come from.
You can see fur in the picture with the decoy where I shot him at 18 yards going full blast and he went down like the Berlin wall. I swung onto the female at about 280 yards but she was making no mistake and was quickly gaining yards. Before I could get a shot I noticed customer #1 was back up and making a run for it the way he had come. When he was halfway back I tried a runner but no luck on shot #2. Just as he hit the far shore at 175 yards I hit him mid stride and he rolled again this time down for the count.
With the foxbang feature having reset 3 times now on coyote pup distress I didnt think much chance on the female coming back so I shut the caller down then waited a few minutes to cool off. I then tried a couple different coyote vocals to see what the chances were of her coming back. When I put another coyote distress sound on much to my surprise she charged out of the bush on the opposite shore and was at about 80 yards. When I grabbed the rifle off the tripod to swing hard left she turned and ran and needless to say I did some harmless educational shooting in that direction.
Sorry for the long winded post, enjoy the pics.
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