As of over a week ago, I began seeing coyotes every day near the city limits. They are running in packs of three to five , and are very brave, and were trying to lure my dog to chase them. Finally yesterday, I visited one of the larger farmers close to the city, and obtained permission to hunt coyotes on their land. The landowner took me for a tour yesterday, and we discussed the safest places to hunt, so today, I went for a hunt after lunch today. I parked the truck in the landowner's yard and walked 1/2 mile across the field to a small group of willows downwind from a large willow slough, and a fence line of brush. I set up my Foxpro, and my foxtail. I started the foxtail on a slower speed, and the caller at a lower volume. In less than five minutes, a coyote came running through the slough and ran right over my caller before I realized that he wasn't going to stop, and took a running shot at about 50 feet. The coyote rolled to a stop, and I reloaded, and kept still. About five minutes later, I saw two more coyotes working down the fence line towards me. At about 270 yards they stopped and sat down to watch. They sat for about fifteen minutes, not coming any closer , so I decided to shoot one where they were. I ranged it at 267 yards and took the shot. It rolled over, so I tried to get on the third coyote, but it never stopped until it was in a location where a safe shot was not possible due to a house a half mile away. I watched it run off, then I walked over to retrieve the two coyotes. I packed everything up, and took it all back to the truck in two trips. I met the land owner in his yard, who was pleased to see that I had taken two coyotes. IO drove onto the road, and never made it a mile before seeing another coyote in the field, possibly the coyote that I didn't get a shot at earlier. I drove onto the approach, and walked into the field to see if I could get a shot. I sat down and ranged the coyote at 370 yards, and took a shot. At the shot, the coyote dropped, and I had three coyotes in less than 1-1/2 hours. The 20 tactical worked well, but the 39gr Blitzkings are not easy on the pelts.
