Iowa man killed while hunting coyotes

[370bc]

My condolences to the family.
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-authorities-say-man-fatally-shot-while-coyote-hunting

 

[Bojo]

Sad for the hunter. Even worse for the guy who has to carry that with him for the rest of his days.

 

[dogdude]

I'll bet his buddy was 10 feet away..accidental discharge!!

 

[thejamesd]

That just sucks.

 

[22DASHER]

I'll bet his buddy was 10 feet away..accidental discharge!!

Could be but I’d be putting my money on running and gunning type deal. Many in this neck of the woods hunt them with AR’s, 4x4’s and radios. Everyone surrounds the section, send one guy out on tracks. Get them running across the field and bullets start flying... Been involved with this type of coyote hunting my whole life. Unfortunately I have witnessed many close calls and one of our guys actually got shot in the leg off a deflection a few years back. It’s also really tough because usually the ground is covered in snow, everyone is dressed in white and nearly impossible to see. It’s easy to say know your surroundings and where everyone is at, but for many that goes out the window when they are in hot pursuit of a coyote. I feel terrible for this man, his family and friends. It’s another sad reminder that we can never be too careful.

 

[22BRGUY]

Very sad indeed. I've hunted fox and yotes all my life. Usually I and my son would drive around on cold days after fresh snow and spot and stalk. Usually one shot, HOPEFULLY one kill. Challenging but fun. It will teach the value of precision shooting.
I lived in southern Minn and had and incident exactly like this happen close to where I lived about 10 years ago. I've watched that style of hunting several times from other "hunters". The potential danger of it is OBVIOUS!. Everybody to their own, but with the combination of excitement, fast action, lots of guys in different moving positions, and blazing AR's, I'm frankly surprised it doesn't happen more often. NO THANKS.
Stay safe and AWARE all!

 

[alf]

All the online reportings are parroting the exact same story except one:

"Iowa DNR Conservation Officer Joe Yarkosky says 47-year-old Kirk Struve of Granville was shot while sitting in his truck. “It’s absolutely a tragic accident…it’s a very unfortunate event,” Yarkosky said. The incident was reported shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday near Royal."

 

[sambokills]

And with the guy shot last year by an old man that "thought" he was a coyote b/c he heard howling and shot at movement, this makes me want to change things up a bit. Hunter Orange at least with my hat or beanie and especially when my son is with me b/c he's 6 and starting to go more. I am now thinking of remote calls only.......get the sound away from me. I'm a huge fan of the hand calls don't get me wrong, but having thought of some of the stands I've made to where I was is a location that other land owners around me didn't or couldn't have know I was there could have turned out bad if someone just decided to "shut up that coyote in the bushes over there with the 'ol 30-06". I hunt close to houses "legally" on cattle land "private" and there are times my partner and I will just go out with out letting anyone know we are there b/c we have permission like its no thing. I've had guys yell at us, drive up on us, and even another set of coyote hunters start howling and calling back to us after I howled to locate......and they were close. If your still they won't look at the hunter Orange and just freak out....I've had them walk by like nothing there during rifle season with all the orange on. So yeah time to think about not getting shot while coyote hunting a little more.

 

[JayHHI6818]

This happen last fall and is just plain stupidity!

https://www.fox21news.com/news/ohio...r-lifted-rifle-into-tree-with-rope/1620752290

 

[ChrisA]

Nearly same incident happened south of the current one about 60 miles several years ago. Young Man struck by fellow hunters bullet on other side of hill.

I prefer spot and stalk, and calling myself but have been involved in some group hunts with pickups and radios. It sure can get exciting and potentially dangerous in a hurry. Seems to me a lot of guys get tunnel vision and start blazing unaware of what's beyond the target.

Chris

 

[rammac]

Could be but I’d be putting my money on running and gunning type deal. Many in this neck of the woods hunt them with AR’s, 4x4’s and radios. Everyone surrounds the section, send one guy out on tracks. Get them running across the field and bullets start flying... Been involved with this type of coyote hunting my whole life. Unfortunately I have witnessed many close calls and one of our guys actually got shot in the leg off a deflection a few years back. It’s also really tough because usually the ground is covered in snow, everyone is dressed in white and nearly impossible to see. It’s easy to say know your surroundings and where everyone is at, but for many that goes out the window when they are in hot pursuit of a coyote. I feel terrible for this man, his family and friends. It’s another sad reminder that we can never be too careful.

And guys like this breed?
Never be too careful? Sounds more like you can't get any more stupid.

 

[John from MN]

I get so ticked off when I think about what coyote hunting has become in my area that I can't even come up with a decent post.

Trespassing, tearing up the roads, houndsmen that make absolutely no attempt to keep their dogs under control, taking dangerous shots, the list just goes on and on.

I used to love calling and spot and stalk.

 

[dkhunt14]

I get so ticked off when I think about what coyote hunting has become in my area that I can't even come up with a decent post.

Trespassing, tearing up the roads, houndsmen that make absolutely no attempt to keep their dogs under control, taking dangerous shots, the list just goes on and on.

I used to love calling and spot and stalk.

I have never seen a hound on a track that you can control. They are doing what they are taught, trailing their target. Matt

 

[people]

Coyote = target = hound

 

[Chuck G]

I live not far from the Iowa incident was told it was alot of AR rifles blasting away?

 

[biggen0_8]

Back in the 80's a group of guys decided to start a "fox hunters club" in the small town I lived in. At that time there were no coyotes in our part of Ohio. So early one Sunday morning a group of them got together and I was "lucky" enough to be invited along. Up to that time I had always called coyotes with my Johnny Stewart tapes, but these guys had some dogs and drove around in their trucks till they "cut" some tracks and dumped the dogs out.

They ran that fox for nearly 3 miles, from one mile section to another, pickup trucks were flying up and down the roads and up and down lanes and through fields, people hollering over CB radios. I counted over 25 gun shots before they finally got that poor fox.

Back at the club/bar they skinned it out, while everyone was checking out the pelt, my cousin and I went over to check out the corpse. We found exactly 2 pellet hits on the thing, one in a shoulder and one found its way to the heart.

First and last time I ever hunted with that bunch, never seen such insanity in my life. I heard tell that they pretty much hunted deer the same way, but I never participated in that.

 

[Webster]

My condolences to the family.
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-authorities-say-man-fatally-shot-while-coyote-hunting

I quit hunting with a couple guys because they were careless with firearms. Some people shouldn't own a firearm or be allowed to hunt. I pray that I never make a mistake.