Bambi the fawn brings another one into range w/a shockwave providing the sounds this morning.
Set up about 6amish where I was 3 weeks ago and called a pair in for my pal. I have to drive the truck in the bottom land 2 track since everything else on both sides can see for a mile either way, so I have to get low as I can.
I hiked another 800 yards from the truck to the start of the gully area that has fingers from every direction.
Set Bambi & shockwave up across the gully at 74 yards, vs having it farther upwind this time and that was due to the fact I wanted the coyotes to get into the bottom and not from higher up where they can sit at a distance & decide if it "looks" right.
This spot is no 10 min set, it runs at least 17-30 min or longer every time one has popped into range.
Right at the 16 min mark I see a coyote at 700 yards on the gully top just walking into the dips, its up wind and I see it working the bottom land dry creek bed.
Its coming in, but not on a run like the last time, so I change my angle of attack and draw my sticks & Savage to my right as I know about where it will be after it comes from that finger into my gully.
I tone the sound down and yup it comes around stops on a rise, looks, comes in, but still not seeing Bambi, then it trots up the side hill and beelines for bambi when it sees it shaking.
BAM....drop it about 6 feet or so from ol bambi & the shockwave.
625 AM. time to move.
Nasty mangy female that was maybe 20 lbs if that.
This is again my Savage 6x45, McGowan bbl, 1/10" tw, 65g vmax at 3169 fps.
It already in the high 70s and Im hot.
My next set a mile from there only produced barking from some dips to far from me. 8am, 83* and Im starting to burn up & call it quits.
Driving out I see another one mouseing in a field near the ranch, I slow down but its 900 yards out and looks then walks over the hill. I run down and around a 2 track to see if I can get below it, but I fail to see it. The rancher was headed out to check cattle where I was and it busts out from my back side and yaps at us as we BS.
I go home.
The area & spot I dropped it at.
Set up about 6amish where I was 3 weeks ago and called a pair in for my pal. I have to drive the truck in the bottom land 2 track since everything else on both sides can see for a mile either way, so I have to get low as I can.
I hiked another 800 yards from the truck to the start of the gully area that has fingers from every direction.
Set Bambi & shockwave up across the gully at 74 yards, vs having it farther upwind this time and that was due to the fact I wanted the coyotes to get into the bottom and not from higher up where they can sit at a distance & decide if it "looks" right.
This spot is no 10 min set, it runs at least 17-30 min or longer every time one has popped into range.
Right at the 16 min mark I see a coyote at 700 yards on the gully top just walking into the dips, its up wind and I see it working the bottom land dry creek bed.
Its coming in, but not on a run like the last time, so I change my angle of attack and draw my sticks & Savage to my right as I know about where it will be after it comes from that finger into my gully.
I tone the sound down and yup it comes around stops on a rise, looks, comes in, but still not seeing Bambi, then it trots up the side hill and beelines for bambi when it sees it shaking.
BAM....drop it about 6 feet or so from ol bambi & the shockwave.
625 AM. time to move.
Nasty mangy female that was maybe 20 lbs if that.
This is again my Savage 6x45, McGowan bbl, 1/10" tw, 65g vmax at 3169 fps.
It already in the high 70s and Im hot.
My next set a mile from there only produced barking from some dips to far from me. 8am, 83* and Im starting to burn up & call it quits.
Driving out I see another one mouseing in a field near the ranch, I slow down but its 900 yards out and looks then walks over the hill. I run down and around a 2 track to see if I can get below it, but I fail to see it. The rancher was headed out to check cattle where I was and it busts out from my back side and yaps at us as we BS.
I go home.
The area & spot I dropped it at.
