I hit a ranch last night who had called me earlier in the day. Said coyotes killed a ewe at 10:30am and they walked by his tractor as he was cutting hay then trotted off into the corn fields.
I almost did not go as I didn't want to spend to much time out there as I have to get up for work early.
I told myself if I don't go you know those coyotes will be back on it tonight. So I made it out there at dusk, walked 600 yards to the hill crest and could see the ewe with my thermal scanner laying about 160 yards out in the cut/baled hay field below me.
I sat next to a bale, lucky there was very minimal wind from the east and those coyotes always come out of the west, so that's down wind of me.
Yup so right at 915 pm I can see a pair moving fast through the cattle about 1/4 mile out and prayed they stalked north then circle back in front of me. Well they did just that which I was thankfull for. With all the bales out there it was just a waiting game for them to make it downwind from the food source. Sure enough they zig zagged all through the fields trying to get any "bad" scent.
Both stopped about 120 yards in front of me, just perfect when one stopped in front of the other and I let the 55g vmax fly. 9:22 pm & 2 down with 1 shot, darn they are back up flopping and one yipping loud. I finished them off fast. Waiting a bit I then hear a howling coyote back over where I came from & most likely answering the yelping coyote. I waited for another 10 min, scanned and saw nothing else and was home by 1030pm.
This was an adult pair that Ive seen a few other times out there and the rancher had following him several times as he moved his stock to the fields and back at night.
Those are the times I like.
I have them on video as my scope recorded it all.
male/female
I almost did not go as I didn't want to spend to much time out there as I have to get up for work early.
I told myself if I don't go you know those coyotes will be back on it tonight. So I made it out there at dusk, walked 600 yards to the hill crest and could see the ewe with my thermal scanner laying about 160 yards out in the cut/baled hay field below me.
I sat next to a bale, lucky there was very minimal wind from the east and those coyotes always come out of the west, so that's down wind of me.
Yup so right at 915 pm I can see a pair moving fast through the cattle about 1/4 mile out and prayed they stalked north then circle back in front of me. Well they did just that which I was thankfull for. With all the bales out there it was just a waiting game for them to make it downwind from the food source. Sure enough they zig zagged all through the fields trying to get any "bad" scent.
Both stopped about 120 yards in front of me, just perfect when one stopped in front of the other and I let the 55g vmax fly. 9:22 pm & 2 down with 1 shot, darn they are back up flopping and one yipping loud. I finished them off fast. Waiting a bit I then hear a howling coyote back over where I came from & most likely answering the yelping coyote. I waited for another 10 min, scanned and saw nothing else and was home by 1030pm.
This was an adult pair that Ive seen a few other times out there and the rancher had following him several times as he moved his stock to the fields and back at night.
Those are the times I like.
I have them on video as my scope recorded it all.
male/female
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