Rancher woman called me saying I have coyotes all over the place. They are even in the yard looking in my window at nights.
Well instead of hitting P-dogs after work yesterday & today I headed to the ranch.
Hit the 2 track on the bluffs above her pastures & alfalfa fields about 7pm-ish
Took a 1/3 mile hike in the rough area, set up on a smallish hill and within 25 seconds I had a pair run in full blast, dropped one at 40', the other I yapped at & she spun to look and dropped her at 80 yards on her way flying out, about 730pm. I hiked to some rock bluffs & was calling about 500 yards from the last spot, glassing I can see 3 coyotes in the rocks. A den w/ young ones. I removed 2 of the 3 that were there.
Its 930 by the time I get to the truck. I eat and walk back down the 2 track over a rolling bluff, set up and its about 1030pm. I hit play and within seconds I have packs going nuts all around me.
I am overlooking the lower pastures/fields and its full of tall grasses, dips and what not & count 8 coyote running all over the place yapping & howling. 1 right behind me on the hill I just came over yaps at me, cant be more than 60 yards. Makes me jump since I didn't expect that.
Finally one runs in from my blind side, makes my scent and is at 289 before it stops & I drop it with my night rig.
I crash in the bed of the truck & up at 5am, drive right back into where they were last night.
I walked 1/4 mile or so up a gully, set up and hit play. Here come 2 flying in from 800 yards or so out (when I see them), sun is at my back & I am in the shadows on the hill side. That's right at the 1 min mark.
Both are in front of me so darned fast and not even seeing me as I have ol motion bambi below me.
They bust off about 20' in front of me before they realized this aint a puppy screaming. I drop 1 on the other side of the narrow gully on top. The other flys up the dip behind the one I just shot looking for its partner, I bark, it looks and drops at the bullet impact. It never ceases to amaze me how fast & sneaky they are.
630 am 7 total coyotes down and I head home.
Rancher is a happy girl I told her there are at least 8 others out there.
I said let me know where you see them and Ill buzz you in 2 weeks or so as I don't want them to get "educated".
White spot middle of pic, they came from the hills at the top of the picture, 800 yds +.
Well instead of hitting P-dogs after work yesterday & today I headed to the ranch.
Hit the 2 track on the bluffs above her pastures & alfalfa fields about 7pm-ish
Took a 1/3 mile hike in the rough area, set up on a smallish hill and within 25 seconds I had a pair run in full blast, dropped one at 40', the other I yapped at & she spun to look and dropped her at 80 yards on her way flying out, about 730pm. I hiked to some rock bluffs & was calling about 500 yards from the last spot, glassing I can see 3 coyotes in the rocks. A den w/ young ones. I removed 2 of the 3 that were there.
Its 930 by the time I get to the truck. I eat and walk back down the 2 track over a rolling bluff, set up and its about 1030pm. I hit play and within seconds I have packs going nuts all around me.
I am overlooking the lower pastures/fields and its full of tall grasses, dips and what not & count 8 coyote running all over the place yapping & howling. 1 right behind me on the hill I just came over yaps at me, cant be more than 60 yards. Makes me jump since I didn't expect that.
Finally one runs in from my blind side, makes my scent and is at 289 before it stops & I drop it with my night rig.
I crash in the bed of the truck & up at 5am, drive right back into where they were last night.
I walked 1/4 mile or so up a gully, set up and hit play. Here come 2 flying in from 800 yards or so out (when I see them), sun is at my back & I am in the shadows on the hill side. That's right at the 1 min mark.
Both are in front of me so darned fast and not even seeing me as I have ol motion bambi below me.
They bust off about 20' in front of me before they realized this aint a puppy screaming. I drop 1 on the other side of the narrow gully on top. The other flys up the dip behind the one I just shot looking for its partner, I bark, it looks and drops at the bullet impact. It never ceases to amaze me how fast & sneaky they are.
630 am 7 total coyotes down and I head home.
Rancher is a happy girl I told her there are at least 8 others out there.
I said let me know where you see them and Ill buzz you in 2 weeks or so as I don't want them to get "educated".
White spot middle of pic, they came from the hills at the top of the picture, 800 yds +.
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