I hit a ranch up for night calling when the rancher called & said a lot of coyotes were in his bottom lands area chomping on a dead cow. A pal & I stalked into the area at 6pm and 2 popped up, my pal saw one that I didn't see and I was looking at one he didn't see and said to him "fence line shoot it". Boom I hear a thwap, but I see it hits splitsville. Then he says I shot the other one, "huh I say what other one?"...well the one he spotted was closer to 350 yards, not the 100 yards Im looking at and he put a round into its hind end and its a run off. The wind was about 15 mph.
We hang out above the area for 3 hours and at 930 pm I have 2 come in and hang up at 250 yards deciding what to do, they come together and I shoot and I hit low...thwap...belly shot it spins 3x and another run off, the other is over the hills in seconds....Dang not a good start tonight! Wind is all over the place.
We leave and do 4 other sets in new spots on a few ranches I have, but have no takers. Wind is running 13-19mph.
We go back the bottom land spot and hang out for 3 hours till 1 am, had 7 show up at different times, saw 2 fights at 350 yards, BUT none actually get into the dinner pile due to others coming in barking and all chasing the others and nothing holding still closer than 350-400 yards. We leave and come back at 550am, see 3 just moving off, they may have scented us since the breeze was in their favor. I shoot the center mass as they are all lined up for a milli second and thwap...another low belly shot, it spins and bites at its gut, then runs off. Im going to give up! I have never shot like this before and the gun is dead on at 100&200 yds.
We hit Nebraska in the AM & 1st set a red fox comes in like speed racer. I don't know if season is open on them and we let it go. It trotted around the shockwave & the mojo I have attached to it and all covered in fake fur & rabbit scent and walked out probably thinking what a dumb rabbit.
Second set a mile from here I am calling and see one on the trot at 900 yards, it flys in and stops at 300 yards and has that look of this aint right, may pal is aiming and I say make for wind drift since it coming from the west and he is coming from the north, but on our down wind side & he shoots and tags it in the shoulder and....YUP another run off.
Wind here is at 20mph+.
We hit the ranch & talk to the owner and he said they were all over the agri land below his place. We move down the road & I call in a double, but not together. Both are coming in from our backside downwind, yup at 400 yards they scent us and leave, no shots taken. Wind is now about 23mph also in our face right to their noses as it was all day so far. Every set was watch the dack door, almost forgetting the front. This was all hilly gully, CRP, agriland, buttes area.
We call 2 other spots and hit the road home cussing at ourselves as we "should" of had 4 DRT.
No matter the spot we call & with wind in our face or crosswind they all came from the backdoor and made us at 300-400 yds out & never really stopping for second. Im thinking perhaps due to the fact the sounds are traveling their way via winds VS to our face.
We hang out above the area for 3 hours and at 930 pm I have 2 come in and hang up at 250 yards deciding what to do, they come together and I shoot and I hit low...thwap...belly shot it spins 3x and another run off, the other is over the hills in seconds....Dang not a good start tonight! Wind is all over the place.
We leave and do 4 other sets in new spots on a few ranches I have, but have no takers. Wind is running 13-19mph.
We go back the bottom land spot and hang out for 3 hours till 1 am, had 7 show up at different times, saw 2 fights at 350 yards, BUT none actually get into the dinner pile due to others coming in barking and all chasing the others and nothing holding still closer than 350-400 yards. We leave and come back at 550am, see 3 just moving off, they may have scented us since the breeze was in their favor. I shoot the center mass as they are all lined up for a milli second and thwap...another low belly shot, it spins and bites at its gut, then runs off. Im going to give up! I have never shot like this before and the gun is dead on at 100&200 yds.
We hit Nebraska in the AM & 1st set a red fox comes in like speed racer. I don't know if season is open on them and we let it go. It trotted around the shockwave & the mojo I have attached to it and all covered in fake fur & rabbit scent and walked out probably thinking what a dumb rabbit.
Second set a mile from here I am calling and see one on the trot at 900 yards, it flys in and stops at 300 yards and has that look of this aint right, may pal is aiming and I say make for wind drift since it coming from the west and he is coming from the north, but on our down wind side & he shoots and tags it in the shoulder and....YUP another run off.
Wind here is at 20mph+.
We hit the ranch & talk to the owner and he said they were all over the agri land below his place. We move down the road & I call in a double, but not together. Both are coming in from our backside downwind, yup at 400 yards they scent us and leave, no shots taken. Wind is now about 23mph also in our face right to their noses as it was all day so far. Every set was watch the dack door, almost forgetting the front. This was all hilly gully, CRP, agriland, buttes area.
We call 2 other spots and hit the road home cussing at ourselves as we "should" of had 4 DRT.
No matter the spot we call & with wind in our face or crosswind they all came from the backdoor and made us at 300-400 yds out & never really stopping for second. Im thinking perhaps due to the fact the sounds are traveling their way via winds VS to our face.
