This week's results (pics)

BigB · December 22, 2006, 08:23:27 PM

Went out on Monday, made a couple sets in the morning and a couple in the evening. Nothing.

Made a set Tuesday at first light. Nothing. Getting kinda depressed by now. Haven't seen anything, let alone heard one! Go to a promising place where I called a few weeks ago. Get on the Red Desert mouthpiece for a while as a bunny in distress. Cows in the pasture start looking at something, so I figured there may be one coming in. A few minutes go by and I call another sequence with the bunny distress. Another minute, and I see one sniffing around the brushpile in front of me. I bark, he looks, and bang POP. I love that sound.
Young female in the middle right side of the pic. Came in from the left.

Was kinda mangy. Yuck.

Next stand was a bust.

Then I went to a place where a wiley one has given me the berries the last few times that I have called. I have howled on this place twice this year, and every time, they do the "I know something ain't right, and proceed to give me that song and dance routine for about 20 minutes." So I thought that I would switch tactics, and switch calling locations. I did the ol' bunny distress on a BradH antler call, and in two minutes, here he came. Running down the side of the creek. He stops at about 150 yards out. Some lip squeaks bring him in closer. Gets to about 50 yards out, and bang POP.
3-4 year old male. Came down the creek on the left.

Great call Brad. Thanks!!

Went out this morning. My brother was home, and I have been drooling to go on a new place I just got permission to hunt earlier this week. Just about couldn't stand it anymore. We walked in before first light. Got light enough to see, and my brother looks at me and said. "Think we ought to wait a few more minutes?" I figured it would take a few minutes for them to come in, so I blew three lonesome howls on a Cronk buffalo horn. Didn't get to count to 10 before 2 coyotes popped out of the draw at about 100 yards away. We could barely see em in the scope at 50 yards. Had a hard time trying to stop them, as they were trying to swing around down wind. Barked, and my brother took the first one. I shot at the other, but he had the afterburners on, headed for the next county.
Nice little female.

Best wishes,

Brian

CCP · December 22, 2006, 08:37:38 PM

Good story and pics!!

Brian What part of the country you in??

FinsnFur · December 22, 2006, 08:38:43 PM

Well Merry Christmas ey?
Nice story Brian...I enjoyed that.
Job well done on the calls, thanks for sharing it.

BigB · December 22, 2006, 08:48:32 PM

Quote from: CCP on December 22, 2006, 08:37:38 PM
Good story and pics!! Brian What part of the country you in??

I grew up in Northeast Kansas. We have 400 acres of our own, and a bunch of neighbors that want the coyote population thinned out.

keekee · December 22, 2006, 09:39:24 PM

Cool! Good deal! Congrads on some fine coyotes and good calling!

Brent

nailbender · December 22, 2006, 10:17:54 PM

:yoyo:Way to go BigB !

Bob D · December 22, 2006, 10:23:47 PM

Good story and good hunting. Enjoyed reading it.

Brad H · December 23, 2006, 12:14:16 AM

Way to put that call to work, Brian, nice going!

You've got some great looking calling country and a pretty good game going on.

Keep'em comin!

Brad

centerfire_223 · December 23, 2006, 05:39:54 AM

That is some good looking ground your calling. Congratulations on some fine dogs.

vvarmitr · December 24, 2006, 09:32:36 AM

Sweet, sweet, sweet! Thanks so very much for sharing.

BTW is there a reason that the coyotes are always to the left of the picture? I hope you don't have as much trouble w/ a camera as I do.

That's great that you take pix as the coyotes are coming in ... kinda ballsy if you ask me.

BigB · December 28, 2006, 10:56:50 PM

I guess it has been happening a bunch lately that they are coming in from the left. I was just trying to show the location of the fallen coyote and the area that it came in from. (and yes, i ain't figured out the camera thing yet much either!!)

And I ain't that ballsy to take a pic of them as they are coming in! I have enough trouble remembering to take the safety off as opposed to taking a pic of them and then finding them in the scope!! The pics in which the coyotes are circled are pics after they were shot. It is the view from where I was set up at when I pulled the trigger.

It is getting to be a running joke between my brother and I when there is a double coming in. We want to both shoot when we count to 3, but we have been having troubles. The first time, I counted to 3 and then shot, but my brother didn't have a shot. The second time, I counted to 2 and then shot.

And was he mad at me!!!

And the third time, he counted to 2, I stopped him because I didn't have a shot, then he counted to 2 again and then he shot and of course, I didn't have a shot. So next time we are going to count to 1, and then squeeze on 2.

Hopefully that will work.

So you can see that I am having enough troubles getting to pull the trigger, so the camera stays in the pocket until after the shots!!

Brian

Bopeye · December 28, 2006, 11:03:16 PM

That's too funny..........sounds like the kind of junk my brother and I would pull on each other......

Good hunting and pictures.........