I just happened to get Friday off at the last minute. Well, the 1st thing that come to mind was hunting Redbird. Mostly because I was working there when I found out I was going to be off. I had spoke to Linemansteve a few days earlier and we kinda wanted to squeeze in a hunt together so I gave him a call. It turned out he had Friday off too.
So we get to Redbird about a 1/2 hour after sunrise and sit down for our 1st stand. After about 10 minutes of jackrabbit distress a coyote comes in about 80 yds from me. I'm lookin at it thru the scope and getting ready to shoot. My big azz gloves touched the trigger off before I was ready. :madd:
On our 3rd or 4th stand, we're playin the jackrabbit blues again on the CS-24. A small bobcat ran down thru the brush but we didn't shoot it. A few minutes later, 2 coyotes are coming up the hill towards us. I took a shot at the lead yote at 106yds. I blew some fur off of it. I tracked it about 100 yds down the steep brushy slope but only found a little blood and gave up on it.
Then on our last stand, playing the bunny blues again, a coyote comes around Linemansteve's side of the hill. I hear him shoot, then the unmistakeable splat of a hit. He climbs down the hill to get the yote and it's sitting there looking at him. It took 2 shots to the head to put that thing down finally.
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I was supposed to hunt Saturday with another freind at home. But driving home Friday evening he called and cancelled. So Linemansteve and I decided to hit Redbird again today.
The 1st stand was dry. On our 2nd stand, we had the bunny blues going again. A coyote stepped out on my side about 150 yds out. He caught our scent where we walked in and was gone in a flash.
3rd stand was dry. On the 4th stand, we had been playing jackrabbit distress again with no luck. After about 25 minutes I switched to coyote pup distress and this female came running in to about 10 yds from the caller. I was about 75 yds away and dropped her in her tracks.
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We moved about 400 yds to another set a couple ridges down the road and set up. I started the jackrabbit blues again and in just a couple minutes I hear Linemansteve shoot. Then shoot again. And then shoot again. After a minute I walked over to see what's going on. He had shot one at 250 yds out but it had crawled off into the brush. He tracked it about 400 yds and caught up with it. One more shot finised it off.
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Not a bad hunt for Redbird.
Congrats Ed to you and Linemansteve some nice looking yotes
better than my last hunt. Congrats on the fur!!!!! Nice pics and write up.
:congrats: From the sound of it you all had a great time and found a few coyotes too. :highclap:
Way to go Ed and Steve. :yoyo: :yoyo: Looks like you guys had a great time.
Pat
Dang right :yoyo:
I don't have that much activity in a year. :nono:
Nice job, Thanks for sharin.
:yoyo: Heck ya! Great job guys! :yoyo:
WTG :yoyo: :yoyo: :highclap:
Nice looking coyotes and sounds like a hell of a good time. Ed glad to see you finally get some time off close to home and get out there and hunt.
I couldn't help but notice you and Steve got alot more snow in your hair since the last hunt at Redbird. :laf:
WTG!!!!!!!! Sounds like fun!!!!! Sure is a bunch of dogs down there.......... :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :highclap: :highclap: :highclap:
WTG guys ! :yoyo: :yoyo: I havn't been to Redbird yet, I'm gonna have to check it out..... :biggrin:
Sounded like a right entertaining day. Good going on the going and good shooting too.
WTG, Ed and Steve. :yoyo: Great pics and story. :congrats:
Yeah thats just plain ole showing off right there :yoyo:
Wow, what a busy day.
And you guys didnt enter the BigB contest because?.....
Ed when we hunted Redbird you didn't take me to those honey spots did ya :laf: Joking with ya Ed
Looks like you and Steve had a wonderful time Congrats on the Coyotes :yoyo: :yoyo: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
Steve took me to one of those good spots Bill!! :laf: :laf:
Way to go guys!! I think Steve is the coyote magnet. :laf:
Very nice guys! Glad you could get some time to go out hunting Ed. :congrats:
I would like to thank you for the replies. Ed and myself have been trying to set a time to hunt together. We had a really good hunt and swapping stories,Ed's a great guy to hunt with and to get to know. Both days we where hunting we could not believe we where not seeing anyone or hearing anyone else calling. I am looking forward to hunting with Ed again and if you are in the area give me a call and we will see if we can do some stands together. I know both Ed and myself are looking forward to th LBL to hunt and meet up with everyone. Thanks Steve
Quote from: linemansteve on January 10, 2010, 12:07:41 PM
or hearing anyone else calling.
You telling me that you guys actually here others call while you are out hunting :shock2:.
Great Job!!!
I'd like to thank you all too. I had a blast hunting with Steve. He's a fun guy to hunt with. And I'll be looking forward to when we can hunt together again. Thanks Steve. :yoyo:
Barry, once in a while you will run into another coyote hunter, but not very often. Eastern Kentucky has hundreds of thousands of acres of public hunting areas. You can stand on top of a mountain, look around, and as far as you can see in any direction is open to hunting.
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It ain't like that in Western Kentucky, Barry. No mountains, just hills and hollers and some swamps.
Wow!! Guys that was an awesome hunt and story. You guys are getting it done. I really enjoyed huniting with you at Redbird last year Ed. Seems like there were more coyotes there than we have here in WV. Ed and Steve, Good shooting!!
Jim
And it is not unusual to run into another coyote hunter either. Have even heard the callers going at sunrise myself a time or two. Jimmie
Ed thanks for the extra picture and information. 10 years ago I'd have loved to get lost in them mountains for a month. You and Semp have totally blew my preconceived thoughts of what Kentucky looks like. Up here the only thing we here about it is blue grass and horses. You guys and your infomercials are awesome. :yoyo:
Good job guys! Call me Ed if you get a day off this week. Jason
Welcome to FnF, Jason.
great hunts, hope we do as well tomorra !! :yoyo:
Good luck tomorrow Vic. :yoyo: All but one of our responses were to jackrabbit distress. The cold weather has them hungry.
Glad to see you here to Jason. I'll give you a call.
Ed
Welcome aboard Jason.
Thanks guys. Ed took me out told me bout the sight, give me some hand calls, then I almost got divorced by calling so much in the house!
Thanks for the story and pictures, looks like you had a good time. Is the Redbird BLM or National Forest?
Redbird is one of five Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) in the Daniel Boone National Forest. It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service.
John, Where we were hunting was actually Begley WMA (wildlife management area), and Graham WMA. The whole area has been known locally over the years as Redbird. But in the last 4 or 5 years the state has broken it up into several different WMAs. Mostly because of the introduction of the elk herd and being able to assign drawn elk hunters to certain areas with boundaries. As for hunting other game there are no boundaries.
Thanks for the answers. Sure is nice looking country to be hunting in. Are there any elk in the area you where in?
Sorry I missed this one fellers. It'd take me a few weeks to drum up that much action. Congrats to ya both on the hunts. They sounded action packed for sure ... :highclap:
Quote from: JohnP on January 12, 2010, 11:18:35 PMAre there any elk in the area you where in?
Yes there are a lot of elk in there. They 1st released 1,500 elk in there about 10 years ago. There are now 10,000 in there. We see them every time we go in. The elk are so used to people driving around watching them that you can get very close before they run off. Hunting them is like hunting dairy cattle. Once you find the one you want, just walk up and shoot it. They aren't wild like the elk out west.
take me to your honey hole next time Ed!!! :eyebrow:
That's easy Jason. The whole place is a honey hole. :eyebrownod: Now if I can just get a weekday off when we can go. :wo:
After them pics and story your making it easier for me to talk myself and maybe topdawg into coming up and making a weekend out of Red Bird some time weedwalker.
No problem Palegroe. It ain't like my spots are a secret anymore. :nono: The whole gang hunted my spots last year. :shrug: