Went out this morning 8/28/2010 for a couple of stands. I have had a long dry spell with the coyotes, but that ended with a bang on our second stand this morning. We got set up for the first stand at about 7:00 AM in an area were we have called in coyotes in the past. First stand was here . . .
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I set up the Scorpion behind and between my buddy and I. We were about 75 yards apart. Started out with some fawn distress on the scorpion and on the wvhillbillyhowler calls. Did some barks and howls. Then some ki yi s. No response. So after about 35 minutes we moved to another area several hundred yards out the ridge. I had Mike set up watching down in the holler where we had heard and seen coyotes in the past. wvhillbillyhowler has been working with me to fine tune some of my calling. Just the day before he showed me how to make growling sounds and do better barks on his hand calls. So on this second stand I decided to just use the hand calls and not fool with the Scorpion e-caller. After a few fawn in distress calls we had some cows come in near where Mike was set up. After a few minutes I howled a couple of times. Almost immediatly a pack of three or four coyotes responded down in the next holler beyond where I was standing. I told Mike to move over toward where we heard the coyotes. I also moved about 30 yards to where I could see towards where we had heard the coyotes. Here is what I could see . . .
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I did some ki yi s and tried some of the growls Jon had been working with me on just the day before. Here is where I was set up . . .
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In just a couple of minutes I saw movement just to the left and a little above the muzzle of my gun in the first photo above. There is a trail that runs along a fence line there. I got the scope up and lined up on the coyote.
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The coyote was about 75 yards away. I had the sun behind me. When the gun cracked the coyote went down. I started back on the call with some more ki yi s. In just a little bit another coyote came down the trail and stopped just five feet from the dead one. BANG and the second coyote was down!!
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Here they are just as they piled up . . .
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Here is the first one . . .
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And the second one . . .
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And the hero shot . . .
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And Mike with the coyotes . . .
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What a great morning. Thanks for Jon hillbillyhowler for his patience teaching me how to use his great mouth calls and howlers.
Jim
Congrats Frogman !!!! :highclap: :congrats: :highclap: Gotta love the story and all the pics, good job !
Jeb :biggrin:
Great story and even nicer picture lay out Frog. :congrats:
Great hunt well told. Thank you ! You did some excellent hunting and shooting.
Good story and Pics Jim. :bowingsmilie: I like it when they land close together like that :biggrin:. Something for the guys getting into the sport to pay attention to is the fact you didn't just shout out and run up there :congrats:. Also the fact that a good trail is always something to watch. :wink:
Very nice ! :yoyo:
Congrats :congrats:
Good set up with good results, I like the idea of moving in closer when you heard them howling I think moving in makes them think that that the Coyote they heard howling is moving closer to them, Good plan and good results. Done that a couple of times myself. :congrats: :congrats: cc
Congrats on the double Jim!! :yoyo: :yoyo: Those are some nice looking dogs too. :biggrin:
Must have been a good day for calling coyotes! Congrats!
Thats the sweetest sight I've seen all day :biggrin:
And boy did you window that first one :laf: :yoyo:
Wacken-n-stacken! :biggrin:
WTG Jim! You gotta be pump! :laf:
Great story. And I agree with Barry, you did a very smart thing by sitting tight and continuing the stand. It will pay off more times than you think. Jimmie
Good way to spend the morning, congratulations to you and your friend. I too continue to call after the first one is on the ground, and I always use pup in distress.
WTG Jim good shootin and pictures, Congrats :highclap: :highclap:
Mighty fine, Froggie. A triple "Ribbot" to you buddy. :congrats: :congrats:
Jim, well done, my friend. :congrats: Nothing like breaking a dry spell with a double call in. :yahoo:
Hey guys,
Thanks for all the kind comments. I was really excited!! That's one thing I really enjoy about coyote hunting, seems like these two got me just as fired up as my first one! They are really tough here in the East, at least for me anyway. Sometimes I think luck plays about as much a part in killing one as any skill I might bring to the stand. Of all the ways those two dogs could have come in they came right in front of my gun. I hardly had to move the shooting sticks!! These were my first coyotes called exclusively with hand calls and my first double. Hopefully it won't be so long til my next one?? Here's another shot of an excited hunter . . .
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Thanks again for all of your support. It wouldn't be nearly as much fun if I didn't have all you guys on this board to share my excitement with!!
Jim
How did I miss this? :yoyo: :yoyo: Great job!
Congrats, Frogman!! REAALLLL nice job! :yoyo:
Way To Go Jim !!!! :highclap: :highclap: :highclap: Glad to see you get over that dry spell. :yoyo:
Quote from: Roundman on August 29, 2010, 08:48:01 PM
How did I miss this? :yoyo: :yoyo: Great job!
That's what I was thinking. Way to go Jim! :highclap: :highclap:
Pat
:yoyo: Way cool Jim!!! :yoyo: Congrats for sure! :congrats:
way to go jim. glad to see you get one. its been a long time since i have hunted, but i still think about going :biggrin:
Excellent story and pics, Frogman !! Congrats on the double !!
Great job!! :yoyo: :yoyo: Nice pics!! :congrats: :congrats: Gotta love them doubles!! :biggrin: :biggrin:
Good job Jim WTG!!!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
I know we have talked about it many times and you can now see the results of getting closer in on the thick stuff and away from those wide open places. Couldn't help but notice all your previous post pictures out in the open overlooking fields. Looking at the pictures of this double shows the pay off.
For everyone we kill in the open there are 20 killed in the not so open.....
W.V. needs to change the laws on this very subject....... Open fields only right now.....Thats the law..... its a dumb one but it is one..... :rolleye: Until squirrel season then the woods are open again till Feb. 28th.
Yeah Richard, I know what you are saying. I prefer to be in the, "not so open" too. Fortunately on this set up I was sitting in the, "open" where I could see into the, "not so open" for the shot! Worked out great!!
Jim
Good job Jim, I wish I coulda been there. I'll probably get laid off in a month & after all the honey do's from the last year and a half are done I might get a chance to do some hunting.
Congrats, good shootin' !!
Thanks for the comments, guys!! wv-yoter, great to see you on here again!! I would enjoy getting in some stands with you sometime!!
Jim