I went out night hunting for the first time since the laws were changed here this year. Well it didn't turn out exactly like I had hoped. The first stand 5 minutes into it, it started raining and I do mean raining, more like monsooning. When we finally made it back to the truck, soaked to the bone, I reached into my pocket for the keys and they were gone!!!! Lost in this huge pasture at night, so you can just imagine how pissed I was.
Anyway back to the story, I worked today till noon then took off to try and find my keys. So I thought that since I was over there I should go ahead and make a stand or two. I walked into the edge of the woods and set up in a place where I have called in several coyotes before. This particular stand is about 400 yards from a school. I could hear kids out on the play ground, like they were sitting beside me.
I took out the Crack Pipe II and gave a short rendition of the rabbit blues. After about a minute I see a coyote coming, a black one. It stops about 60 yards out, so I gave it a little lip squeak and here it comes. When it stops again it is standing at 10 feet away. With a sonic boom the shotgun sounds off, I coyote down. I pull out a open reed call and start doing some kiyi's and here comes another one in. It stops at about 40 yards, one shot left, the .223 and another coyote is spinning round and round. A little more kiyi's and here comes another black coyote. So I done one of those quick reloads and put a round into another coyote. This one I didn't find. But what a exciting 5 minutes.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/centerfire_223/Picture199.jpg)
Still no keys, but I may have to go back tomorrow and look again.
Well yeah :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: it is a good thing you waited till today to hunt that spot
Congrats on the successful stand and thanks for sharing
Hope ya find your keys
good job !!!
Good job on putting fur on the ground.
Good job Ronnie and glad to see you back out there.. :yoyo:
Goodness gracious!! That is awesome man!! I am really happy for you. :congrats: :highclap: :yoyo:
Nice work.
Good luck with those keys
Sounds like a REALLY exciting 5 minutes. Good luck finding the keys.
Jerry
Nice story and pic, Ronnie. :congrats:
And I hope you find those keys. :wink:
Heck that's all I've shot since I started!! It only took you 5 minutes to get a crack at 3!! Cool deal & way to go!! Congratulations for sure!! :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
Congrats Ronnie, you never cease to amaze me bud !!! From the looks of it you dont need to do any night hunting. :congrats: :congrats:
Jeb
Daaaaaaaaaaaang Ronnie. Way to put it all together :congrats:
That does suck about the keys, are you going to keep trying to find them or what?
Quadruple WOW. :bowingsmilie: Good hunting for keys right there. :yoyo: Best of luck on finding the keys cause that do suck :puke:.
Congrats on the Kills
Heck with finding the keys just keep going back looking for them and sneak in a call while you are there :yoyo: :yoyo:
Dang it Ronnie. I was already sorry that I wasn't able to take you up on your invitation to go hunting yesterday. :sad: :sad: Now I'm really sorry. :sad2: :sad2: Looks like you had a great afternoon. Next time I'm in Seneca I'm going to get free no matter what else is going on.
Pat
Pat I hate you couldn't make it the other day too. Cause that is where I would have taken you. That farm is right on the edge of the city limits of Seneca. But don't worry there are plenty more coyotes on there, so come on down.
That's an opportunity too good to pass up, Pat. ;yes;
You might even find Ronnie's keys too. :eyebrownod:
good job !!! I've never seen a black coyote before.
Quote from: Semp on October 31, 2010, 01:20:41 PM
That's an opportunity too good to pass up, Pat. ;yes;
You might even find Ronnie's keys too. :eyebrownod:
Listen to Semp, I need my keys!!!!
Very nice! I've never seen a black coyote in the wild.
I think that was the 10th black coyote I have called and I have killed 9 of them. That is the 5th one on this particular farm.
Mind if I come help you look for your keys? :innocentwhistle:
:laf:
Awesome!! I think I'll go out tonight and loose my keys?? WTG, and Good Shooting!!
Jim
I was in on that hunt, but all I got out of it was the "wet to the bone" part. Dang, I haven't been that soaked in a long time, with my clothes on. Hey, we did have a gray fox come in to us while we were searchin' for those keys AFTER the rain. He acted like we didn't even have guns, and he was right. We left the weapons in the truck as we went back looking for the keys. FYI, at NIGHT, it's impossible to relocate exactly where in a pasture you made a calling stand 30 minutes before.....if you don't have a distinct landmark. I bet we made 100 circles in that pasture searchin' for the keys. That fox showed up, and came right up to shotgun range with just a few lip squeaks. He didn't even run off when Ronnie started talking on the cell phone. I think he was eavesdropping.
Have you looked for the keys anymore? I was hoping maybe you figured out you left 'em somewheres else and never really lost 'em.
I went back over there Friday evening and looked again. But now they very well could be in under a pile of cow poop!!! They have turned the cows in that pasture and soon they will have it eat down pretty good. I guess they are lost for good now.