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Title: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: Roundman on November 14, 2010, 02:58:32 PM
7:30 this morning me and a buddy was driving down the road going to scout some deer property. He noticed a dark spot on the edge of a field. We turned the truck around and looked again,but it was gone. He knew it was either a dog or kiyote, but wasn't for sure which one. I started scanning the field with the binocs and seen a coyote head sticking out of the creek bank. We parked and watched as he hunted the field pouncing on mice. Kinda cool because I don't normally watch them. It looked to be a large male that was marked kinda funny. His body was dark but he had a white/blond saddle across his back. As he left the field I took note of the route he used, passing through a nice cut in the brush.  Because of the area I can't hunt or shoot. Too many houses and animals around for me to take a chance calling this area. But it did get me thinking, could I have the female in a trap that's just a few hundred yards away? YEP!
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The best part of the story is yet to come. My friend shoots this coyote and it rolls. I jump the ditch pick it up and drag it to the top of a pond. We stood there talking and the damn thing jumped up and started to run off. I pulled my pistol and fired two times, my buddy shoots a couple rounds and It goes down again. I drag it back out of the pond only to find it's still alive. Not only did I grab her once while she was alive but I grabbed her twice. I guess I'm still a rookie. Anyway the land owner was happy and I got my first coyote trapped this fall.
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: centerfire_223 on November 14, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Way to go!!!!!
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: Bills Custom Calls on November 14, 2010, 03:18:01 PM
Heck my blood was pumping pretty good just reading that Congrats  :yoyo: :yoyo:

Glad ya didn't get bit
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: bambam on November 14, 2010, 04:00:03 PM
congrats and I'm glad you didn't get bit.  :yoyo: :yoyo:
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: pitw on November 14, 2010, 08:44:29 PM
Quote from: bambam on November 14, 2010, 04:00:03 PM
  I'm glad you didn't get bit.  :yoyo: :yoyo:

:confused:  :shrug: Think of the story man. :readthis:

  Congrats on the trapped/shot coyote. :yoyo:
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: Jimmie in Ky on November 14, 2010, 10:25:38 PM
Way to go Roundman. You wanna borrow my reading glasses  :biggrin: Jimmie
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: FinsnFur on November 14, 2010, 10:34:05 PM
Die Hard uh? Holy crap that sounds like fun. :yoyo:
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: vvarmitr on November 15, 2010, 09:16:19 AM
I'm w/ Barry on this.
Just think of the story you'd have to tell your Grandkids!  :eyebrow:
But then again by the time you have Grandkids that'll listen it'll probably be a knock-down, drag-out fight for your life.  :laf:


WTG!  :biggrin:

BTW was the male even darker than this female?  :wo:
She seems pretty dark to me.
Title: Re: Sheep farm coyote
Post by: Roundman on November 15, 2010, 07:03:55 PM
Quote from: vvarmitr on November 15, 2010, 09:16:19 AM
BTW was the male even darker than this female?  :wo:
She seems pretty dark to me.
I think it was around the same color as this one, but with a blond patch on it's back.
Quote from: Jimmie in Ky on November 14, 2010, 10:25:38 PM
Way to go Roundman. You wanna borrow my reading glasses  :biggrin: Jimmie
I'm tellen ya she was not moving or breathing when I first picked her up. I don't know how it happened  :shrug:  She had enough time to bite me it she wanted. I can't tell ya the words that came out of my mouth as that dog ran off. It was almost as if I helped in a jail break. I think it gave me the  :finger: as it ran off.