Jon and I headed up to the hunting lease in Wirt County WV for some daytime coyote calling. After a few stands with no success we set up in some thick pines planted by pulp and paper. I set up about 20 yards to Jon's left and couldn't even see him. Jon started calling on his new distress mouth call. It was about 10:00 AM. In just a couple of minutes I heard him shoot, more calling, then another shot, more calling and a third shot?? I hadn't seen anything and thought maybe he had called in some crows?? When I got to him he was very excited and kind of shaking. Two coyotes had come running in. There was an area of to his front right that he could not see through. He was watching to his front left. the two coyotes came right through the thick stuff where he could not see well. The front yellow one stopped within ten feet of him. It put the breaks on and turned and ran into the second bigger black one. The black one took off back over the hill to Jon's left, the first yellow one disappeared back into the thick stuff. Jon's first shot with his shotgun was at the bigger black coyote at about 30 yards as it was disappearing over the hill. He immediately started ki-yi ing on the mouth call. The yellow coyote actually came back into an area where Jon could see it. BOOM flop and it was down at about 15 yards. He went back to ki-yi ing in hopes of getting the black one to come back. Didn't happen? Since the downed yellow one was still kicking he shot it again to anchor it! He was quite excited!!
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Above you can see his setup. The coyotes appeared the thick area just behind his shotgun barrel to the left of where his is pointing the gun. He killed the yellow one where he is pointing the gun.
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We were this close to the truck!
Another exciting hunt with fur down!!
Jim
Congratulations guys, :highclap: looks like fun. :biggrin:
Pat
Great job,got to get after them soon as are gun deer season is over
You guys are killin me! I need to get out. Congrats on the kill.
You guys are really laying them down!...I called in 3 on my first set of the year saturday,, had the biggest at 25 yards with the shotgun,,, bad primer saved his life!! Rolled him at 45 yards,did not recover him,only 2 lil drops of blood in the snow., my son was suppose to be with me on the AR,wishing now he woulda been!
I will see you at the LBL
X
Love that hardwood country! Great story and pics. Looks like a bowhunting setup for coyotes.
I have yet to get out. Keep these stories coming.
Good job, Froggie and Jon. Sounds like it got wild and western there for a while.
Great stories and pictures, I like that kind of country to hunt in! What choke and load were you using?
Nasty,
Jon has a full choke with 00 buck shot!
Jim