I don't usually hunt during the summer months because I don't like the heat and bugs, but Friday morning was supposed to be only on the 60's so I thought I'd give it a go.
I set my decoy out and then climbed on top of a round hay bale about fifty yards back from it along a fence line. I was overlooking a large rolling pasture and wood line. I did about thirty seconds of my best "something really hurts" on my Yotehntr open reed call and started scanning. Within a few seconds I spotted a coyote about two hundred yards away across the field. He paused for several seconds looking in my direction, but held up. I blew the call again for several seconds, and here he came on a run. I lost sight of him as he went down into a low area of the field, but I was pretty sure he would appear again not too far from my decoy. Sure enough, he came back into sight about sixty-five yards from me and stopped. I put a 55 grain V-max in his chest, and down he went. I stayed on the bale and called for another ten or twelve minutes, but had no other takers so I climbed down and called it a morning.
The coyote appeared about two hundred yards away on the high ground near the red arrow. He ran down the little hill into the low ground and reappeared about sixty-five yards out where the black arrow is. My decoy was about fifty yards out where that red circle is.
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You couldnt hold out and it paid off :biggrin:
Nice Pat. Very nice :congrats:
Nice lookin coyote!
Nice coyote Pat!
I usually wait till September the 1st to start hunting but we've had some cool morning for the past 2 weeks.
55 deg one morning, so I've been out some myself.
This week the heat is coming back👹 I can't wait till it's gone for good.
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Good job Pat. :highclap:
I always enjoy how they disappear to reappear.
Looks like a good time and MUCH better temps than around here today.
Jerry
Nice job, Pat! :congrats:
That is a good looking sleek coyote. Still in the high 80's low 90's plus monsoon season is upon us so we are staying indoors enjoying the AC.
Nice job Pat! :highclap: I’ve been hunting some lately myself. My dogs owner isn’t crazy about the heat either but they don’t mind to much. :wink: