LBL Shotgun Coyote

KySongDog · January 10, 2012, 05:59:14 PM

It's almost time for the LBL hunt and I figured the FnF crew would pretty much wipe out the coyote population. So I thought I better get down there and find me one before they are all gone.

The first 3 sets were no shows but on the 4th set, this female came in to my Yotehntr call. She was beginning to circle to get downwind of me. I lip squeaked and she stopped a good 50 yards out. She dropped like a sack of rocks DRT. My SBE with that new Carlson choke really throws a great pattern. I also added an EOtech XPS holographic sight that I borrowed from my AR.

She weighed 29 pounds.
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riverboss · January 10, 2012, 06:39:49 PM

Way to go Semp

save some for us.

coyote101 · January 10, 2012, 06:54:08 PM

Way to go Johnny.

Congratulations on another successful hunt.

I like the sight too.

Pat

kyfuzzyface · January 10, 2012, 07:17:21 PM

WTG Semp , Like they said save a few !

wv-outdoor · January 10, 2012, 08:13:56 PM

Congrats!!!

Biscuit · January 10, 2012, 08:14:11 PM

Way to go Johnny

Man that gun and lanyard blend well with that tree! If it wasnt for one of brads calls and the black pad on the gun i had a hard time seeing it !!!

KySongDog · January 10, 2012, 08:35:34 PM

Quote from: Biscuit on January 10, 2012, 08:14:11 PM
Way to go Johnny Man that gun and lanyard blend well with that tree! If it wasnt for one of brads calls and the black pad on the gun i had a hard time seeing it !!!

I had to add that black pad to raise the comb of the stock after I installed the EOtech. It's not too fancy but it works!

FinsnFur · January 10, 2012, 09:48:55 PM

You were on a locating mission right? Just making sure they were there.

Nice job by the way

Frogman · January 10, 2012, 09:51:23 PM

WTG!! Semp! Good shooting!

Jim

Okanagan · January 10, 2012, 10:36:53 PM

Yes! Very impressive. That place must get hunted super heavily. I can't imagine how hard it must be to call stuff there.

Yotehntr · January 10, 2012, 11:52:05 PM

Great job Johnny!

glad to know I got to go hunting with you today!

Hey leave some for us!

weedwalker · January 11, 2012, 05:52:52 AM

CONGRADULATIONS JOHNNY!!!

Way to go on the coyote.

But come on now, lets here about stand #5.

KySongDog · January 11, 2012, 06:32:39 AM

Ya spilt the beans on me.

I wasn't going to say anything about stand #5 because with out pics it is just a story and some don't believe anything without a pic!

But here is what happened. I got set up and started calling with Yotehntr's call (it was that "Johnny" call, Brad

) since they seemed to like it on the last stand. About 3 minutes in to the set, I heard a deer start blowing maybe 60 or 70 yards out in front of me in the thick stuff. I thought WTH?? I knew it didn't smell me because I had the wind right. Maybe it saw me move in or heard me set up?? Anyways, it ran off as I caught a glimpse of the white tail in the air through all of the trash.

So what to do? I figured I'm here and this is my last set today so I just continued on calling. Only a minute or so later, a coyote appeared in the same area as the deer! So THAT was what spooked the deer! And like the rookie I am about hunting anything, I immediately got all tore up and went from depressed about the stand to instant adrendaline high. Instead of keeping cool and bringing the varmint on in I took the shot and the coyote turned and ran back the way it came in like a scalded cat.

The shot was just too far and I was trying to blast through too many sapplings, limbs, and other assorted junk.

I walked down to the spot and looked around and found a couple drops of blood but knew the hit wasn't lethal. I searched for a while but didn't have a machete with me to go much further and gave up. It was really thick!

So that's what happened and I have no pic to prove it either.

Carolina Coyote · January 11, 2012, 06:52:06 AM

Good hunting Semp and hope you get some more. cc

Hawks Feather · January 11, 2012, 07:19:27 AM

Semp,

Congratulations on the coyote. I started reading stand #5 and thought you were going to end up with a coyote and a deer.

Jerry

JDMiller · January 11, 2012, 07:51:51 AM

Congrats ...you done good.

I slipped off to LBL late Monday evening to a spot I had'nt been to in a couple years. Was'nt much sign of any critters ....yotes, deer, turkey....nothing. But I figured better test the water anyway....so only made one set before dark.... but no takers.

Sounds & looks like you got that Benelli set-up well.

Coulter · January 11, 2012, 09:12:36 AM

Very nice...way to go Semp. Man I have got to get out...

Steve

titansfan2104 · January 11, 2012, 01:46:25 PM

If I make it to the lbl hunt i got first dibs on a hunt with semp!! Congrats on a nice hunt and yotehntr calls do work some,magic!!

deerdad · January 11, 2012, 11:38:46 PM

Good Job! Looking forward to LBL Hunt

Tikaani · January 29, 2012, 11:08:09 AM

Congrats Semp, also thanks again for the CD.

John