Pa double coyote

bigben · November 17, 2012, 10:08:52 PM

My cousin jason and i headed out hunting tonight. We had a new farm to hunt tonight. About three minutes into the first stand jason had eyes downwind about 300 yds. He worked him till finally he started working his way laterally in the field. We id'd him as a red fox and i got him stopped by woofin at him a few times. Jason tried a shot at 300 yds. We walked down and looked but we found no red. We hopped across the road into another field and jason ended up callin a grey in but no shots fired.

We ended up going out to my uncles farm. We made one stand and moved deeper into the farm. After half way through the next stand a siren went of and a group of coyotes lit up on the oppisite side of the farm. We got a game plan and decided to drive around using roads to get downwind of em i had a good idea where they were. We got over to that side of the farm and we called for 2 mins appx and i see my jasons shooting light go on. I turned mine on as well and id'd the target as a coyote. I said shoot and then squeezed the trigger. I heard a satisfying thump and jas cursed me. He said theres another one there. I got on a open reed from brad gainey and did some quick kiyis and sure nuff she popped up. Jason shot and another whoop came back. We walked to his first because he said he saw mine roll over. His was dead shot right between the eyes. Small hole in no exit. We then walked over to mine and sure nuff mine was laying there as well. A male and a female pa double using white lights and heres the kicker both were shot at 200 + yds. It was a good night.
Glory shot

Jason carrying them back to the truck

Hidehunter · November 17, 2012, 10:19:14 PM

Thats what Im talkin' bout right there!!

shaddragger · November 17, 2012, 10:26:03 PM

SUHWEET!! That's a great evening right there!!!

Frogman · November 17, 2012, 10:35:30 PM

Awesome, guys! WTG! Good shooting!

Jim

HuntnCarve · November 18, 2012, 06:29:18 AM

You guys did real good Ben! Just think of all the fawns you saved by taking that pair out of commission.

HuntnCarve

Dave

coyote101 · November 18, 2012, 07:22:20 AM

Congratulations,

way to go Ben.

Pat

FinsnFur · November 18, 2012, 08:14:32 AM

That was a good night for sure. Nice job gentlemen.

There's a lot of controversy over the white these days. Remember back in the day white lights for callin was unheard of.

Jeb · November 18, 2012, 08:22:09 AM

Congrats to y'all !!! Thanks for sharing.

riverboss · November 18, 2012, 10:13:35 AM

Awsome job for sure.

Todd Rahm · November 18, 2012, 01:06:33 PM

Good stuff Ben!!!!!!!!!

bigben · November 18, 2012, 01:25:42 PM

Thanks fellas. I was happy my cousin was with me for years i have been looking for a calling partner. We work well together and can anticipate each others moves

Yeah jim there is alot of people that dont believe in using white light 3 or 4 years ago i went to a regular scope and no ill ret. so i decided to use white led instead of red. I never noticed any problems with white hurting me. In fact i can id critters easier as well now so there is no wasted time. I figured if some of these guys in texas could use white i could to.

Hidehunter · November 18, 2012, 06:23:38 PM

Our regs just got changed this year so we can legally use white now...I dont night hunt much anymore though.

FinsnFur · November 19, 2012, 12:00:11 AM

I can remember when I hunted Texas. If you got caught using white lights, or someone seen you and ratted you out...you got run off the lease.
They strongly felt the white light spooked the coyote and educated them in the long run.
I think it'll be a much debated topic for a while yet.

bigben · November 19, 2012, 05:53:19 AM

I know a couple pa guys say theres no way white is as productive as red. Coincidently they all sell red led lights. Go figure. My white led setup ran me around 75 bux total. A red led setup will run you 250 bux. I have been using white since the predator pursuit guys came to pa and spoke. I figured if they could use two white lightforce lights on coyotes then i could use white led in pa.

FinsnFur · November 25, 2012, 09:11:45 PM

I see there's an article in December's Predator Extreme discussing this very thing.
And from a Texas Caller.

bigben · November 28, 2012, 10:48:09 AM

Yeah that article has sparked some controversy on the pa based boards.

Carolina Coyote · November 28, 2012, 04:13:26 PM

Good info on the lights, Centerfire223 and I plan to do some night hunting this coming weekend and will try the white kill light . CC Congratulation's on the double and good shooting. cc

bigben · November 29, 2012, 10:40:19 AM

Thanks

deerdad · December 30, 2012, 01:27:27 AM

Good Shootin Tex! Congrat's!!

Frogman · December 30, 2012, 10:25:29 AM

I just got the white led bulb for my xlr250. I will still use the red led for the xlr100 scanning light. We will see how it works now that white light is legal in WV??

Jim