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YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Prairie blaster Date: December 10, 2012, 9:33 am
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Yes thats -15*
AND a slight breeze out of the NE, It's all so good this time of
year.
Like Normal on a day off the alarm goes off at 3:30 am and the
wife poking me in the ribs, saying get up and turn that damn
thing off.
On my days off I like to sleep in . My normal time is 2:00
,bread man thing.
I crawl out of the sack and Head to the kitchen and looked at
the mound of clothing I had set out the night before. Crap thats
a lot of crap to carry around all day in the snow,BUT... It was
going to be cold and I hate being cold sitting at a coyote
set.But Back to the story. We drive out to our Honey hole area.
It was a horrible storm the day before and it put down several
inches of snow on a layer of ice so the trip was long. We get to
our first spot and hustled to get on out gear and set off. SNOW
god ,it makes for SO much more work. A half mile and I was
huffing and hot but were settling in for the first call. A
little howling then a pup getting its brains kicked out and Ta
Da the first one shows. I couldn't get a shot but the boy had me
covered . A blast from the CZ 223 and fur on the ground.Stuffed
her in the drag bag and back to the truck for a quick skin job.
Off to the next set. Lots of calling and lots of challenging
back but no takers. the next two where the same, we'd call
they'd call it killed a lot of the day.Then we had one come in
to the next on and He popped up just behind me and stopped as he
entered my sent zone but that was just long enough for by back
up to swing in to position and drill him at 40 yards, he was
under ten from me. Drug him out and on the skinning poll. The
wind was shifting to the south west and that means WIND. We
hurried to the next set and it turned out to be the last and the
best. I was setting on one side of a nob looking in to the wind
and sun, the boy was on the other and was a lot more cross wind
almost looking down wind. We called for 15 minuets and almost
gave up but WAY out on the horizon my boy saw some movement. He
clicked the radio button and I froze not knowing where or what
he saw. Ten minuets I hear his shot and a WAP, cool I'm starting
to get ready to go over the hill and I hear a norther shot WAP,
Humm he missed the first one ? I scramble over in hopes to get a
shot but I didn't see any thing to shoot. What happened was,
four dogs came in HOT and he popped the first one at 80 yards
the others turned and split up and ran but the big Alfa male
stopped at 250 yards and started to scold the fallen male ,just
long enough for the second shot ,He had two more. Not a bad day
4 and I never fired a shot...
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Yote59 Date: December 10, 2012, 12:14 pm
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Sounds like you two had a great time all the while braving the
elements. With fresh snow and them temps below zero makes a
challenging hunt. Four coyotes and memories that will last a
lifetime....priceless. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: KyleM127 Date: December 11, 2012, 8:45 pm
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Great story, sounds like a blast! Thanks for the share!
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Bwana J Date: December 12, 2012, 2:49 am
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Congrats on a great hunt. Glad to see 4 fawn killers bite the
dust. Are the pelts worth anything this year?
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Prairie blaster Date: December 12, 2012, 7:21 am
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>:( The only wholesale fur buyer in our area died last
summer...
We are hitting up all the taxidermy guys and have been able to
sell all 10 so far. $40 bucks skinned looks like where we are
at.
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Yote59 Date: December 12, 2012, 7:24 am
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[quote author=Prairie blaster link=topic=129.msg819#msg819
date=1355318519]
>:( The only wholesale fur buyer in our area died last
summer...
We are hitting up all the taxidermy guys and have been able to
sell all 10 so far. $40 bucks skinned looks like where we are
at.
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$40 bucks a pop...heck...that pays for gas and ammo.
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: Prairie blaster Date: December 12, 2012, 7:32 am
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:-\ HUMM... 200 miles round trip average in a four wheel drive,
ammo, Maybe.It's all worth it even if we don't get a shot. You
ever skin a flea infested coyote, lovely.
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Re: YES minus 15 degrees,snow,coyotes
By: MasterBlaster Date: December 12, 2012, 8:22 am
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:-\ HUMM... 200 miles round trip average in a four wheel drive,
ammo, Maybe.It's all worth it even if we don't get a shot. You
ever skin a flea infested coyote, lovely.
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Not worth it for me PB. The fleas and the smell are enough
reason for me to leave em lay.
Buzzards gotta eat too..... ;D
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