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We put 5 in the fur box
By: Prairie blaster Date: December 26, 2012, 7:54 am
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Sunday; 3:300 AM, truck all loaded and gassed,picking up the
last member of the team and off we go. The thermometer is
resting solid on -7 and the forecast is for very light NNW
breeze and sunny,PERFECT way to start a Sunday morning.My Son
"the boy" His wife "The girl" and a kid I work with "The kid"
and me makes up the Team, all seasoned coyote killers and ready
to shoot. TO Bad the Boy and my self have what turned out to be
the worst colds in our lives starting...But thats another
story.We get to our first set Just before shooting light and get
all out crap on and adjusted,loaded and set. Off we go about 50
yards in we kick out a dog,no shot so we went on up up over a
hill and could see two more messing around a cattle feeding
area. We tried calling for a half hour and the coyotes just
drifted away no takers. Next set Full sun now and the breeze was
going every direction, a callers nightmare. When we set up it
was in our face and the sun was at our back great as we called
it switched 180 and put our sent right to were we where trying
to call to, crap,nothing.Next set We had to do a bit of huffing
to get out past the line if sight of the truck but settled in
this time the sun was in our face not as good BUT it worked. At
ten minuets in to the call three very pissed off coyotes came
charging over the horizon at a FULL head on charge. We decided
that we would use all coyote sounds this trip knowing the dogs
out here get called a lot. There was a woven wire sheep fence
between them and us and we thought they would have to stop and
find a way under the fence and that would be our kill spot.
After many years of coyote hunting I have learned a coyote can
and will surprise you,they did. The looked like a pack of
gazelles as the cleared the fence and charged in. In a blink of
an eye there in our laps the Boy had his 223/12 gauge and let go
with a 3" charge of #F lead shot and put the first one down at
30 feet. The others split and kicked in the after burners We did
end up killing the other two but it took very one shooting to
there last bullet in there guns to do it. MAN what a rush.3 for
the fur box. PS the camera by now was frozen so no pictures
sorry.A long drag back and a half an hour skinning section and
were off.Its noon now and the temps are claiming all most +7
,Sweet. We ground out set after set .The girl got one with here
204 and we where seeing and hearing dogs at every set. The last
set of the day it was almost dark and getting cold again. It was
a Honey hole we have and we kept it for last. The only draw back
there ALL smart dogs and the work the wind like prows. The sun
fading a string of coyotes appeared ,started to swing WAY around
the call in anticipation of this we strung out over a 1/4 of a
mile. The end guy the kid was using our 243,AKA the "Lazar"only
one dog came in for a shot he put the x on its chest and we had
the fifth coyote.I did manage to get some pic of the last two. I
hope I live through this cold to do some more hunting latter...
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Re: We put 5 in the fur box
By: Yote59 Date: December 26, 2012, 9:02 am
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Great job on the kills. Congrats to you and your hunting buds.
Great pics....loved the story. Makes me want to get out and
make a few sets. Weather here in Kentucky now is 32 deg. with
rain/sleet coming down. Winds 8-20 mph....that part not
good...... :'(
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Re: We put 5 in the fur box
By: MasterBlaster Date: December 26, 2012, 6:47 pm
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-7 degrees. Explains the heavy fur. Nice hides. Congrats.
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