wolverines
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With a west wind, I was able to get out to one of my favorite spots. I’m standing in front of a giant oak tree in the middle of a field facing south. I had several groups answer the opening group of howls I played. It wasn’t too long into the set and I had a pair coming in.
I could see I hit the second one at about 190 yards, but I wasn’t sure how good the hit was. I kept the sound going and had a coyote answer after a few minutes. I went back and forth playing some pair howls but it didn’t seem like the coyote was getting any closer. I went silent for a bit and nothing happened. My impatience got the better of me so I decided to go retrieve the first one and look for the second one.
Once I got back in there I quickly realized how thick it was and it dropped off about 30 yards in. I wasn’t having any luck and thought it would be wiser to look in the daylight so I walked back out to get the first coyote.
Fast forward to the next morning, I get up to about 3-4” of snow. Knowing this will make it difficult to find the coyote I decided to download the video so I could rewatch it and decide if it was even worth looking. Focusing on the PIP screen I could see just before the coyote got out of sight its side and tail was covered in blood from the thermal image. I let the land owner know I was going back to look and he let me know they had only got about an inch of snow where he was. A buddy went with me and he stayed up high in the direction it was last seen. I went low where I thought it went down from the video. Lo and behold, a squirrel had ran through the spot the coyote ran and I spotted a good spot of blood that soaked through. Not too far from that spot something snow covered caught my eye. Sure enough, it was the second coyote.
Both were 32lb males.
I could see I hit the second one at about 190 yards, but I wasn’t sure how good the hit was. I kept the sound going and had a coyote answer after a few minutes. I went back and forth playing some pair howls but it didn’t seem like the coyote was getting any closer. I went silent for a bit and nothing happened. My impatience got the better of me so I decided to go retrieve the first one and look for the second one.
Once I got back in there I quickly realized how thick it was and it dropped off about 30 yards in. I wasn’t having any luck and thought it would be wiser to look in the daylight so I walked back out to get the first coyote.
Fast forward to the next morning, I get up to about 3-4” of snow. Knowing this will make it difficult to find the coyote I decided to download the video so I could rewatch it and decide if it was even worth looking. Focusing on the PIP screen I could see just before the coyote got out of sight its side and tail was covered in blood from the thermal image. I let the land owner know I was going back to look and he let me know they had only got about an inch of snow where he was. A buddy went with me and he stayed up high in the direction it was last seen. I went low where I thought it went down from the video. Lo and behold, a squirrel had ran through the spot the coyote ran and I spotted a good spot of blood that soaked through. Not too far from that spot something snow covered caught my eye. Sure enough, it was the second coyote.
Both were 32lb males.
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