I have made 16 sets in these 4 outings and have not heard the normal September howling(??). These 2 are the only I have seen and I did make good on the sightings.
The first was an adult male at 130yds', 36min., at 10:08pm. This was the first set of Monday night and I had the 'sheep farmer" with me. Bill is definitely a good luck charm. The producers were a pup/adult attach followed by a couple of pup distresses playing at the same time. He barked/short howled from a few hundred yards in front of me after the distress had played maybe 5 min. I rocked the volume up and down and switched between the sounds for a couple more minutes then went silent. He showed up and died about 5 min later.
The second was an adult female at about 80yds., 32min., at 2:08. This was the 5th and last set of Wednesday night. After ~4min of rat distress I howled on the 'critter caller and got a response far down the hollow to my East. I answered aggressively with the diaphragm and got a group/pair to answer much closer to my NNE over the ridge in front of me along with the original group. Quiet for a while with just a coaxer running at low volume. After about 10 I howled again with no answer. I answered myself on the call then went into a couple fight sounds followed by kiyis and pup distress. Silence again. Pup distress again at different volumes. A couple scans later she steps in view at about 2;30 oclock. Call is still running and while getting into the gun I get the volume down some then bark her stopped and shoot. I did not notice the angle she was on, should have aimed at the front of the shoulder. Entered tight behind it but exited at the last rib. Tough boogers!
I could not find her as the hay was wet and so was she AND I was not looking up the hill far enough. After searching for about 30min I went back to the gun and for the second time ever[other than practice at home over a year ago] wified the scope to my phone (crib sheet is in my chest pack) and looked at the vid then lined up the gun to where I thought she was and turned on the laser. She was about 40yds further up the hill than I thought and was only maybe 10 degrees to the right of the laser. First time I ever used the laser-THANKS Kino and Mick.
The first was an adult male at 130yds', 36min., at 10:08pm. This was the first set of Monday night and I had the 'sheep farmer" with me. Bill is definitely a good luck charm. The producers were a pup/adult attach followed by a couple of pup distresses playing at the same time. He barked/short howled from a few hundred yards in front of me after the distress had played maybe 5 min. I rocked the volume up and down and switched between the sounds for a couple more minutes then went silent. He showed up and died about 5 min later.
The second was an adult female at about 80yds., 32min., at 2:08. This was the 5th and last set of Wednesday night. After ~4min of rat distress I howled on the 'critter caller and got a response far down the hollow to my East. I answered aggressively with the diaphragm and got a group/pair to answer much closer to my NNE over the ridge in front of me along with the original group. Quiet for a while with just a coaxer running at low volume. After about 10 I howled again with no answer. I answered myself on the call then went into a couple fight sounds followed by kiyis and pup distress. Silence again. Pup distress again at different volumes. A couple scans later she steps in view at about 2;30 oclock. Call is still running and while getting into the gun I get the volume down some then bark her stopped and shoot. I did not notice the angle she was on, should have aimed at the front of the shoulder. Entered tight behind it but exited at the last rib. Tough boogers!
I could not find her as the hay was wet and so was she AND I was not looking up the hill far enough. After searching for about 30min I went back to the gun and for the second time ever[other than practice at home over a year ago] wified the scope to my phone (crib sheet is in my chest pack) and looked at the vid then lined up the gun to where I thought she was and turned on the laser. She was about 40yds further up the hill than I thought and was only maybe 10 degrees to the right of the laser. First time I ever used the laser-THANKS Kino and Mick.
