Forecast said rain coming between 9 and 11 so I went-we know how accurate they are. Planned a ~25mile round trip, the first three properties are about 2 miles apart then a 3-4 mile drive to #4 then a 2 mile jaunt to #5 then home.
No action at 1-3 except some misting in 3 but only a nuisance. On the way to #4 it came back but I left the suv anyhow as I was only gonna be 150-200yds from it.
I am setting 15yds off a country road facing South and can only hunt about 100acres to the S of me. 150yds E of me on the S of the road is a house and 250yds W is a house on the S of the road. Wind is predominantly S but sometimes all points (gotta love hill country). Call is about 60 to my NE as ~150 to my E is the nasty cover I expect them to come from if not from my W.
Nothing to the 3-4min of low stuff then into the howls. On to misc. breeding sounds with silence mixed in and when I hit a pr howl I do get a response WAY far to my Southeast-I can barely hear them and know they are not coming this far. Silence for several min then I go into some fights. After about 5min of fights, I am playing a kiyi along with a fight and 2 show up on the skyline from the North. I mute, get the gun positioned and shoot the female. I mouth kiyi then get the fight and kiyi back on at the call and run it up/dn-on/off for 7-8 min and it is now raining and MY TRIPOD FELL OVER because why I have no idea!!! Anyhow, I put my diaphragm and remote away then make the last scan AND THERE HE HIS on the ridge line. He moves off the skyline and I am thinking, "is the scope still on after hitting the ground?". I get him in the xhairs and DRT. Got no vid of him because I apparently didn't turn it off after shooting #1 so when I turned it "ON" for #2 I actually paused it-DUMMY!!
Am gonna check zero when done here and am hoping/thinking the soft dirt/mud cushioned the fall.
Anyhow, per onx she was at 125y @11:23 and he was at 143y @11:31. Wish I had my luggage scale cause I think he was over 40#.
No action at 1-3 except some misting in 3 but only a nuisance. On the way to #4 it came back but I left the suv anyhow as I was only gonna be 150-200yds from it.
I am setting 15yds off a country road facing South and can only hunt about 100acres to the S of me. 150yds E of me on the S of the road is a house and 250yds W is a house on the S of the road. Wind is predominantly S but sometimes all points (gotta love hill country). Call is about 60 to my NE as ~150 to my E is the nasty cover I expect them to come from if not from my W.
Nothing to the 3-4min of low stuff then into the howls. On to misc. breeding sounds with silence mixed in and when I hit a pr howl I do get a response WAY far to my Southeast-I can barely hear them and know they are not coming this far. Silence for several min then I go into some fights. After about 5min of fights, I am playing a kiyi along with a fight and 2 show up on the skyline from the North. I mute, get the gun positioned and shoot the female. I mouth kiyi then get the fight and kiyi back on at the call and run it up/dn-on/off for 7-8 min and it is now raining and MY TRIPOD FELL OVER because why I have no idea!!! Anyhow, I put my diaphragm and remote away then make the last scan AND THERE HE HIS on the ridge line. He moves off the skyline and I am thinking, "is the scope still on after hitting the ground?". I get him in the xhairs and DRT. Got no vid of him because I apparently didn't turn it off after shooting #1 so when I turned it "ON" for #2 I actually paused it-DUMMY!!
Am gonna check zero when done here and am hoping/thinking the soft dirt/mud cushioned the fall.
Anyhow, per onx she was at 125y @11:23 and he was at 143y @11:31. Wish I had my luggage scale cause I think he was over 40#.
