Baiting

Had a pair of coyote on camera at 6pm 2 nights in a row. So last night despite -9 at 4:15 I got in the pop-up blind. By 7pm it was -14 and I was froze. Tonight only -2, but they showed up (6pm right on time) and I shot one near the bait. The other ran off and stopped. I took the longer shot, I could see a spot with the thermal(Leupold) but my fingers were hurting. So I will look in the morning. Not sure if I like the Nosler 40 BT out of the 20p, having exits(small). It maybe a little to tough, may switch to the Berger 35. I would prefer no exit. Will have my brother load some of the videos. Good luck in the new year.
 
Hope you find the 2nd one spotstalkshoot.

I use the 40gr Nosler BT in my loaner/2nd night gun and would say about 20-25% of the time they exit the other side of Mr Yote. That's at distances from 50-75 yards typically. They do terminate their activities rather well from my experience. Thats in a 223 AR and they are very accurate

I couldnt take that kind of cold for sure. My hat's off to you guys that can endure those temps
 
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Spot I was wondering about using a pop up blind. Do you leave a window open, or have an alarm system? Also wondered if you could heat it with a small propane heater?
 
I leave one window open, directly toward the bait. As my blind fabric makes some noise in cold weather. I have a Mr Heater Buddy in the blind, it will keep one side of me warm. I have covered the ground inside with landscape mulch, it will help with keeping feet warm. I shoot off homemade shooting sticks that match the height of the bottom of the window. Thinking about getting a rechargeable small fan to move the radiant heat around abit before the heat raises and exits thru the window. Would hang it pointing down at the front heater to spread warmth around the ground, under chair. I usually setup 125 yards+ from bait, calm nights cold air really helps coyote hear. Helps a lot if they are discussing the eating order or trying to chew. One breezy nights, I will partially close the window if I feel the coyote will not hear me finish opening it.
 
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I tried the popup blind deal when I first started baiting 10 years ago. It was tough hunting. That’s what led me to get the storage building shack. You did good, Spot.
 
BP- you asked about my bait pile...I'm using all deer carcasses this year. There's about a dozen on there right now.

Spot- congratulations on your coyote.Hope you get the second one. I too hunt from blinds, but mine have no heat and I'm not hunting in minus temps either. Try and stay warm out there.
 
Boom...legs up.

Have had two yotes showing up at the bait pile over the last few days and last night we met up. Yote ran into the bait pile and grabbed a possum feasting, and the possum immediately played dead so Ms Yote went to doing her thing. I should have hung around a bit longer after the shot as 45 minutes later the trail cams picked up a big male that swung by for a visit.



At the very end of the video (54-55 second mark) the 2nd one came across the screen at about 130 yards out, but I didnt notice it until reviewing the footage

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556 AR, 60gr BT, Super Hogster, 30 degrees 95% humidity, 60 yards
 

Well, on the night of Jan 1 another coyote showed up at the bait. It rained and snowed the second night so I was finally able to hunt last night. He showed up something after 10:00 PM, but wouldn't commit to the bait site. He would come in and grab a piece of bait and then run off to eat it. It took me a while of playing cat n' mouse with him to finally get a shot. He was further up in the field, at an estimated 90 yards when I squeezed the trigger. I knew the trajectory would be high at that distance since I am sighted spot on at 60, so I held a bit low. The bullet struck just slightly high of midway from back to belly, and exited the opposite side about where I would normally hold for shooting. Even though the Rattler TS25 only has a 1.5x magnification, it wasn't any problem getting a sight picture and shooting at the distance of about 90 yards.

The coyote ran about 25 yards and went under a briar patch. I had to break briars to get him out. The snow really aided in the tracking since I didn't know exactly where he went.

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I normally drive over to the "shack" and unload my gear, but due to the snow I backpacked in, about 300 yards or so from where I park the truck.
It was a pleasant and pretty walk along the farm path.

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The briar patch in the center is where I found him.

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You can see here where the bullet hit.

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I drug him out of the briar patch and up into the field a bit for some photos. You can see his track skirting the field and sage grass as he went to the bait site.

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