Baiting

Nice going on the coyote. If you had the tactacam location set, it should show on your phone when the thief turns it back on. Call the law and have them go with you.
 
Well, despite a slow start to the season, things have picked up quite a bit. I hunted the last two nights (16th and 17th), saw five coyotes and killed three. I possibly could have killed one other but the DVR to my Pulsar thermal had a low battery and began beeping at the worst possible time. The coyotes heard it and took off.

The first night I took a male with the Ruger American Predator 6mm Remington, 55 gr. Sierra Blitz King and ATN 4k Pro scope, 5-20x. Of all things, this coyote had a broken snare around his neck.

The first coyote on the second night (last night) was the particular one that has been extremely skittish around the bait site, tripping the alarm from a distance but not wanting to go to the bait (when I was there). One time he came down the hill, looked at my sensors and took off. Regardless, last night my plan of action worked. There was about 60-65% illumination from the moon, plus snow on the ground which resulted in me not needing to use any IR light at all. I turned the monitor on and could clearly see the field all around the bait site. After watching on and off for a while, I suddenly saw the shape of a coyote up in the field. He was gone by the time I got the rifle and thermal scope into action, but I kept watching and suddenly he appeared over the knoll at 78 yards. One shot dropped him like a rock. The 90 gr. Varmageddon from the 6.5 Grendel dropped him right there, and there was no exit. Actually I could not even find an entry, and not a speck of blood.

Later in the night the alarm sounded again and a smaller male was leaving. I had to rush the shot on this one as he was departing. He ran and I fired a second for good measure. He collapsed down the hill a ways. On top of that, two more showed up about 30 minutes later, but a shot opportunity did not pressent itself, due to the DVR acting up I think, or perhaps they winded me.

This is the snared coyote. I loosened it up a bit to take the photo. It was very snug around his neck. Amazing how tough coyotes are.

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This is the second coyote, the skittish one.

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This is the last one, a small male. He ran out of the field to the right and down the hill. You can see the shack in the distance.

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These are the two from last night. I came close to a 3-dog night. Darn DVR.

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Heck of a couple of nights there 06! Congrats on all the action! You did the snared coyote a favor! I hate seeing that on animals. I had one of those a couple years back, and never did get him.
 
Congratulations on your success 06! Good to see all that planning and effort paying off with a couple of great nights, plus more to come. You might break you baiting record this year.
 
Bizz is booming 06, CONGRATS x2. I had another one show up yesterday morning from 9:45 am till 11:15. I thought sure he would come back for desert last night and drove the 120 miles back to camp. Coons, possums and deer kept the alarm going all night so sleep was minimal but no coyote showed.

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Thanks everybody. Doubleup, I am at #9 right now and 3 shy of my best year of 12. Week, hope you get that one. Most of the coyotes here don’t return the following night. My best chances have been on the 3rd or 4th nights, generally. The exceptions have been times like this with snow and cold. At those times like that the coyotes return often. At least that’s been a general observation I have made over the years.
 
I've killed 10 coyotes off my baiting spot since Jan 2. But haven't killed one in over a week. Tacticam shows I have 3 different Bobcats eating at the site and keeping the coyotes away. Dang cats eat for over and hour each time they feed. Coyotes come in but when they get close the cats stand up and the coyotes bugger away. The cats come at different times not together. They sure are going thru the bait. We can't kill cats at night so I'm rigging up some tannerite boxes with hand warmers. I intend to wait them out and send them packing. I hope they are smart enough to get the message.
 
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I've killed 10 coyotes off my baiting spot since Jan 2. But haven't killed one in over a week. Tacticam shows I have 3 different Bobcats eating at the site and keeping the coyotes away. Dang cats eat for over and hour each time they feed. Coyotes come in but when they get close the cats stand up and the coyotes bugger away. The cats come at different times not together. They sure are going thru the bait. We can't kill cats at night so I'm rigging up some tannerite boxes with hand warmers. I intend to wait them out and send them packing. I hope they are smart enough to get the message.
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What are the cats eating? I have several that will come to my bait sites, but do not stay to eat. I just figured it was because cats rather catch their food live.
 
flowj said:
I've killed 10 coyotes off my baiting spot since Jan 2. But haven't killed one in over a week. Tacticam shows I have 3 different Bobcats eating at the site and keeping the coyotes away. Dang cats eat for over and hour each time they feed.
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That's some serious action flowj, congrats on your productive site and success.
 
Flowj, tannerite sounds interesting, and 10 sounds awfully good to me since Jan 2. Wish I had more targets. I have only got 9 since Sept.

Burn, I generally walk about 250-300 yards to the bait, in the snow sometimes too, but the 4-wheeler sure is nice, making me lazy actually.

Doublelung, mine disappear sometimes too. My season started very slow but has picked up pretty good lately.

Week, that coyote has your name written all over it. He is heavy looking.
 
My bait is all road kill deer. I killed a cat in Jan. I was in the blind 45 minutes before legal shooting light was up and a one came in with 10 minutes to spare. I put up a Tacticam Pro after that and I know I have 3 more cats eating at the site. I have watched on trail cam and live with thermal. They all 3 come in and eat for nearly or over an hour but never together. They actually lay on their belly and eat very relaxed, unlike a coyote that comes in cautious and eats quick and nervous. I have thermal of one that came in and backed up to the post I set to hang the trail cam on, and scent marked it. Peed right on my camera. It was all I could do to fight the urge to take him out, legal or not. I have buzzard trouble also. I may start covering the bait up with a tarp during the day. Between coyote, cats, buzzards, possums, and coons I've had a total of 12 deer on this bait site. Of course I take out all the possums and coons that eat as this is our Turkey hunting spot. I just freshened up another place I hunt and put a fresh deer on it. I have driveway alarms on that bait and can shoot from the upstairs window of our log cabin. So I can sleep till time to shoot. Of course I have Bobcats there too but they don't seem to eat like the ones on my BIL's farm.
 
Despite what some believe, lightning can strike twice in the same spot. 12:30 last night this female came in to an entree of bacon grease soaked dog food and a side of freezer burnt deer trimmings. Video will be late, but better late than never. 105 yds 223 53 gr VMAX, DRT

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