Baiting

[6mm06]

Good to see a little action at the bait, Owen. Good clear view with the scope.

Spot, a 10x12 should be fine and make a nice coyote hunting shed - unless the She stuff begins to pile up too high! My shack is an 8x12 and I do wish it were a little larger.

Week, nice going on the coyotes.

I need to mow the cabin yard and bait site, but we have had so much rain that it's been impossible. Too dangerous to get the mower on the hillside when the grass is wet.

 

[DoubleUp]

Thanks David! Strangely enough I had another coyote hit the bait pile last night from 3:15 to 4:30. Hard to understand after 3 roadkill deer this winter and not a single coyote until the past 3 weeks on the chicken scraps. The more I learn the less I knew! Maybe this one will give me a chance also.

 

[jmeddy]

Good deal week. Apparently, your coyotes like bacon where others do not.

 

[DoubleUp]

This is tough to figure out. I just shot #4 at 9:54 after 11 months of nothing. Young female, unbred.


Wil

 

[spotstalkshoot]

part way done, I told the SIL I would build a small loft in the back to keep the floor open.

 

[DoubleUp]

Here is the short video from last night.

 

[hm1996]

She was very considerate, let you get a good night's sleep.

 

[6mm06]

Hey Spot, that building is looking good already.

Good on that one, DoubleUp.

 

[jmeddy]

Well Owen, when you break the dry spell, you go on a roll. Hope it continues and as Clarence said, maybe you can keep them all on that schedule.

 

[DoubleUp]

You never know I guess Mike. After so many months of nothing and then four in 17 days is pretty amazing. First 3 were big males, and this last one was a female at just 31lbs. She hadn't been bred either, so I'm guessing she was last year's pup.

 

[weekender]

Glad to see the action pick up DU. Fine shot.

 

[DoubleUp]

Thanks Week! You still getting pictures at the lease?

 

[weekender]

Thanks Week! You still getting pictures at the lease?

I did get a couple pics after killing two but they have stopped now. I need more bait.

 

[weekender]

More bait added and a black coyote showed up. As we all know the hide won't be any good now. I will pass on the black one for now in hopes of seeing him in Nov. Last one I passed on was shot by a deer hunter and throwed in a ditch.

 

[DoubleUp]

Hope you get a crack at him this fall.

 

[jmeddy]

Kill it any chance you get, skin it quickly and freeze or salt then flat tan it and hang it on a wall. Better than in a ditch.

 

[6mm06]

I wish you well, Week with that black one. I’m like you, I would want the fur in better shape. I would chance it.

 

[baitpile]

Yep, hang tight on the black one.

 

[coyote_thumper]

Spot: That shed/blind looks nice.

Do you plan to seal/cover the un-treated 2x4's at the base? Where I live those would rot out pretty quickly if left un-protected. I'd be concerned about water running down the walls and soaking them, and also puddles on the concrete pad getting wicked up into it. It would rot those 2x4's, and also get the OSB flooring wet and swelled up.

If it were mine, I would likely paint/seal those 2x4's, or put some metal flashing under the base of the walls to cover them. I would also raise the whole blind up on bricks or pressure treated lumber to prevent water from seeping under it and soaking into the flooring.

 

[spotstalkshoot]

Those are the new treated lumber, I told my brother to paint them when they paint the shed(its primed hardy sliding). The concrete pad is an old government grain bin base, has a slight dome to it. The base is leveled using treated 2x6 stubs screwed to inside framing, moisture can drain away from sides and underneath. I still need to engineer/fit the 50x40 sliding window on the north side(bait side), it should be nice sitting at picture like sized window. Going to run a electrical under ground from yard light pole, lights and driveway sensor and heater/fan. Than I can day hunt, eat supper with brother/sil, walk out and sit relax, hunt at same time.