Long Stand

alf

alf

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Went to one of my favorite spots last night I had hunted once before earlier this year & killed one.
Setup was facing south, looking over a ditch with a small creek, picked bean field beyond it.
Wind was from my right out of the WNW, blowing down the ditch, caller just across on the field edge.
Temperature was 26 degrees, with 81% humidity.
Here's a daytime pic looking SE down the ditch:

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Started the set with a few howls, waited, then onto the bunny blues.
After a minute, a snow squall came through & I couldn't even see the ditch anymore, so I stopped the caller.
I waited about 5 minutes, & it got where I could see again, & there's a coyote standing there!
Started the caller back up, & here she comes.
After the shot, FoxBang kicks in, and here comes #2.
Unfortunately, I was too patient, and he went into the ditch & out of sight. Last I saw him was at 500 & still making tracks.
I shot the female, so kinda surprised if the 2nd was a male that he left her.



Figuring the stand was still somewhat fresh, I kept calling. Made it maybe 15 minutes & decided to leave. Shut the remote off, & put it away.
Took the gun out of the tripod, & laid it on the ground, & was going to fold up the tripod, but took 1 last look with the scanner.
Wait, what? There's a coyote at the very top of the hill!
Gun back in the tripod, dig the remote out of the pack, & start the caller.
He pretty much ignored it, and worked his way down the hill angling away from me.
He made it way past the brush pile in the pic & stopped.
So I switched up the caller to a lonely female howl, & gave him several of those, & went quiet.
Damned if he didn't start on his way. Gave him a few squeakers on the caller to keep him motivated, & finally closed the deal.
Probably close to an hour total on the stand & finished with a nice male.

 
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Good hunt Alf. If you look back at first video you will see where the second coyote came from. There are actually 2 more in the brush pile watching the first one leave.
 
Yep Al, I recognize that set from previous videos, I think one of the vids had a whole covey of coyotes in it.
Most times patience is the killer, just not this time. A really good stand just the same. I also saw the other 2 black dots in the vid and wondered, coyote or critter.
 
Those dots in the brush pile are coons, they were there from the beginning.

As I got to where I was going to sit, there was something directly east of me on the far edge of the corn field. With the corn stalks in the way, I couldn't get a clear look, I thought it was just a deer. After the fact, I figured more than likely coyote(s) instead, based on how they appeared on the scene. When that's a bean field, I can see all the way to the woods.

Mike, this is the spot where I took my bolt gun last year, as I was having a dry spell. Of course I had three come charging down the hill to the call, but still I managed to get two.
 
Good job checking before packing out, I've had several I caught that way. I wonder if the second one wasn't the same one?
 
204 AR said:
Good job checking before packing out, I've had several I caught that way. I wonder if the second one wasn't the same one?
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I'm positive that I saw 3 different ones. The 2nd that I dilly dallied on was last seen on the far hill beyond the brush pile heading down & away into the woods.

#3 came from the top of the hill south of me, then worked his way across the field, above & past the brush pile where he stopped, & I managed to persuade him to come my direction.
 
I've never done this before, but it put's things in perspective with an overhead view of the setup.

#1 & #2 are the kills. The brush pile is 300 yards, & I called in #3 from about the 400 or so mark.

The question mark is where I saw something as I was setting up, so I'm pretty sure it was the pair where I killed the female 1st & didn't take the shot on the other.

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