Male 11/06/24

hunt0168

hunt0168

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I decided to make a couple stands after listening to the weather report talking anout high winds the next couple days. First set on a newer property was a bust, other than seven or so deer. I think I need to save this spot for deep into the early AM hours as there is quite a bit of road/traffic noise.

I got to the second spot and hiked up in. Few hundred yards. Fairly easy walking. Nothing serious. Wind out of the west hitting me from about my 10:00 and caller somewhere around my 2:00 about 50 yards out. Decided to just try distress first and it was the right call. Literally 10 seconds of MFK Goody Woody had this young male out of the brushy fence line from my 9:00, and headed towards the caller. I muted caller and it stopped abruptly at about 75ish yards. 75 gr V-Max from 243 anchored it with barely a twitch. Young male. Little bit of tartar on teeth so maybe 2 year old. Had about a 4” hunk of fur missing from its tail. Not mange, but skin torn off. Should’ve took more pics. It had very dark coloration on saddle of it back. Nice looking coyote other than the jacked up tail.
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jmeddy said:
Guess you are still standing Bob.
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Kinda had to on this one Mike. Between the rolling terrain and patches of vegetation here and there, it just offered a lot better visibility.

That said, i did spend some time shooting off my tripod seated this past Sunday. I will definitely be shooting seated when applicable. It’s nothing I didn’t already know… That being, I shoot much better seated. I’m a touch stubborn about certain things. Lol. Sometimes I gotta prove to myself that stubborn equals stupid.
 
Shooting from a seated position during the day is fine, but I just don't feel comfortable doing it at night. My head is too much on a swivel to be seated.
 
Back won't let me stand still very long so always sit w/sticks. Don't know how you guys use a tripod sitting. It's hard enough to shift sticks stealthily in 6" high (or higher) grass, weeds. I would think that third leg would be a lot harder.
 
hm1996 said:
Back won't let me stand still very long so always sit w/sticks. Don't know how you guys use a tripod sitting. It's hard enough to shift sticks stealthily in 6" high (or higher) grass, weeds. I would think that third leg would be a lot harder.
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I shoot seated with a tripod for deer, hogs, and coyotes if I'm hunting a bait pile. It's pretty easy to set up, just set it up in front of you or spread the legs way out and scoot it almost in your lap. For calling coyotes at night, I just feel more comfortable standing. I guess because i don't have a lot of big open fields. If I did and could see them coming 1/2 a mile away it may be different. I will take a chair/stool with me and sit and look, but I still stand up to shoot.

You need to get you a 300lb woman to walk across that back every now and then...
 
DoubleLungRage said:
Shooting from a seated position during the day is fine, but I just don't feel comfortable doing it at night. My head is too much on a swivel to be seated.
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DoubleLungRage said:
I guess because i don't have a lot of big open fields.
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I think the thicker the cover, and more limited view like you southeast guys typically contend with, standing is definitely the way to go. I have a pretty good mix of fairly large open areas, right on down to very tight setups here. Hence being able to utilize both, sitting and standing. Give me a flat crop field and a stool I’m good. Give me some of these cow pastures that more closely resemble motocross tracks and you’ll find me standing on a high knob trying to kill that joker.

Now seeing them coming from a half mile is a stretch!
 
I may give sitting a try here soon. We leased out some of our planted pines that have never been thinned to a couple pine straw companies and they spray all the vegetation.
Believe it or not predators use those areas. I went in the other evening and set up and I can see a lot farther than I can shoot. Think I’ll pre-stage some chairs in corners and wait for the right winds to go and call. The cool thing is these are bordered by “weed fields” that will soon be harrowed up.
 
DoubleLungRage said:
You need to get you a 300lb woman to walk across that back every now and then...
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:unsure: :ROFLMAO:
I use a child's camp chair which is pretty short for an old fart's improved sitting position. Allows for left elbow rest on left knee and I can still get back up at the end of the stand :ROFLMAO:. With the sling set up for loop around sticks @ front sling swivel, grasping loop/sticks/rifle swivel and lifting as a unit makes port<>starboard shifts easy even in tall grass and undergrowth. The loop also prevents sticks from sliding and dumping rifle when both hands are needed elsewhere.
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Added an elbow rest for right elbow where practical.
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Spurchaser said:
Think I’ll pre-stage some chairs in corners and wait for the right winds to go and call. The cool thing is these are bordered by “weed fields” that will soon be harrowed up.
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I usually hide jeep in brush and seldom walk more than 1/4 mile, this lightweight chair is quite portable, collapses enabling carrying chair, sticks and FX5 in one hand and rifle on sling.
 
Body says I sit-no questions asked!! Moving the tripod is no harder than sticks or a bipod Clarence, once you practice a little-and being attached to the gun is a plus.
 
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