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Spurchaser

Spurchaser

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Third stand of the night and I’m set up facing S/SW with a W/NW wind. I have a nice big field where I’m facing thinking the coyotes are in the bottom South of the field.
I have a pond to my East behind me. Started with some prey at low volume but that wind was blowing pretty good and I was a decent distance away from the bottom.
I cranked the volume and went with some howls and they answered behind me sorta North of the pond. I repositioned and got ready. It took a good 10min going back and forth with vocals with a pair answering periodically. Finally one came from the cover and gave me a wide open broadside shot. Yeah I aimed for a behind the shoulder shot just to see what would happen vs the shoulder shot.
At the shot I heard the hit and as you can see ole boy took off. I played some fights and yips for another 5-10mins and when nothing else showed up I went ahead and downloaded the video to see where exactly it was located at the shot. I was beginning to doubt myself until I got to the spot and there was blood. It was a very easy track and I was really surprised at how far it made it before running out of blood. A nice sized male with a small entrance hole and a serious exit hole, lol. I still don’t know how he ran as far as he did, about 60yds or so.



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Spurchaser said:
Third stand of the night and I’m set up facing S/SW with a W/NW wind. I have a nice big field where I’m facing thinking the coyotes are in the bottom South of the field.
I have a pond to my East behind me. Started with some prey at low volume but that wind was blowing pretty good and I was a decent distance away from the bottom.
I cranked the volume and went with some howls and they answered behind me sorta North of the pond. I repositioned and got ready. It took a good 10min going back and forth with vocals with a pair answering periodically. Finally one came from the cover and gave me a wide open broadside shot. Yeah I aimed for a behind the shoulder shot just to see what would happen vs the shoulder shot.
At the shot I heard the hit and as you can see ole boy took off. I played some fights and yips for another 5-10mins and when nothing else showed up I went ahead and downloaded the video to see where exactly it was located at the shot. I was beginning to doubt myself until I got to the spot and there was blood. It was a very easy track and I was really surprised at how far it made it before running out of blood. A nice sized male with a small entrance hole and a serious exit hole, lol. I still don’t know how he ran as far as he did, about 60yds or so.



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congrats, good shot amazing how far they can run with a good shot glad you found him! And the scanners are the cat's pajamas a must have IMO good shooting
 
They can cover some ground in the few seconds they have. In open ground it's not a big issue. Where I hunt, it means briars, lots of thick briars to search in.
 
weekender said:
They can cover some ground in the few seconds they have. In open ground it's not a big issue. Where I hunt, it means briars, lots of thick briars to search in.
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Luckily he went down a feed trail on the other side of those big pines instead of the briars. Still would’ve been an easy find. I honestly haven’t seen but a couple blood trials like that in my life.
I work on the plantation as a second job and have a pair of Filson Chaps I wear calling when it’s cold out. I have a pair of Dans in the truck as well. Briars are bad, but man those cockleburs are rough without chaps, lol. I’m just glad we’re having some cold weather and I don’t have to wear my snake boots.
 
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