Duhhh
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I had the day off and planned to go out for some morning stands. Only problem is our wind switched and was coming from the south east. I never have luck on a south or east wind but it was -5 degrees so I had to try. Got sick last night too but I really wanted to go hunting.
I drove 2 hours to a place that usually has a lot of coyotes. As I’m opening a fence, I hear my back tire pissing air. Decided to go hunt and deal with it after I made my first two stands.
Right away I call a triple in with a combination of howls, raven and jackrabbit distress. Winds perfect and I’m hidden good. For some reason they hung up at 350 and 430 yards. I think the fact they didn’t see ravens in the open sketched them out. They would not budge so I was getting moved over to shoot the one at 350 yards. Something happened because they hauled ass over the hill and we’re never seen again. The next stand was a blank too.
Got the tire changed and decided to hike over a hill and get away from the road. I ended up a a decent sized valley that had about 10 mile deer in it. I played the same sequence and noticed the deer run off. There was a coyote above them on a big clay cliff/butte. The coyote wouldn’t commit either and leaked like it was getting ready to leave. I ranged it and got 518 yards with a decent crosswind. I wasn’t going to let it walk so I dialed up and held for some wind. Had a good trigger press and dumped the coyote off the cliff. It rolled and tumbled a long ways but my damn triggercam died about a quarter of the way down. Anyone thinking about getting one of these trigger cams should know that they don’t hold up in very cold conditions.
Anyways, I blanked on three more stands before I decided I was too sick to keep at it for the rest of the day. Found a couple new spots to call when we get some better conditions, so the day wasn’t a complete wash.
I drove 2 hours to a place that usually has a lot of coyotes. As I’m opening a fence, I hear my back tire pissing air. Decided to go hunt and deal with it after I made my first two stands.
Right away I call a triple in with a combination of howls, raven and jackrabbit distress. Winds perfect and I’m hidden good. For some reason they hung up at 350 and 430 yards. I think the fact they didn’t see ravens in the open sketched them out. They would not budge so I was getting moved over to shoot the one at 350 yards. Something happened because they hauled ass over the hill and we’re never seen again. The next stand was a blank too.
Got the tire changed and decided to hike over a hill and get away from the road. I ended up a a decent sized valley that had about 10 mile deer in it. I played the same sequence and noticed the deer run off. There was a coyote above them on a big clay cliff/butte. The coyote wouldn’t commit either and leaked like it was getting ready to leave. I ranged it and got 518 yards with a decent crosswind. I wasn’t going to let it walk so I dialed up and held for some wind. Had a good trigger press and dumped the coyote off the cliff. It rolled and tumbled a long ways but my damn triggercam died about a quarter of the way down. Anyone thinking about getting one of these trigger cams should know that they don’t hold up in very cold conditions.
Anyways, I blanked on three more stands before I decided I was too sick to keep at it for the rest of the day. Found a couple new spots to call when we get some better conditions, so the day wasn’t a complete wash.
Nice shot!
