RE: Coyote hunting help
Well, the results are in from an evening of hunting and no pics to post.
My buddy and I went out to the Farm I was telling you about, we set up overlooking a huge field. We set up in a cross wind with the creek behind our back and sat behind a dead fall tree. We got there around 5:30PM. At 6:30PM my buddy said there is a yote!!, I thought to myself that he was messing around, but to my suprise I looked up and there one stood about 100 yrds away in the middle of the field. I told my buddy to take it since he spotted it first. He is known for being "flinchy" behind a firearm, and when his shot rang out I was close behind for a follow up shot. He shot and the yote spun around and took off across the field, I took a running shot and missed by a mile. We went to look for sign and saw nothing. Now this all happend within an hour of setting up and using no calls at this time. About an hour later I spotted another coyote on the far edge of the field working its way along the field edge, I told my buddy there is another one, I took careful aim waiting for it to stop and "Click" nothing, the primer failed to fire. Now the gun I am using is a Thompson Encore 22-250 and it is my fathers gun, so I am not use to it, I immediately cocked the hammer and "click" like a dumba** I didnt change shells, so by the time I put another round in the gun, the yote was 200 yrds away just a few feet from the fence line going into the woods, I took an offhand shot knowing better and we found no sign of a hit. So for my first time out coyote hunting, I saw 2 coyotes and hour apart and without using any calling sequence. From 7:30 PM till dark, we used calls off and on with pup yelps and rabbit squeels. I figured the fawns were big enough at this time of year, so I elected not to use the fawn distress. I figured since the area has not been hunted and the coyotes are not use to the calling, that we would have called some in instead of just seeing them without calling. I do not know what to do now. I am going to go back tomorrow evening and sit in the same place, who knows if they are out patrolling in broad daylight. The farmer says he sees them all the timeand they usually follow close behind when he mows the fields in the evening. Last year the yotes killed 7 of his calves at $700 a piece, so he wants them killed. he is paying $50 a head for the yotes that we kill. I have horses and buy hay from him so it will be nice toshoot them and trade them for hay with nothing out of my pocket,and doing something that I like to do. . Let me know what you all think and any suggestions that you might have.
Thanks