I took a trip to southern Colorado this last weekend to do some calling with a friend of mine. Said he hadn't be out yet this winter, and it showed. Those coyotes came to the call like they hadn't been called before.So ina day and a half, we called in 15 including three sets of triples and two doubles. We both missed our share and obviously had our share of could've, would've, should've's![:@]We managed to kill 4, three by me. We each missed a couple and he dropped one with his 22-250 that we never recovered, although it crumpled like someone pulled a rug out from under it. I videoed on that stand, and looked like the bullet hit at the base of the neck, BUT after the action on the stand was over, there were three on that stand, we walked out to recover the coyote and never found it. Not sure if the V-max splashed, or what. I can't help to think the coyote was dead, we just needed more blood or more snow to track it down. Also found bobcat tracks on two stands, but never saw a cat.
On the way home Sunday, I stopped at some state trust land and did several stands by myself. Once again found bobcat tracks but no cat. I did call in a pair of coyotes and managed to screw that up. So Sunday was a dry run in some awesome looking country.