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Old 01-20-2012 | 10:01 AM
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No Mercy,

Are you trying to turn me into a typist ? LoL

I was with a buddy, not really a hunter, as he doesn't like to kill anything; but he does enjoy outdoor adventure.

He is a camera & video kinda guy, and I'm always after him to keep still; but I've learned to appreciate the videos he has taken of my/"our" hunts.

I belong to a hunting club, in and around Palomar Mountain in San Diego.

I make it a regular practice to take coyotes off each piece of our properties; once I've taken one/two from a particular area, I'll hunt in another area.

On this hunt, we were set-up near the property line which borders a farmer’s/rancher’s place & a piece designated as "open space" by the state.

We were set-up about 1,000 yards from the farm house and about 250 yards from the fence line to the "conservancy".

The two of us were on that hillside ( you see in the picture) sitting in low slung chairs in some decent cover, on a knob about 1/5 of the way up the hill, overlooking pasture land with a wooded stream bed that runs along the property in the bottom, which is where those yotes hold up during the day.

It was late in the day & we put my Mojo Critter and my Foxpro Spitfire about 30 yards out on the end of that knob, nearest the pastures.

I was bouncing back and forth with "grey fox in distress" and I like to use "lost kitten" when hunting near farm houses.

Three dogs came from the direction of the stream bottom and this farm house, but got weary just before they were going to pass the fence line and cross onto our property.

They stood there barking at our set-up for 20 minutes before they headed to the right where they headed out of sight due to the hillside on our right.

As last light was nearing, I starting playing a few coyote calls, as I knew if we were going to close this deal we better do it soon !

As we couldn't see them any longer, I said to my buddy; "it wouldn't surprise me if they are working their way around the hillside we were sitting on".

Now it's late, and I say again; "it wouldn't surprise me if they are standing up on the top of the hill, laughing at us".

Sure enough, my buddy who can look over his left shoulder and see that hillside; as I have to turn completely around if I needed to look.

My buddy whispers to me; "he's right there", and points right behind us.

I say, okay.............."How far ?"; he says +/- 110 yards.

I say, "any landmarks I should look for once I make a move ?"

So, I need to pick up my gun with bi-pod attached 180 degrees, "plant" the legs of the bi-pod, find the dog in my scope and pull the trigger; all before he sees me.

Remember I'm sitting - Pick up my gun, turn over top of the back of my chair, "plant" the legs of the bi-pod and when I put my head on the stock; his head is right in my scope.

I lower my crosshairs down into the neck line and slightly on to his chest/shoulder and squeezed the trigger (what 3 seconds, maybe).

Dead dog...................The End !!!

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