Oh boy
12-14-2016 | 03:43 AM
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Oh boy
OH BOY.
John, Eric and I had decided to hunt coyotes on Tuesday sincethey had stuff to do on Monday and I also was still cleaning up after all thesnow we got Sunday and Sunday night. The morning was not all that productivewith just calling in one coyote to see for a brief moment. Along about 11:00 AM we decided to call itquits and went to Eric’s place for a bit. Eric pulled some Elk burger out ofthe fridge where he had it thawing just for this occasion and got us involved inchopping some onions and garlic while he browned the burger adding it all to abig pot with spices for a great elk burger chili. After the meal and clean upwe retired to Eric’s man cave I wish mine was as big and as well-appointed with big screen TV, stereo and books and other things. About 3:30 pm we hit the road to make the first eveningset by 4:00 pm. Nothing showed at thatset after 30 minutes with two callers running even. Got to the second place atjust after 5:00 pm. Farmer told us he had seen two just before noon crossing ahay field going to a real brushy wood lot next to his farm. Went back to thefield about 300 yards from the trucks and I have to say my legs are still weakand I was on the tired side after skiing back there after the last place sosoon. We had one coyote show up in about ten minutes from a grassy swale thatJohn took with his 222 Mag. In about 25 minutes 3 show up and Eric got anotherdouble and John got his second one. Unrollthe plastic sheet sled and load them up the fur was nice on them believe thecolder weather has finally got the fur nice enough to sell. Go back up to thefarm and load them in Johns truck as the farmer comes out and thanks us fortaking care of them before they multiply and try to get his lambs in the spring.After talking to the farmer it is dark and the moon has come up a big orangeball. As we are driving back to John’s place we decided it was going to be agreat night to hunt the bright moon and snow cover to make it seem like a heavyover cast day. I run home and grab my Charles Daily 12 OU extra full and fullshot gun and a box of coyote buster shells. While Eric and I are getting ourshot guns John calls a few of the places were going to hunt and lets them knowand we will be parking just off the road to their hay field and wood lot. Whilehe is calling he is loading the bunks with round bales for his cattle. I getback just as he is finishing up and Eric soon arrives. We get to the firstplace and ski across the hay field to a hill overlooking a brushy drainageditch. We see where deer have come out and pawed the snow to get at the hay wealso see what we are sure is a pair of coyote tracks as the farmer doesn’tallow his dogs to just run when and where they want. We set up In a good grassy area of the fenceline and set out the weasel ball about 40 yards from us and off to theleft. Get the call going and let it run thru the cycle once and was about toturn up the volume some when a coyote appears. He gets almost to the weasel ball and since it was in my area ofcoverage I shot it right in the face and down he went just a couple kicks. Wewait a bit longer and nothing else showed up so we are out of there in 40minutes. Darn a 35, 40 pound coyote is a heavy bugger to drag out with still healingknees. We set out for the second place while I am enduring insults about being oldand crippled and drinking hot coffee. It has sure turned cold read out on John’struck said it was only 10F, we could see snow blowing across the road as wedrove too. Get to the second place and get set up In a brushy patch around astone pile on a field edge next to a hill side covered with thorn apples and awoods behind it. Again we set the weasel ball about 40 yards out, get the callergoing with a squealing pig something not heard too often we think and why the coyotesrespond to it. We are just shutting thecaller down at 30 minutes and thinking we were not going to see anything here. Whenall of a sudden 4 pop out of those thorn apples, John opens up with his browninggold 10ga. and knocks 2 down and Eric gets another one with his 1187 12ga. The3d spun and was gone leaving a trail of melted snow in the wake of its afterburnerskicking in. I never had a shot at any of them which happens from time to timedepending on our set up. Gather the decoy and caller and head out. I am glad Idon’t have a coyote to drag out of there as it is mostly uphill, Ya a long easyslope but never the less a hill in 10 inches of snow. It is close to 10:00 PMso we decide to hit one more place and go to the truck stop for a quick pick meup and coffee. The last place was a bustnothing showing up so we got to the truck stop and Had coffee and a burger. Thewaitress knows us and saw us in the lot stripping off our painters suits soknew we had been after coyotes. She asked us how it had went and when we hadthose grins from ear to ear she knew we were not lying. I got home just aftermidnight, felt wore out and glad we were not doing another morning hunt. Truckshowed 7F as I pulled up and parked, inside the weather station showed 8F witha minus –3 wind chill.
We are planning on going out again tonight as long as theclouds do not block the moon.
Al
John, Eric and I had decided to hunt coyotes on Tuesday sincethey had stuff to do on Monday and I also was still cleaning up after all thesnow we got Sunday and Sunday night. The morning was not all that productivewith just calling in one coyote to see for a brief moment. Along about 11:00 AM we decided to call itquits and went to Eric’s place for a bit. Eric pulled some Elk burger out ofthe fridge where he had it thawing just for this occasion and got us involved inchopping some onions and garlic while he browned the burger adding it all to abig pot with spices for a great elk burger chili. After the meal and clean upwe retired to Eric’s man cave I wish mine was as big and as well-appointed with big screen TV, stereo and books and other things. About 3:30 pm we hit the road to make the first eveningset by 4:00 pm. Nothing showed at thatset after 30 minutes with two callers running even. Got to the second place atjust after 5:00 pm. Farmer told us he had seen two just before noon crossing ahay field going to a real brushy wood lot next to his farm. Went back to thefield about 300 yards from the trucks and I have to say my legs are still weakand I was on the tired side after skiing back there after the last place sosoon. We had one coyote show up in about ten minutes from a grassy swale thatJohn took with his 222 Mag. In about 25 minutes 3 show up and Eric got anotherdouble and John got his second one. Unrollthe plastic sheet sled and load them up the fur was nice on them believe thecolder weather has finally got the fur nice enough to sell. Go back up to thefarm and load them in Johns truck as the farmer comes out and thanks us fortaking care of them before they multiply and try to get his lambs in the spring.After talking to the farmer it is dark and the moon has come up a big orangeball. As we are driving back to John’s place we decided it was going to be agreat night to hunt the bright moon and snow cover to make it seem like a heavyover cast day. I run home and grab my Charles Daily 12 OU extra full and fullshot gun and a box of coyote buster shells. While Eric and I are getting ourshot guns John calls a few of the places were going to hunt and lets them knowand we will be parking just off the road to their hay field and wood lot. Whilehe is calling he is loading the bunks with round bales for his cattle. I getback just as he is finishing up and Eric soon arrives. We get to the firstplace and ski across the hay field to a hill overlooking a brushy drainageditch. We see where deer have come out and pawed the snow to get at the hay wealso see what we are sure is a pair of coyote tracks as the farmer doesn’tallow his dogs to just run when and where they want. We set up In a good grassy area of the fenceline and set out the weasel ball about 40 yards from us and off to theleft. Get the call going and let it run thru the cycle once and was about toturn up the volume some when a coyote appears. He gets almost to the weasel ball and since it was in my area ofcoverage I shot it right in the face and down he went just a couple kicks. Wewait a bit longer and nothing else showed up so we are out of there in 40minutes. Darn a 35, 40 pound coyote is a heavy bugger to drag out with still healingknees. We set out for the second place while I am enduring insults about being oldand crippled and drinking hot coffee. It has sure turned cold read out on John’struck said it was only 10F, we could see snow blowing across the road as wedrove too. Get to the second place and get set up In a brushy patch around astone pile on a field edge next to a hill side covered with thorn apples and awoods behind it. Again we set the weasel ball about 40 yards out, get the callergoing with a squealing pig something not heard too often we think and why the coyotesrespond to it. We are just shutting thecaller down at 30 minutes and thinking we were not going to see anything here. Whenall of a sudden 4 pop out of those thorn apples, John opens up with his browninggold 10ga. and knocks 2 down and Eric gets another one with his 1187 12ga. The3d spun and was gone leaving a trail of melted snow in the wake of its afterburnerskicking in. I never had a shot at any of them which happens from time to timedepending on our set up. Gather the decoy and caller and head out. I am glad Idon’t have a coyote to drag out of there as it is mostly uphill, Ya a long easyslope but never the less a hill in 10 inches of snow. It is close to 10:00 PMso we decide to hit one more place and go to the truck stop for a quick pick meup and coffee. The last place was a bustnothing showing up so we got to the truck stop and Had coffee and a burger. Thewaitress knows us and saw us in the lot stripping off our painters suits soknew we had been after coyotes. She asked us how it had went and when we hadthose grins from ear to ear she knew we were not lying. I got home just aftermidnight, felt wore out and glad we were not doing another morning hunt. Truckshowed 7F as I pulled up and parked, inside the weather station showed 8F witha minus –3 wind chill.
We are planning on going out again tonight as long as theclouds do not block the moon.
Al
12-15-2016 | 03:56 AM
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Was all day and part of the night.
Snow storm last evening so the moon didn't come out till after we decided not to go.
Got a call at 6:00 AM and we decided to not go out this morning. It 4 F with a -11 wind chill.
Will give it a try again tonight if the clouds don't cover the moon lite.
Tonights forecast
Partly cloudy. Lows around 3. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill readings 10 below to zero.
Glad I have my
Al
Snow storm last evening so the moon didn't come out till after we decided not to go.
Got a call at 6:00 AM and we decided to not go out this morning. It 4 F with a -11 wind chill.
Will give it a try again tonight if the clouds don't cover the moon lite.
Tonights forecast
Partly cloudy. Lows around 3. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill readings 10 below to zero.
Glad I have my
Al
12-16-2016 | 04:28 AM
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We got together over the phone and decided that we each would call farmers to let them know we were going to night hunt their place Thursday night. We each called 3 farmers figuring we might be able to do 9 sets during the night.
Mister Perman is one I called and he said he had several in the last two days in the feed bunks eating grain he had ground and dispersed. He asked if we would come earlier in the day as he had to do a second feeding at 4:00. I called the guys and let them know so we made the plan to get there about 3:00 pm and get set up where we could call and yet see any coyotes cross from the woods to the feed lot. That worked out well had 3 coyotes show up at the call and we managed to get all 3. Stayed there till about 4:30 after Mister Perman had fed the cattle to see if any showed up. Boy was it cold, I had put on a pair of silk long johns and a heavy set of Dufolds too, normal blue jeans, insulated flannel shirt, snow camo bibs, and coat Polar fleece Baklava, so only my eyes showed. Wore my Ice King Pac boots with wicking socks, Put heat packs in my right hand pocket to keep my trigger finger hand warm. Was still good when we packed to leave the area but had to take it easy or over heat going out with 3 coyotes.
Since the moon would not be up high enough till after 8:00 PM we decided to go to Johns and strip down some and help him load his stake truck with 200 bales of hay he had sold. Then set around talking and drinking coffee till time to leave. We got dressed up before leaving and I kept just enough heat to keep the wind shield clear as we went to went to where we were doing the first set. As we parked in the hay field the trucks temper read out said -2 below zero. Just the same we took our time skiing across the field to a overlook of a wood lot and a swampy area of grass. 20 minutes of calling and 10 minutes waiting and nothing showed up, same thing on the next 4 sets. 5th set thing took off quickly about 10 minutes in a coyote showed up. It was Eric’s and he rarely misses, a good size male with nice fur. 6th set was a bust again 7th was a good one and I got a Female with young teeth and toe nails. I am going to butcher her today for the grill. John got another female there too. # 8 the Last set was a odd one as the single coyote came from a place not expected so by the time we could maneuver for a shot it was gone. It was nearly 2am when I got home after we stopped for a middle of the night pick me up of Pie and coffee.
Storm forecast for Friday night so the moon will not be out tonight. Saturday they are talking freezing rain possible so we will not be doing any hunting, Sunday is out regular group breakfast so we will plan some things then.
Al
Mister Perman is one I called and he said he had several in the last two days in the feed bunks eating grain he had ground and dispersed. He asked if we would come earlier in the day as he had to do a second feeding at 4:00. I called the guys and let them know so we made the plan to get there about 3:00 pm and get set up where we could call and yet see any coyotes cross from the woods to the feed lot. That worked out well had 3 coyotes show up at the call and we managed to get all 3. Stayed there till about 4:30 after Mister Perman had fed the cattle to see if any showed up. Boy was it cold, I had put on a pair of silk long johns and a heavy set of Dufolds too, normal blue jeans, insulated flannel shirt, snow camo bibs, and coat Polar fleece Baklava, so only my eyes showed. Wore my Ice King Pac boots with wicking socks, Put heat packs in my right hand pocket to keep my trigger finger hand warm. Was still good when we packed to leave the area but had to take it easy or over heat going out with 3 coyotes.
Since the moon would not be up high enough till after 8:00 PM we decided to go to Johns and strip down some and help him load his stake truck with 200 bales of hay he had sold. Then set around talking and drinking coffee till time to leave. We got dressed up before leaving and I kept just enough heat to keep the wind shield clear as we went to went to where we were doing the first set. As we parked in the hay field the trucks temper read out said -2 below zero. Just the same we took our time skiing across the field to a overlook of a wood lot and a swampy area of grass. 20 minutes of calling and 10 minutes waiting and nothing showed up, same thing on the next 4 sets. 5th set thing took off quickly about 10 minutes in a coyote showed up. It was Eric’s and he rarely misses, a good size male with nice fur. 6th set was a bust again 7th was a good one and I got a Female with young teeth and toe nails. I am going to butcher her today for the grill. John got another female there too. # 8 the Last set was a odd one as the single coyote came from a place not expected so by the time we could maneuver for a shot it was gone. It was nearly 2am when I got home after we stopped for a middle of the night pick me up of Pie and coffee.
Storm forecast for Friday night so the moon will not be out tonight. Saturday they are talking freezing rain possible so we will not be doing any hunting, Sunday is out regular group breakfast so we will plan some things then.
Al
