ultramag44

BHW,

I am new to the hunting .net and I will be sending some good photos for the contest in the next couple weeks. great idea!

ultramag44

Howler

Them are some darn good looking coyotes noway, great looking calling country too. Here is a pic. of a coyote that I arrowed on Jan. 2nd of this year. There were 4 of us on stand, 3 of us with bows and one camera man, my buddy in this picture with me was doing the calling, my other friend was set up near him and I set up about 40 yards down wind of them. My buddy started to lip squeek which told me that he could see a predator coming, and finally I was able to see it also. Well, as the coyotes most often do, this one headed down wind of the callers position and right into my lap. I was able to draw when it went behind a cedar tree and then I shot it at about 10 yards., it never knew what hit it It was actually coming nearly right at me and my arrow went in at the shoulder and come out at the hind quarter, complete pass through nearly the full length of the coyote. It still ran about 60 yards before piling up. I shoot a Mathews MQ-1 set at 70 pds., 80% let off with 55-75 carbon arrows tipped with 100 gr. spitfire.

Red Hawk

Good shot Howler[:-]

I want to try to take a yote with a bow one of these days. We have plently of them out here.

WV Hunter

This is a pic of the coyote I took in early Dec while deer hunting at our farm in WV. This was the very first coyote I have ever seen. We have had them showing up over the last 5 years or so, but it is very rare that we actually see one. I have heard them before, and hoped that one day I'd get to see one and maybe even harvest one. I was pretty pumped up to say the least. It was a female, and I don't know whether she would be considered small or big, but I'm having her mounted. She had a beautiful coat and should be a nice addition to my collection. If I had to guess, I'd say she was between 35-40lbs. Does that sound about right?
The funny thing is....I had never seen one or even thought I'd seen one, and as soon as she popped over the hill I knew instantly that it was a coyote, even through fairly heavy brush. I made up my mind immediately that I would try and take her. I ended up waiting until I had a good clean shot so there was no way I could miss. The shot was about 90yds with my .280. I shot her through the mid section so I wouldn't tear her up too bad, and it didn't. The yotes have been becoming a small nuisance over the last few years to the livestock on the farm, and the farmer couldn't have been any more happy to see me harvest her (and especially that it was a female). The only bad thing is.....now I might be hooked on hunting them, and we don't have very many. I guess that just makes it more of a challenge!

noway

Nice pic Howler.
Like shooting the coyotes isn't hard enough. Taking one with a bow must really be tough.

How do you guys like that leafy camo? It looks like it breaks up your outline much better and you can really disappear. Do you have problems with catching it on branches etc. and tearing it?

Howler

Red Hawk, to get a coyote with the bow is just a matter of forcing yourself to take the bow every time out, instead of a gun. And eventually, it works. On the trip where I took this coyote with the bow, in Ks. by the way, we called for the better part or 3 days. We were fighting windy conditions most of the time but we still managed to call 8 coyotes and one bobcat in. We managed to kill two coyotes and missed one and didn't get a shot at the cat. If we'd be using rifles, I'd suspect that we could've gotten maybe 4 of five of the coyotes, and not the cat. We didn't see the cat until we got up from a stand to leave, and at that same stand we had 3 of the coyotes come in, and we missed the only one that came into bow range.
WV Hunter, that's a good and big female. Females where I hunt generally weight about 25-30 pounds and the males run about 30-35 pounds. You'll find that calling them in is addictive, especially when it works. I'd guess it will be tough to call them in your area, not because they are smarter or anything, but when they aren't thick like in some western states, it can be difficult.
noway, I really like my leafy camo top. I just got it last year and only use while bow hunting. I haven't had any trouble with it snagging any more than any other jacket that I wear while hunting. This one has a built in arm guard just for bowhunting and it works great. When calling back in that country, we all carry those little hand held pruners and we cut out a "hole" in the cedar trees so that we can sit back against the tree stump. I don't no if the leavy suit is necassary, but I do know that I blend in very well in that invironment.

jlhurter

i've got a picture to post but can't figure out how to post it. can anyone help?

MA Jay

Here's 2 photos for the string .. I'll post the story seperate.

Howler

MA jay, that is a nice big coyote. with a great looking pelt, at least from hereI read your story, thanks for sharing it with us.

bhw

here's one I shot at 90 yards as part of the NYS predator hunt. The Foxpro call proves itself again...