Monday afternoon coyote

Went out to visit a farmer and brought my coyote gear with me as I have not seen him in a while and I knew he would be looking forward to a visit.

So after catching up on what was going on in our lives (hour visit), I still had time to run out back and setup. With the field being somewhat frozen, somewhat thawed, the 800 yd walk into my setup location was at times a little tough going.

Once I arrived at my calling location I setup and began calling. It was 6:10pm. I started off with my ecaller playing a soft dying rabbit sound while I screamed out with my hand calls. I only screamed out twice with my hand calls before I spot this coyote in the field running along the bush edge. I moved my shooting sticks into position, yelled out “wolf” gets her to stop broadsided, pull the trigger, opps….safety is on…

By the time I remove the safety and got back onto her she is on the move again, so once again yell out WOLF, she stops again this time she turns slightly toward me. I line her up in my scope and take the shot, down she goes….

I pause, take it all in for a bit before I begin calling out again. I call for a couple of minutes before I realize I better stop just in case another one comes out. Not liking the idea of dragging one out never mind a second….So I walk over to her and just look her over for a minute before I hook her up.

She turns out to be a nice looking coyote, picture doesn’t do her justice as I dragged her across the muddy field before snapping the pictures…

The 800yd walk back was a tough one though…

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Congrats Frank! Always enjoy your write ups.

Thanks for the after action report, stellar as always !!!

I have to ask, have you ever noticed if the yotes see your hunter Orange toque. I lost a shot on a yote once while out deer hunting, I think, because I was wearing blaze gloves . As soon as I moved my hand up to the forestock he saw it from about 100 yds away. It was a small movement, so can only figure he saw the colour in the tree line.

I have stuck to only camo since then when I'm out shooting yotes.

Congrats on the kill !

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Originally Posted by MikePal

Thanks for the after action report, stellar as always !!!

I have to ask, have you ever noticed if the yotes see your hunter Orange toque. I lost a shot on a yote once while out deer hunting, I think, because I was wearing blaze gloves . As soon as I moved my hand up to the forestock he saw it from about 100 yds away. It was a small movement, so can only figure he saw the colour in the tree line.

I have stuck to only camo since then when I'm out shooting yotes.

Congrats on the kill !

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A lot of times I don't wear the orange on my head during the actual hunt. I place it on a branch over my head to make sure it gets seen by anyone thinking I am the big dying rabbit. I had a bad/scary experience a few years back so now I always either wear it or hang the orange hat. Yesterday I wasn't actually wearing it when i was calling, (just too hot walking in so took it off and just used a thin/nylon camo face mask. I did have it hanging on a branch over my head though. With that being said, I have shot coyotes wearing the orange hat on my head. I think hiding in the shadows and not making movement are the key, having the wind in your favour too.

Great shooting Frank!

The coyote master! Great read

Awesome job! Other than getting a dog a few years back while turkey hunting I haven't had any luck while actually pursuing them.

Nice yote congrats

Awesome story good shooting!