First of 2021 Big male

Got to the farm at first light.... Setup my decoy and ecaller about 40 yds out in front of me.... Started off with a quiet sounding dying rabbit sound for about 5 minutes.... then changed it up and went to my hand calls screaming out as loud as I could a dying rabbit/animal sound....
Let that scream out off and on for about about 5 minutes before I see these two coyotes (about 500 yds out) running hard through the open field toward me and my decoy :)
I reposition myself (shooting sticks) and get ready for them.... Now the first one must be hungrier because it is running super hard and way ahead of the other one.... For a minute I thought about songdog ( mentions he shoot the back one first) but not brave enough for that so concentrated on the first one...
As the first one comes over the rise it puts itself less than 60 yds away... I yell out wolf. wolf, wolf, trying to get it to stop but no it continues to run full speed right up to the decoy, instantly it figures something is up and starts running hard back to where it came from..... All this time I am trying to line it up in the scope and keep yelling out wolf, wolf wolf to get it to stop...... So without him stopping I take two shots at it and miss both times as it makes its way back from where it came from.... :(
Now the other coyote, ran too but I see it at about the 300 yds out just standing there wondering whats going on.... So I reposition myself in the prone position using a fallen fence post as a rest. I guess it feels comfortable enough not to be too worried because it just starts to walk not run across the field.... :silly:
I yell out a really loud, WOLF sound...... which gets him to stop..... I then crank up the scope, place the cross hairs over his back, remember thinking relax, the bullet will go where the cross-hairs are....so take your time..... I take a deep breathe and gentle squeeze the trigger and............... watch the coyote fall over....:thumbup:........... turns out to be about a 275 yd shot and a big 48lb (bathroom scale) coyote.......A real good feeling because I went out yesterday and had a hard charger too and couldn't get it to stop either and miss the running shot putting a damper on the last day of 2020 :(... So putting some fur down today (first day of 2021)is a good feeling..... :)

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Nice shot and exciting hunt! Happy New Year!

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Great story and congrats on the first of many that will fall to your skills this years.
A big one for sure!

That is a good size dog Frank, good going. Nice come back from yesterday which makes it that much sweeter... Best of luck for the remainder of the year.... All the best...

Whoa, that is big, good looking yote, way to go Frank, nice way to start the new year

Nicely done. That's a big dog

Wow that's a biggun. Best ones to kill IMO. Nice shootin' Frank!

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Nice work congrats to the first of many this year [emoji106]

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Wow, thats a big dog. Congrats

Congrats on a nice one.

congrats nice big male

Boy, you don't waste time do you, lol. Nice going.

Sweet that on a six foot board?

You keep calling them in that close your going to need to bring a shotgun with you.


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Wow that sounds exciting! Congratulations

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Sweet that on a six foot board?

You keep calling them in that close your going to need to bring a shotgun with you.


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No, it's a 5 1/2 foot board..... Still pretty big...

Nice coyote .. a very good read ..thanks for posting

one of the bigger ones you have shot Frank
nice one !

Nice one. If you shoot at one and miss and it runs off how long do you think I should wait to try that spot again? Or should I try calling with a different sound next time


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Nice one. If you shoot at one and miss and it runs off how long do you think I should wait to try that spot again? Or should I try calling with a different sound next time


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Not sure, every situation is different.... but typically I would let it sit for a few days/week and play a different type of sound unless a double came in and I was going back to try and lure it's mate back with some coyote howls. Of course the conditions, wind would have to be right for that.

Woah, that's a big yote. Congrats!

I'm selling a used coyote decoy. I bought it second hand but only used it once and don't have much use for it anymore. It seemed to work well as I was able to call in a coyote but couldn't manage to get a shot off as he was out of bow range. If anyone is interested in it, PM me!

Congrats that's one big yote

Congrats and happy new year !

Wanted to ask ure view on hunting coyotes on crown land over smaller frozen lakes ?

seems to be the best open space I can find on crown.

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Congrats and happy new year !

Wanted to ask ure view on hunting coyotes on crown land over smaller frozen lakes ?

seems to be the best open space I can find on crown.

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Sounds like a good idea to me.......make sure the wind is in your favour on the way to and during the set..... Getting in quiet (undetected) is key.... If you can, try setting up about 150-200 yds away from where you expect a coyote to come out from..... If that is not an option, go out and try it anyway.
Coyotes are weird, some of them don't want to come out of the bush at all while others are more than willing to run across 500 yds or more of open field....
The biggest factor of all is playing the wind...and it starts even before you pull the gun out of the safe.... If it's a wrong wind.... don't go, you can do more harm than good... Get in there quietly, settle in and scream as loud as you can with a nice hand call.... If they are around and you did not tip them off during your entry, there is a good chance their curiosity will get the better of them...
Best of luck