Big male down

I setup at first light. Placed my decoy/ecaller about 40yds to my left. Got settled in, turned on the decoy and my ecaller playing a low quiet dying rabbit sound. After a few minutes I pulled out my mouth calls and started screaming out a dying rabbit sound for about 50 seconds..... Waited a few minutes of silence, then screamed out again...... After a few more minutes of silence, I let out a coyote howl and as I lower my mouth call, I see one coyote crest the hill. A couple seconds later another (his buddy) pops over the hill too.....
Not sure if it was the coyote howl or were they already coming to that dying rabbit sound I screamed out earlier (maybe a bit of both) but they were there, looking in my direction....
I slowly grabbed my ecaller remote and turned up that dying rabbit sound triggering one of the coyotes to start coming in. The other coyote just sat there and watched it all play out.
I lost sight of the coyote coming toward me as he went into the dip in the field, expecting him to pop out about 100yds away I waited... After about 30 seconds or so I see him turning back.... I yelled out wolf, causing him to stop and have a look. At about 200yds out I took the shot, watched him spin a couple of times then take off running into the bush...
I waited about 5 minutes playing pup distress but his buddy would not return. I got my gear together and went after him... As I reach the impact area I see blood and his tracks leading across a small frozen creek. The follow up reveals the shot was a little far back allowing him to do about a 60yd run....
He looked big and felt big dragging him back to the truck so I weight him when I got home.... Just over 48lbs...

The setup/my view
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7876/...94113b93_c.jpg

How it played out
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7903/...8f1fec9d_c.jpg

How I found him
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7925/...4670dedd_c.jpg

The pose
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7906/...e34256e1_c.jpg


All skinned out and in good shape
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7916/...82f9885c_c.jpg

Love your posts Frank great job

Nicely done as always frank.

He is a bigun’ !!!

Woot woot

Frank, just curious, how many different properties do you hunt. And how often will you go back to the same property.... Nice dog, nice long dog...

Great shot. The one that sat down and wouldn't commit might have played that game before haha.

Why do you think he turned around? wind swirl maybe?

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Originally Posted by SongDog

Great shot. The one that sat down and wouldn't commit might have played that game before haha.

Why do you think he turned around? wind swirl maybe?

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I don't think it was the wind and I don't think he spotted me either (maybe he did and I didn't notice?) but I can't help think he didn't want to commit because his buddy did not budge an inch.....
Like you said, maybe his buddy new what was going on and the boyfriend got cold feet after looking back at her a few times. I did notice the male that came in stopped a couple of times to look back at his buddy/mate? So that's what I am thinking, blaming it on the girlfriend :)

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Originally Posted by Bo D

Frank, just curious, how many different properties do you hunt. And how often will you go back to the same property.... Nice dog, nice long dog...

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I go back to the same property maybe every other weekend but only when the wind is right or a gut feeling draws me there....I hunted this farm last week with no luck... Today they were there and one of them was willing to play(got lucky)... I learned a while back that it is best to not hunt a farm without a good wind (a wind in your favour) because if you do, chances are, all you are doing is educating them....

Good shooting Frank

That’s a good size one Frank, congrats!

Great job! Keep up the good work.