What a night! Calving season fun

Got a call at 930 this morning from a farmer I know. Says there's 5 coyotes in the field with the cattle, Hes had two cows this week give birth but he has found no calf. Of course I'm at work and no help but I called my dad that lives 5 minutes away but he isnt home and cant go.

Fast forward to 6:00pm. I show up at the farm and do some investigating. The cattle are still all worked up, running around, I find a bit of after birth but the crows had most of that picked off.

I head half way back about 200 yards from the cattle and set up . Playing calf bawls on my foxpro was a BAD IDEA. Stampede of 80 head of cattle come by, Bawling non stop I thought they were going to go right threw the fence.

Let them calm down but they wont leave. Look up and there's 3 coyotes standing 100 yards away looking my way at the cattle.

They wont wind me and are going to come closer.....at 50 yards I shot the farthest one. He drops like a rock and the other two take off. Foxbang goes off and both coyotes turn right around and run past the dead coyote looking my way. BANG down goes #2. I mute foxbang again and this time # 3 isnt stopping. I hit him on the run at 100 yards and rolled him right before he hits the bush.

Cattle are taking off now and I'm worried they are going to take out another fence as I shooting only meters from them. But they miss it and I see 2 more coyotes coming same direction I just shot the other 3!!!

Lead one stops at about 150 yards and i shoot and see him drop. Couldn't get on his buddy as hes over 300 yards and motoring to the Bush.

Now, I'm sitting on the only snow left in the field, 10 minutes left of day light I can only find the first two I shoot.

Pretty bummed, we have no snow besides were the drifts were so it's impossible to find blood in the wet field and they blend in so well!

I'll go look for the other two tomorrow as I'm sure they are dead and dont want to leave them in the field. But that farmer is pretty happy and so am I LOL. Would have been my first quad kill but I'll take the two. The male was defintely the biggest, Hes on the right, female on the left. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...797b5fb1b8.jpg

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Good shootin’ !!!!!

Wow... fantastic job! That sounds like an adrenaline rush from start to finish.

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Happy farmers is what I like to hear. There'll be no shortage of farms to hunt in your area after the word gets around. Good job!!

Nicely done!

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Great shooting. Good rush for sure. Nice rig.

thats incredible to shoot 4 in one sit, nice job!

Awesome write up. Fur on the left one still looks nice. Not so much the other. Awesome shooting and good cattle management lol


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Wow, would have been quite the rush.... pretty cool how it all played out on you..... well done keeping your cool..... seeing 5, hitting/killing 4 is pretty darn good
Congrats on the great success

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Got a call at 930 this morning from a farmer I know. Says there's 5 coyotes in the field with the cattle, Hes had two cows this week give birth but he has found no calf. Of course I'm at work and no help but I called my dad that lives 5 minutes away but he isnt home and cant go.

Fast forward to 6:00pm. I show up at the farm and do some investigating. The cattle are still all worked up, running around, I find a bit of after birth but the crows had most of that picked off.

I head half way back about 200 yards from the cattle and set up . Playing calf bawls on my foxpro was a BAD IDEA. Stampede of 80 head of cattle come by, Bawling non stop I thought they were going to go right threw the fence.

Let them calm down but they wont leave. Look up and there's 3 coyotes standing 100 yards away looking my way at the cattle.

They wont wind me and are going to come closer.....at 50 yards I shot the farthest one. He drops like a rock and the other two take off. Foxbang goes off and both coyotes turn right around and run past the dead coyote looking my way. BANG down goes #2. I mute foxbang again and this time # 3 isnt stopping. I hit him on the run at 100 yards and rolled him right before he hits the bush.

Cattle are taking off now and I'm worried they are going to take out another fence as I shooting only meters from them. But they miss it and I see 2 more coyotes coming same direction I just shot the other 3!!!

Lead one stops at about 150 yards and i shoot and see him drop. Couldn't get on his buddy as hes over 300 yards and motoring to the Bush.

Now, I'm sitting on the only snow left in the field, 10 minutes left of day light I can only find the first two I shoot.

Pretty bummed, we have no snow besides were the drifts were so it's impossible to find blood in the wet field and they blend in so well!

I'll go look for the other two tomorrow as I'm sure they are dead and dont want to leave them in the field. But that farmer is pretty happy and so am I LOL. Would have been my first quad kill but I'll take the two. The male was defintely the biggest, Hes on the right, female on the left. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...797b5fb1b8.jpg

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What a rush!

Did you head back today?

Any sign of the missing calves?

WTG what a rush for sure

Thanks everyone, I'm at work again, Farmers son found one coyote this morning while out looking for calves. Said he seen another one walking around.

I wish I could have hunt like this in January when pelts are prime. None of these are worth anything. Just rubbed real bad around the neck and mid back

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That's awesome! Need a fella like yourself on our farms

Another one tonight. Same field. Just sat down at 7pm and was watching the cattle for new calves and this guy appears out of nowhere at 225 yards. Thought I better shoot then as wasnt sure if he seen me already as i wasnt being very still lol.

As I'm taking these pics I can hear 3-5 more howling to each other on two sides of me. Sat another 30min but can hardly see with no snowhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...486cac6a0e.jpg

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Good stuff! Putting the hurt on them! I came home last night just after our small St Patrick's Day celebration, and there was one standing in my driveway. I live about 400 yards from the Peterborough hospital.

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Another one tonight. Same field. Just sat down at 7pm and was watching the cattle for new calves and this guy appears out of nowhere at 225 yards. Thought I better shoot then as wasnt sure if he seen me already as i wasnt being very still lol.

As I'm taking these pics I can hear 3-5 more howling to each other on two sides of me. Sat another 30min but can hardly see with no snowhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...486cac6a0e.jpg

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Good going...... you sure can shoot
Congrats

Two more this morning. Seen 2 at daylight, They heard me driving down the laneway breaking ice in the truck because they were lookin my way when I left the barn.. I snuck up to the old snowblower and got a shot at the closest one. Heard a yelp and seen 3 coyotes take off!!

Ran 50 yards to get a better look and seen two coyotes come out the other side of the ravine. The one I shot only went 30 yards and piled up. I left that one there and went and sat in my usual spot. At 730 I heard a few howling to the north so I answered on my hand calls. 10minutes goes by and I seen a coyote 500 yards away going downwind, No shot.

An hour later I look back and theres a coyote standing 50 feet from the dead one. Shoot it and he went down in a heap. This coyote came from across the road and was standing completely downwind of me but he was also downwind of the dead coyote so he didnt smell me.

217 yard shot on the first, 256 yard on the second.

-20 this morning definitely had them out moving. That's #6 n #7 for the week.
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Good shootin! Keep it up as the farmers are thankful for saving their livestock.

Wow, that is awesome........

Excellent shooting and results.

Raising sheep has a similar problem, they're not smart enough to head to the barn/shelter to give birth. A lot of lambs are born out in the yard. If there is snow/ice down, the lambs are warm at birth and melt into the ground. Then freeze in and can't get up to follow Mom. Then they bawl and attract the votes.

I've shot a few when they have come in, but from the sound of it, we don't have anywhere the numbers of yotes you have in the s/w of the province.

Keep up the good work, as a farmer I know it's greatly apprecited.

I keep shooting the biggest one I see which in hindsight isnt the best because I'm always shooting the male. Both these ones are male. I just skinned the one and noticed he had a badly broken front leg. Leg bone was stuck outside the skin, almost healed over. Think he was shot at some time. I didnt noticed him limping in the field.

I cant find anything dead here either! Not sure why coyotes are so thick here right now. Two beef farms on either side, but no dead stock and both farmers havnt lost any calves....yet

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Well done! Good shooting as well!

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Right on. Great shooting.
Nice green field.? Haha. I just finished clearing the 30 cm of snow that fell yesterday. :confused:

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Originally Posted by SongDog

Got a call at 930 this morning from a farmer I know. Says there's 5 coyotes in the field with the cattle, Hes had two cows this week give birth but he has found no calf. Of course I'm at work and no help but I called my dad that lives 5 minutes away but he isnt home and cant go.

Fast forward to 6:00pm. I show up at the farm and do some investigating. The cattle are still all worked up, running around, I find a bit of after birth but the crows had most of that picked off.

I head half way back about 200 yards from the cattle and set up . Playing calf bawls on my foxpro was a BAD IDEA. Stampede of 80 head of cattle come by, Bawling non stop I thought they were going to go right threw the fence.

Let them calm down but they wont leave. Look up and there's 3 coyotes standing 100 yards away looking my way at the cattle.

They wont wind me and are going to come closer.....at 50 yards I shot the farthest one. He drops like a rock and the other two take off. Foxbang goes off and both coyotes turn right around and run past the dead coyote looking my way. BANG down goes #2. I mute foxbang again and this time # 3 isnt stopping. I hit him on the run at 100 yards and rolled him right before he hits the bush.

Cattle are taking off now and I'm worried they are going to take out another fence as I shooting only meters from them. But they miss it and I see 2 more coyotes coming same direction I just shot the other 3!!!

Lead one stops at about 150 yards and i shoot and see him drop. Couldn't get on his buddy as hes over 300 yards and motoring to the Bush.

Now, I'm sitting on the only snow left in the field, 10 minutes left of day light I can only find the first two I shoot.

Pretty bummed, we have no snow besides were the drifts were so it's impossible to find blood in the wet field and they blend in so well!

I'll go look for the other two tomorrow as I'm sure they are dead and dont want to leave them in the field. But that farmer is pretty happy and so am I LOL. Would have been my first quad kill but I'll take the two. The male was defintely the biggest, Hes on the right, female on the left. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...797b5fb1b8.jpg

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Nice rig,SongDog. Is that a Rem 783?

Thanks everyone! Gun is a Sako 85 .22 250.

It has a set trigger, Really helps on the longer shots. Took a lot of trigger time to get used to it, I do not touch the trigger until I'm absolutely ready to fire because its so light. I think its 8-10oz pull, Regular trigger is 2.5lbs which is great for most situations.


Put a big scratch on the stock trying to reinsert the magazine today. You can see it in the pics in front of the trigger guard. Adds character I guess [emoji38]

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Well done. It sounds like they’re so excited at the thought of calving season that they throw caution to the wind, so to speak. Like bucks in the rut ?

wow thats a lot of yotes! imagine the loss to the farmer if you were not able to keep the numbers down. Good shooting I am sure the farmer appreciates it.

Good job. I am sure the farmer is happy. Less coyotes around more calves and more fawns too


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that's incredible how many yotes you have, good shooting! you definitely know how to get them.