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April 19th, 2015, 08:53 AM
#1
Backyard Coyote #2
Yesterday morning at 7:30 am my wife calls down to me that there is another coyote in the backyard but this time our lab is in the backyard with it. Coyote seems to be taunting the dog and is popping in and out of the bush line at the back of the yard.
I rush down to the basement and retrieve the .243 this time and some 55 grain varmint rounds. At this point the coyote seems to have disappeared back into the trees so I get the cottontail distress caller and give a soft 30-40 seconds on the caller. No luck he seems to have moved on and the dog is now back inside.
About 30 minutes later the other dog starts going ape at the bay window. I look out and the coyote is back except he is only about 40 yards from the house. I have the gun ready this time as I had not put it away yet. I load 2 rounds, chamber one and slide the window open. This time he spooks when I open the window and starts trotting back towards the treeline. I am tracking him in the scope but do not have a good shot. Just before he reaches the treeline at about 100 yards he stops, turns and looks back at the house - his mistake. I squeeze the trigger and he goes down on the spot and does not rise. Hit him mid shoulder.
Looks almost identical to the one I took a few days earlier. Another healthy looking young male:
The wilderness is not a stadium where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, it is the cathedral where I worship.
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April 19th, 2015 08:53 AM
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April 19th, 2015, 09:22 AM
#2
You be on a roll from the comfort of your home. They sound to be pretty damn bold coming so close. Good on for getting them.
outback
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April 19th, 2015, 10:11 AM
#3
congrats, keep takin dem down!!
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April 19th, 2015, 10:12 AM
#4
isn't that place Mono swarming with coyotes? or was it the whole Dufferin county?
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April 19th, 2015, 10:29 AM
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April 19th, 2015, 10:43 AM
#6
Nice job....... good story too...
Thanks for sharing it
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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April 19th, 2015, 10:43 AM
#7
Has too much time on their hands
must be all the young males getting the boot from mom as she will be having her young soon ,,got to find there own place to call home and your yard is not it lol,,good job on another fawn killer ,,Dutch
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April 19th, 2015, 11:34 AM
#8
Way to go, good shooting.
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April 19th, 2015, 11:38 AM
#9
Another dandy shot. Good job.
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April 19th, 2015, 12:03 PM
#10
Has too much time on their hands
Congratulations. Keep knocking them down!
Do you have any other calibre rifles to try out on the coyotes?
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