Cocks and Coyotes

[billythekidrock]

Bob and I headed to SE WA for a week of bird hunting as well as a bit of coyote hunting. We saw a lot of wildlife including a couple of nice whitetail bucks, lots of mule deer, pheasants and coyotes. There were plenty of photo ops as well. I think one of my favorites were some owls that let us stop right underneath them.

Owl


Hen Pheasant


Cock Pheasant


Muley bucks




Whitey buck

[billythekidrock]

I had never hunted pheasants before and I never expected it to kick my butt. Why would anyone want to hump the hills for a bird? Well I had a blast and plan on doing it again.

The weather didn’t cooperate much and we had high winds with rain on most days. We did manage to find birds and I even managed to shoot a few. We found both wild birds and some plants. Bob outshot me two to one or better.

[billythekidrock]

We saw a lot of coyotes but did very little hunting for them. I missed a couple but did manage to call in a couple for a dose of lead poisoning.

One morning we saw a coyote on a bluff so we drove around to an upper road and set up. Within a couple minutes of firing up the Scorpion I had one at 260 yards and I managed to miss.

We watched it run clear across the county before setting up over the next canyon. I started with a little rabbit distress then went into a coyote locator and we immediately had three or four yotes answer from the next canyon over. We sat for ten minutes without any action so we decided to go after the pack. Without knowing the area, we accidentally walked right into two coyotes. They busted us from a few hundred yards. As they took off we got down and I started blowing my call. A third coyote came over the ridge and right down to where the others had been. Bob missed this one at about 350 yards only to kill it at 300.

Bob’s Yote


Then as we were walking through a cattle filled field Bob looks down at a fresh mole/gopher mound and finds this. Lucky SOB. Ha ha.

Arrowhead


This one we spotted on a ridge and planned a stalk. As the coyote went out of view, I went around a small hill and over the side of a small ridge. I found a couple of does staring in the direction of the yote and I immediately set up. Within a few seconds of calling it popped up at about 60 yards…boom. Oops. I missed. The dog took off and I quickly started calling. She stopped at about 80 yards and bang flop!



She was missing a canine. Looked like it never grew in.

[carpsniperg2]

good lookin pics

[DUGANDEER]

Looks like a great trip!!

[ribka]

Nice pics and report. Your Brittany looks tired! Looks like he had a great time chasing birds
Your friend shooting a Winchester model 12?

[bobcat]

The dog was pretty worn out after 5 days of bird hunting. That gun is an Ithaca model 37, and it's somewhere around 50 years old.

[batsquatch]

I think your friend found the coyotes tooth.

[shoot-em-dead]

Dang




i live over here and don't have success like that. sounds like you had a great time. The storeys give me hope

[jackelope]

way to go guys...i didn't think you'd have any problem getting into the songdogs over there. neat country too. i wish we had happened onto those muley bucks when we were there.

[Houndhunter]

is that an old model 12? i try to hunt birds with the same thing and dont hit sh#@

[saylean]

What a great time!

[jackelope]

The dog was pretty worn out after 5 days of bird hunting. That gun is an Ithaca model 37, and it's somewhere around 50 years old.

[runamuk]

Sounds like a fun trip.  That dog looks like it was having a good time on birds tongue hanging with a bird dog smile.

Love the pic of the owl, thanks for sharing.

[Birdguy]

It really does not get much better then that! Sure sounds like a great time had by all (except the coyote). Keep up the good work guys and what a great set of pictures to remember the trip with.