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Classifieds & Organizations => Where To Go - Partners - Hunt Swaps => Topic started by: Bennick16 on August 24, 2015, 10:20:10 PM
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Hey guys, this is my first forum post so please bear with me. My name is nick and I am a 19 year old aviation student at Big Bend Community College here in Moses Lake. Just today I passed my Field Day and I want get into Coyote hunting (already bought electronic decoy and Ecaller). However; I am the only one in my family and group of friends that is into hunting so I have close to zero knowledge or how to go about it and nobody to go about it with. So I was wondering if anyone wants a partner to hunt with and maybe wants to point me in the right direction? Literally any help would be appreciated!
Thanks Guys,
Nick
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Ok. My coyote sweet spot. I don't get to go as much as I'd like but I want someone to whack them. Head towards potholes state park, then head towards the Seep Lakes, and head back towards VIRGIN/NORTH NORTH WINDMILL lake. You can park at MARCO POLLO lake. It's about 1.5 mile hike. Set up on a high rocky outlook an start calling. Or just hike around and see them.
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Thanks for the info! I might try that out tomorrow. Its there or the ancient lakes area (not sure if thats legal to hunt yet thought).
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I would for sure try it. Go hike around the flats up above virgin and north windmill. I think the coyotes like to go out in the fields behind there at night and early morning. Anyhow I've killed one back there and missed to many haha I like to hike around and hunt them like deer it's fun.
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So if your looking at Marco pollo, virgin is straight back. You can see a big cliff/plateau from the parking spot at the white pillars, just start hiking for that it's about 1.5 miles
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This morning I tried some Feel Free to hunt land. Ten minutes after getting out of the car while wandering through the sage brush, on a hill side about 200 yards ahead of me, I just happened to catch some movement; it turned out to be a coyote sniffing along. Barely believing my eyes, I fumbled around in my bag trying to find my range finder and shooting stick. After what seemed like a lifetime I found them and found out and got a distance of 210 yards. My electronic caller and decoy was still packed up and I have yet to field test it so I had no other way to lure it in, so while trying to steady my scope the best I could, I yipped (as I have seen on youtube videos to get the coyote to stop moving) and took the shot. My scope was swaying so bad from the adrenaline that once I fired I quickly reloaded and looked down the scope, I didn't see it anywhere and I quickly cursed myself for missing my first chance; However, I looked back to where the coyote had been where I took the shot and saw two legs sticking up out of the hay. I was amazed. I walked up the hill and saw that I had hit the coyote in the head. (using a 30-06 with 150gr lokt core ammo made the sight pretty gruesome). Although I believe luck played a great deal in the shot, it was a good start to my hunting career and I was pleased that the coyote was lights out before it even hit the ground. On the way back to the car I was greeted by the farmer who owned the property and he was pleased to hear that he had one less coyote to worry about. Long story short, I think i'm hooked!
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Dude nice story that is sick. That's how I see most of the coyotes is just walking around in the sage keep that gun handy!
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Great job and good story Bennick16 :tup:
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we camp annually at the lower windmill lake. I have tried just about every year out there, and never pulled any in. I hear them all around there at night/morning though. I think part of the issue is we are always there mid summer.
I know the area pretty well though, now that I live on the eastside, maybe I'll have to make another trip out that way during the winter.
Do you intend to keep using the 30-.06 for coyote?
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Nice success story! You have 1 more yote than I do. :chuckle:
Carl
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This story had my heart pounding. Nice story. Good job also.
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we camp annually at the lower windmill lake. I have tried just about every year out there, and never pulled any in. I hear them all around there at night/morning though. I think part of the issue is we are always there mid summer.
I know the area pretty well though, now that I live on the eastside, maybe I'll have to make another trip out that way during the winter.
Do you intend to keep using the 30-.06 for coyote?
I actually just bought a ruger American .223 so I will now be using that gun for coyote. Send me a pm anytime and we can meet up somewhere and try our luck.
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Welcome to the Forum and the wonderful world of hunting! Glad to have you.
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Bennick found out the top end of the seep lake road is gated off again this year. Access is via the bottom end of the road near Othello.
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I'll second that :yeah:
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I'll second that :yeah:
Hear and see lots of barking and see droppings all over Frenchman hill/ Dodson road areas. while bird hunting... there are some high dune spots I think you could post up on and call...
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I think Ill most likely wait or do very little hunting in the frenchman/dodson area until after duck season. I would hate to give someone decked out in camo a rear-end full of jacketed hollow point :yike:
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Here's how Bennick16 started out looking for a hunting partner or info on where to go hunting. At the beginning of the duck season I was showing him spots and methods. Towards the end of the season he'd learned so much he was showing me spots. Where things worked out was I had the gear and he had the muscle. He was the decoy hauler for our hunting spots.
What I could have done better was picked a slower learner as Nick finished his degree and got his flight instructor certification. He had to move out of the area because of his new job.
I am now "interviewing" for his replacement.
