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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: klickriverchromer on March 11, 2009, 07:18:44 PM

Title: Getting some excersize!!
Post by: klickriverchromer on March 11, 2009, 07:18:44 PM: Wackmaster and I were over doing a little free drifting for steelies by Ringold area, when we saw this yote cruising the bank. He wandered up the river's edge for a few hundred yrds. eyeballing the far bank, after about twenty minutes of con tinplating the swim he ventured out above us and ended up swimming right by us on his way across the Columbia. It took him about 4-5 min. of heavy stoking to make it all the way. I could of reached over the side of the boat a grabbed him. It was pretty cool to see, I've seen deer and elk cross the river, but never a yote.
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Post by: ICEMAN on March 11, 2009, 07:24:11 PM: Cool pics. Didnt feel like drowning him? :dunno:
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Post by: saylean on March 11, 2009, 07:25:21 PM: thats pretty sweet man. almost have to let him go after swimming in that cold water!
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Post by: 509er on March 11, 2009, 07:26:02 PM: I would have whacked him with an oar. :chuckle:
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Post by: TeacherMan on March 11, 2009, 07:28:16 PM: NO fish club in the boat :chuckle: I use to check my trapline with a canoe and I have got many rats with my paddle while checking my traps.
Title: Re: Getting some excersize!!
Post by: TeacherMan on March 11, 2009, 07:29:40 PM: Quote from: 509er on March 11, 2009, 07:26:02 PM
I would have whacked him with an oar. :chuckle:

I pretty much said the same thing, we posted at the same time. :chuckle:
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Post by: 509er on March 11, 2009, 07:30:34 PM: :chuckle:
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Post by: dontgetcrabs on March 11, 2009, 07:31:47 PM: WHAT!!! You didn't have heavy enough gear or what??? I would have fought that sucker for hours!!! Very cool pics!!! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: 509er on March 11, 2009, 07:34:56 PM: Some heavy test and a big treble hook! :chuckle:
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Post by: TeacherMan on March 11, 2009, 07:36:32 PM: Quote from: 509er on March 11, 2009, 07:34:56 PM
Some heavy test and a big treble hook! :chuckle:

Oh man that would be fun :chuckle: that's why they make braided line
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Post by: klickriverchromer on March 11, 2009, 08:26:39 PM: He is a good looking dog for sure. Nice coat, but couldn't kill him after watching him for 20 min. just doing his thing while we were. Pretty sure the fish-bat would have been sufficient enough, but I'm no killer.
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 11, 2009, 08:38:14 PM: Klick, good for you for not whacking him. I am and have always been a hunter, sometimes though you just have to kick back and watch nature unfold in front of you.

You can fish another 20 years and never have that happen again.

I had a black bear in Alaska do the same thing across the Big Susitna, it was a small bear fought the current for about 10 minutes and started going down, me and a fishing partner drove up to it, hooked his paw with the net and pulled him to shore. When he got on shore he actually looked back as if saying Thank You and walked off.

Joe
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Post by: wastickslinger on March 11, 2009, 09:28:26 PM: I just pictured 509er fighting that coyote one a steelie rod :chuckle: :chuckle: What the hell would you do once you landed him :bdid: I got a feeling it wouldnt be catch and release.
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Post by: firecrotch on March 11, 2009, 09:31:50 PM: i would have found the biggest weight i had and gave him a good ol fastball to the dome.
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Post by: ivarhusa on March 11, 2009, 09:38:13 PM: What saltwater salmon fisherman hasn't caught a dogfish? :chuckle:
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Post by: ivarhusa on March 11, 2009, 09:39:01 PM: Take two:

"I've never seen a dogfish that far upriver."
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Post by: rasbo on March 11, 2009, 09:39:32 PM: Quote from: wastickslinger on March 11, 2009, 09:28:26 PM
I just pictured 509er fighting that coyote one a steelie rod :chuckle: :chuckle: What the hell would you do once you landed him :bdid: I got a feeling it wouldnt be catch and release.
gill him
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Post by: ICEMAN on March 12, 2009, 05:57:55 AM: :puke: Just had a bad image of someone gutting it on the bank...
Title: Re: Getting some excersize!!
Post by: deaddog on March 12, 2009, 07:50:22 AM: Quote from: BLKBEARKLR on March 11, 2009, 08:38:14 PM
Klick, good for you for not whacking him. I am and have always been a hunter, sometimes though you just have to kick back and watch nature unfold in front of you.

You can fish another 20 years and never have that happen again.

I had a black bear in Alaska do the same thing across the Big Susitna, it was a small bear fought the current for about 10 minutes and started going down, me and a fishing partner drove up to it, hooked his paw with the net and pulled him to shore. When he got on shore he actually looked back as if saying Thank You and walked off.

Joe
I agree with you 100% bear. some of the best memories I have in the woods is watching critter,s and passing on the kill. Great pics, thanks for posting then.
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Post by: tlbradford on March 12, 2009, 09:54:41 AM: What a neat thing to see at close range. I would have enjoyed the show too. How was the fishing?
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Post by: ivarhusa on March 12, 2009, 03:54:27 PM: Take 3:

The "dog days" of winter?