Post by: crowinghen on April 26, 2019, 07:07:17 AM
Post by: gramps on April 26, 2019, 07:09:05 AM
Too exciting Yes??
Post by: crowinghen on April 26, 2019, 07:11:03 AM
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Post by: Birdgetter on April 26, 2019, 07:29:33 AM
Can't wait to see the pics and story.
Post by: Thehowler on April 26, 2019, 07:32:47 AM
Post by: Widgeondeke on April 26, 2019, 07:41:25 AM
:tup: Congrats!
Looking forward to pics and the story......
Post by: bearpaw on April 26, 2019, 07:54:59 AM
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Post by: Southpole on April 26, 2019, 08:35:43 AM
You sure do your fair share of predator management! :tup:
Can't wait to see the pics and story.
:yeah: Excellent!
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Post by: crowinghen on April 26, 2019, 01:41:06 PM
Congrats to you and your husband for keeping at it. Talked to justyhtr on the phone awhile ago and glad hear you folks still have an open season.He was hoping you'd see this!
We just happened to be in one of the few open units.
Post by: bowhunterforever on April 26, 2019, 01:58:21 PM
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Post by: crowinghen on April 26, 2019, 08:19:07 PM
So we had brought our predator hunting gear and decided to hit some public land to call in some predators. We haven't ever hunted Eastern Washington, so we thought it would be fun to see if we could drum something up.
Using our Onx ( love it!) we found a couple spots close by. The first afternoon we called a pretty coulee area and had a big grey coyote come hauling in, but I missed it at around 200 yards, and that was all she wrote.
The next morning we went higher up in the hills and poked around another parcel. Did a couple sets and called in a big tan coyote that ended up practically running me over, and I got busted. So we were 2 coyotes called in in 4 sets, but no success on our end. Somebody we were talking to said Good stories, but pics or it didn;t happen.
We hit another spot and made a couple sets, hiking up and down those hills. We ended up just walking the road down into a lower area that was pretty thick with brush on both sides of the road- thick enough that we figured it would be difficult for anything to run through it, so maybe we could call something in off the road.
I climbed a hill (cliff!) and posted up, Hubby put himself deep in a hole. He let out a couple howls, waited did a quick distress with a call he got from Bearmanric. The next thing i know there is a cougar running up the road at a dead run. I saw yellow, a long tail, got my sights on it. I saw another one coming behind it, but I was focusing in on the first cat, as it was stopping. I aimed right behind the shoulder and squeezed off the trigger. The cat leapt into the thick sagebrush, then did an upward leap into the air. I kept an eye on the perimeter watching the brush making sure it didn't escape.
After the set I climbed off the hill and Hubby said Did you get it?? I said yep, I'm pretty sure therer is a dead cougar right down there. He was like "WHAT?!" What?!"
Walked down there and after a couple minutes found her. She was about 100 lbs, so pretty.
We sent pics to the guy who said PIcs or didn't happen and he thought we were making it up. :)
It was crazy! OUt of 8 sets we ended up calling in 2 coyotes and 2 cougars.
It was frickin crazy, I still can't believe that it came together.
Post by: crowinghen on April 26, 2019, 08:27:13 PM
Calling sequence
coyote howls
wait
quick burst of rabbit distress
that was pretty much it
Post by: Southpole on April 26, 2019, 08:41:34 PM
Post by: justyhntr on April 27, 2019, 04:08:58 PM
I forgot to add that the second cat was a bigger redder cat, but I was already set up and focused on the first cat, so just looked at it a second.
Calling sequence
coyote howls
wait
quick burst of rabbit distress
that was pretty much it
all diaphragms and hand calls
she was 6'4" nose to tail
Post by: Southpole on April 27, 2019, 04:24:44 PM
Post by: justyhntr on April 27, 2019, 04:29:39 PM
Been thinking of putting the Foxpro on the shelf and start using hand calls. Just seems like guys have a little better success going that route. Good job you 2 :tup:
That's been our experience, it's just more flexible.
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on April 27, 2019, 04:46:50 PM
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Post by: crowinghen on April 28, 2019, 10:21:03 AM
Well done! Is the fur any good still?
The fur was beautiful. We're getting a rug done
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