Coyote Madness III (Nov 1 - February 28)

[VarmintVentilator]

Wow, things have turned into a slimy mucky mess around here.  Not much crunchy snow left, just dealing with walking in 2 inches of mud.  Yuck!

[Gringo31]

That is no joke.  I picked up a big male yesterday (will post pics later) and been having flashbacks of living on the west side.   

Ya, it's horrible.

[Big10gauge]

One of those days I should have stayed home.
 I went out on Saturday and got a couple of sets in before the snow started flying, decided to keep at it but it was snowing so hard I looked like a snowman while on a set. Zilch for Saturday. Sunday it rained all day so I stayed home. Today looked like a great day to call in some dogs so I headed out. Got out in a good area and was driving down a road that had only one set of tire tracks in it and about 15 inches of snow and noticed a coyote running the road ahead of me about 100 yrds so I gave it the gas and followed that coyote for a good 300 yards before it dived off the road. I stopped and the coyote just sat there about 20 yrds off the road looking at me like "go ahead and shoot me I'm too tired to run". Finally it started moving again so I sat and watched it for a good 3 minutes as it had to leap thru the snow for about 30 yrds and then stop then do it again. Just before it headed over a hill it turned broadside and looked back at me for a good minute. I think that dog was plumb tuckered out.  Probaly catch some grief from BullElk for not shooting it but what the heck. On my 3rd set I noticed a pair diving off the top of a ridge that had 2 or 3 inches of snow that was over 500 yrds away, as soon as they hit the side of the hill where the snow was deep and wet they had to start jumping thru the snow and the pair came another 80 yrds or so and stopped and wouldn't come any further. I couldn't get them any closer so waited for them to go back over the ridge then did another 4 sets with no takers. They would respond to vocals  but not come in. Finally gave up and headed back home. On the highway I hit something and blew a tire. Guess I should have stayed home and went Christmas shopping.

[bearmanric]

not all people are bad from the westside. Rick

[204chucknorris]

Went out this last sunday with Swag early in the morning and on th eway to the stand we seen one on his way out and al we got was a quick glimps of him. We called and did multiple sets with not even a sighting or response. Went to numerous other known good spots with no luck other than one response to the call and then nothing! Talk about a crap day 4 am to 2pm basically and nothing. Went back out after work and did 3 sets with nothing! I think this weather is really messing with the yotes cycles. I have really good spots with lots of activity and all of a sudden total silence! O well as Jayrod says thats why it's called hunting and not shooting![img]

[demontang]

lol yeah I think this crazy weather and the weekend warrior hunters are out now too.

[204chucknorris]

Could be? I have two new areas that I have not tapped into yet and I beleive it's time this weekend!!! Fight fire with fire! The one positive of the one area is numerous bobcats have been sighted in the area regularly. We'll see what happens?

[CoryTDF]

Took the wife out yesterday or our first coyote hunt together. She did great we walked a few miles made a bunch of stands, but never saw a dog. It was fun she got a foot cramp so i had to give her a "Field Foot Massage" after we got her toes to pop we where back at it. Had a great time saw some pretty country and it was a great bonding experience for us. Wifey is a great shot and i wish i could have put a dog in front of her. We plan to get back out when the temp drops. It's been hard hunting the past two weeks.

[BIGINNER]

Took the wife out yesterday or our first coyote hunt together. She did great we walked a few miles made a bunch of stands, but never saw a dog. It was fun she got a foot cramp so i had to give her a "Field Foot Massage" after we got her toes to pop we where back at it. Had a great time saw some pretty country and it was a great bonding experience for us. Wifey is a great shot and i wish i could have put a dog in front of her. We plan to get back out when the temp drops. It's been hard hunting the past two weeks.

LOL  THAT SFUNNY      THAT SOUNDS ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I TOOK MY WIFE OUT HUNTING,.. LOL

[VarmintVentilator]

SBA is up and running again.  This little female sacrificed herself for the betterment of her partner at 98 yds.  (Finally, that was a long dry spell.)   

[Big10gauge]

Sweet, I was wondering if there were any coyotes left. 

[509er]

How many points for a Bobcat pic?  No rifles in the group today.   

[Big10gauge]

+2 SBA

Finally connected on a couple.
The first one managed to take the hit and went about 15 yrds, took a jump off a rock and ended up in the sagebrush. So got a "as she lays" pic.
The next one I saw at about 6 min into the set about 360 yrds out peering over a ridge looking at the caller. Really wasn't too interested, he would come about 15 yrds or so and hold up. Finally at the 19 min mark he decided he didn't want what I was offering and turned to head back. Gave a big lip squeak and he turned broadside long enough for a shot. It was a nice dark male about 30 lbs.

[demontang]

Good to seem some down it's been slow

[FALFire]

All we had today was 30 mph winds and blowing snow, it sucked. Not one dog to be seen or heard, home by 1030 and ready for tomorrow.