More coyote problems!

[Buckrun]

I posted this on another B.B. It was GGVG if you don't read GO GO VARMINT GO you are missing out on a lot of good info.

Here it is:

Got out Monday morning and made 2 stands. First one I howled and barked on my Sceery howler. Then I cut loose with the Fox Pro woodpecker. I would let it run through 2 or 3 sequences. That would be about 30 - 45 seconds. Then I set quiet for 2 or 3 minutes. I did this for about 15-20 minutes. I had the Blue Jays all stirred up. They were on the other side of a big blown down oak tree. I was watching to see if they were letting me know about a
predator. Nothing showed. I set for about 10 minutes after shutting down the call for the last time.

For the second set I walked about 1/2 mile in farther. I set up in a fence row. I had a large field to my left. The wind was coming from the woods on my right. The fence row ran along the woods for about 80 yards. Then it separates a big thicket from the woods. It seemed perfect.

I started the Fox Pro on woodpecker. It was out in the field to my left. After the first sequence I remembered I had seen quite a few Fox Squirrels on my way in. So I switched it to Squirrel distress. I was scanning all the edges of the field trying to see a coyote that may be peeking out. Then I saw it. A COYOTE it is standing facing straight at me. “ stay calm take aim, darn stick in the way, lean the shooting sticks over a little”. There it is aim right at the base of its neck between the front legs squeeze BOOM. He went down there is the tail wagging, he is yipping and howling. I can’t believe it I finally got one the .17 Rem. did it. Work the bolt, he’s still down but still moving. I try to stand up but the fanny pack is caught on my stool. I lean forward and the 3rd. try I get up. I look up at the coyote. WAIT it is up and running. I raise my rifle but just as I find it, it is gone in the brush. THIS CAN’T BE!

I went to the spot where it dropped. There was a little blood Tried to trail it up looked for 2 hours+. Walked my butt off. Looked everywhere I thought it could hide. Covered the whole woods, thicket and looked in the field and fence row on the other side of the woods.

I can’t believe this. What will happen next? I don’t think I am suppose to
get a coyote.

Very disappointed. :(
Steve

[CritterGitter]

Dang it man them critters are crafty! Sorry to hear about your misfortune. If it makes you feel any better, on opening day of muzzleloader season I was in a State Park with my bow and missed a coyote at 25 yards(1st time I ever had one within range) and a doe at 22 yards! That was a tough day for me. I have been shooting my bow every day since then, and I feel confident that I am ready to go back out to try for my doe again. Good luck Steve and don't get discouraged. It sounds like it was an exciting hunt!

CG

[razor]

man that bites, i know how you feel, been there, but it at least has to be a confidence booster. now you have gained back cofidence in calling and setups, there tough little critters. next one to fall for the ol' fox pro wont be so lucky will he..lol
if you ever want to hunt down this way again let me know i havent trapped for a while and the dogs are gettin thick here had 2 people i know had there dogs killed by coyotes this fall. and a sheep farmer i deer hunt on had 11 sheep killed over the summer
so there here and i havent made time for callin yet but gettin ready to start.
good luck, razor

[Ohio Bill]

did you check any holes he might of gotten in?.....Alot of times they will try and get back home and die....

[Buckrun]

Razor

I am ready anytime you are. You will have to email me the
directions to your place. I kind of remember how th get
there. I don't work on Mondays so I have 3 day weekends
almost every weekend. I have giving up hunting at night. I
like to hunt in the mornings. Been setting up so I start calling
as soon as it is light enough to see to shoot.

buckrun@wcoil.com

I was really sick about loosing this coyote, but yes it was a
confidence builder. I now believe I can do it. I was having
doubts about that before.

Ohio Bill

I searched every where. I didn’t see any holes in the ground
but if I saw any holes in fallen trees I checked them out. I
just couldn’t find hide or hair of it. There just wasn’t enough
snow to track. I must have seen 20 deer beds in the snow.
Every time I thought I saw some tracks they were deer.

May be next time.

Steve

[Caribou Dreamer2]

I hope you get the next one buckrun it will come,Heading out this weekend got the recorder all juiced up and ready to go,have to wait untill sunday have work saturday but will be out sunday morning i hope we get a little snow by weekend.

[ohride4u]

sorry to her about u losing that yote.i hope to start calling after bow season closes.he is probably dead by now if u saw him go down hard.how far was your shot?

[Buckrun]

It was 60 - 80 yard shot. I have been watching these coyote hunting videos. I have around 6 videos. It went down just like they do in the videos. Hit the ground and rolled around yelped a few times and I figured it would be over in a couple seconds. When I saw it run into the bush it was almost falling each step. I thought "yea right you arn't going anywhere" I still would have shot it again I just didn't find it quick enough in the scope. I have BIG plans for tomorrow morning. Going to Bellfountain to hunt with J.D. We hunted a few years ago.

Wish us luck
Steve

[CritterGitter]

Good luck Steve! You'll get one. To be honest, I am considering it. I am not ready to buy a gun yet, but I am tempted.

CG

[ohride4u]

steve iam by no means a expert but the yote is probably done.somebody with more knowledge then me once told me a yotes hide and fur will suck up a unbelievable amount blood.i dont know but maybe that explains the poor blood trail?anyway good luck with your hunting

[M.Magis]

Coyotes are tough critters. I made a poor shot on one last winter. He made it back to his feet and into the woods. I went ahead and started tracking him, assuming he'd be close. Wrong. I tracked him for a couple hundred yards to the property line and decided to come back in the moring. I went back only carrying the .22 in the morning and ended up jumping him, still alive! He had spent the night bedded on a rocky hillside overlooking where I'd given up the night before. I took a shot with the .22, but but apparently missed. I decided to leave til the next day again, but that's when the snow started, and didn't stop for two days leaving all the sign under 20" of snow. Don't worry about checking out holes. It'll take a MIGHTY big hole for a mature coyote to get in. Check out the thickest areas you can find, like you would with a deer. But, as you've found out, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. When you do get one, and you will, you may end up wishing you hadn't.:D It's hard to imagine a live animal can stink so bad. I just finished trying to skin the one I shot yesterday morning. The feet and head were frozen, so I'll have to finish tomorrow, but now my garage stinks. I don't think the little lady is going to like that smell when she pulls in.:D Maybe I should blame the cat.;) :D

[CritterGitter]

Ha Ha Ha! Blame the cat Magis! Thats funny. I didn't realize they stink?

CG

[vvarmitr]

Boy does your story bring back memories. Many years ago (over a decade) I saw my first coyote when I was out g'hog hunting one evening. I didn't call because he was comng toward me. They had just mowed the field w/ a haybine & had these small windrows which I quickly got one at my back, set up my cross sticks & waited for it to stick its head up over the knoll. When it did I only had the head & neck in a frontal shot. I knew I would only have a second to shoot so I aimed at the neck to save the skull & let fly w/ the 223. It dropped out of sight on the other side of a windrow at 40yds. I was able to jump up on the first try (remember this was 10yrs or more ago) just to see it run over a saddle & into the thickest batch of multiflora rose you would never want to see. Like you I was heartsick to say the least.

Lesson learned: If they don't give you a heart shot, screw the skull & brain pan 'em!!!:mad:

You are one up on me however, I've never had one come to call that I know of.

[GLOCK-ROCKER]

I am interested in local coyote hunting, I live in crawford county and I am willing to travel to surrounding counties if anyone knows anywhere in that area to hunt. Also interested in groundhog/feral swine hunting.

[Bowhunter57]

Buckrun,
I had something very simular happen to me, recently. June 14th, in the evening around 8:00ish, as I was walking into a place where I knew the coyotes were hangin' out, I seen 3 of them chasing each other. They were about 600+ yards upwind of me, so I ran to a fence row for some cover and put out my motion decoy. I gave 2 short blasts with my rabbit squeeler (mouth call) and here he came.
He was about 100 yards out and I'm sitting there with a red dot on my rifle, so I took the best shot I had and he was off to the races. :cheeky-smiley-022: He was in a full bore run, headed for the woods on the far side of the field, but I had a full magazine that says he ain't going to make it. I was having a hard time getting the right amount of lead on him as he was running, but on the 9th shot he went down, hard and flipped in a pile of dust. :cool: I figured he was finished as I stood there waiting for him to get up, but seen nothing. I took off running towards the spot where he fell and when I got there...nothing. :irked:
There were a few patches of weeds around, so I kept my rifle at the ready in case he was lying in wait for me. Then I found blood...lots of blood. :) I tracked him for approx. 170 yards into a woods and it got dark on me and I lost the trail. :mad: I didn't get a chance to go back as I was leaving for an out of state trip.
It happens. I know he's dead, as I've tracked many deer and this was a good blood trail. I'm pumped, just the same and will be going back this week. The farmer that owns this property has been trying to get someone to get in there and kill these coyotes off, as they're bothering his cattle, running the deer and spooking his dogs. :tsk:
I've replaced the red dot with my Nikon 3x9, so I'm goin' out this week to get some! :bouncy: Whatever you do...DON'T GIVE UP! Learn as you go and keep on keepin' on, brother!!!

Good hunting, Bowhunter57

[redvette]

Great story and well written. I really feel for you seeing what was once down now up and probably "running dead". If you are going to do this for coyote I suppose your using a .17 Remington and not the rim fire which is good for woodchucks and squirrels and not much else? If it was the Remington then make sure your using a frangible bullet which will cause massive internal damage on a chest/lung shot. My personal feel,(and we all have our preferances), is that you need to step up to a 223 which would still be somewhat fox fur friendly in the fall, a 204 Ruger, or a 22-250. You'll still get spinners and runners but not in the numbers your going to see with a .17. If you hit 'em good enough to knock 'em down any of these in a 40gr to 55gr would have kept 'em down. Better luck next time..take care and keep trying!!!:)