So I've been out hunting coyotes almost every weekend all winter. I didn't get anything until Monday this week and again today. Neither of them were called in. I've only had 2 dogs come to calls, at the same time, and my buddy missed one and we didn't see the other until it was too late.
Spotted a dog in the field, tried to stalk in, pretty sure it either saw me or was already on its way out of the field. I sat down to call, let a few barks and a howl, then look to my right and see this guy spring over the fence about 250m away. I collapse my bipod go prone, bark him, and hit him center of the chest facing me with a 105 amax from my 22" 243AI. No exit. Almost no blood. Didn't move an inch.
(the blood stain is where I found him, I rolled him over to check sex and take the picture)
This morning I went out called for a while, nothing, got in my car and went to check out a new property that borders a property I already hunt, see lots of dogs on the new property. On the way there I see a dog in a field, way out there. I park the car and walk in along a tree line on the edge of the property I started at. I call at him, he sits and looks for the dying rabbit. I eventually convince him I think, he started coming in my general direction, then I lost him in some low ground and never saw him again. I heard some dogs down the road losing their minds, probably got wind of the yote or saw him. So I pack my junk up. I sould have taken the 700M shot when he was hanging out at the back fence. Too late now.
I go to the next property, which is literally 2-3km down the road in the direction the dog was going. I pull up behind a set of barns that are away from the main farm. As I pull up behind a snow bank I look out and up the hill to where I want to set up. WTF is that? DOG. I win. I slide out of my car onto the ground, open the back door and pull my rifle out. Load it up and start to crawl to up the snow bank in front of the car. (not very tall) I get up the snow bank and realize the yote is very pre occupied by the neighbours dogs losing their minds. I take a second and get some what set up. The yote turns around and starts to walk sort of in my direction, drops into some low ground, as he comes out of the low ground I give him a sharp bark, he stops and turns towards me. As I line him up he lowers his head to smell the ground, I send it. I get the very distinct thud/pop as I see his rear legs fold up under him. He was 347M out.
Sorted him out.
I then decide to walk further up the hill to take a look around. I figured out why I see all the yotes up on this hill when I was hunting a neighbouring property. I think I found their den.
Spotted a dog in the field, tried to stalk in, pretty sure it either saw me or was already on its way out of the field. I sat down to call, let a few barks and a howl, then look to my right and see this guy spring over the fence about 250m away. I collapse my bipod go prone, bark him, and hit him center of the chest facing me with a 105 amax from my 22" 243AI. No exit. Almost no blood. Didn't move an inch.
(the blood stain is where I found him, I rolled him over to check sex and take the picture)
This morning I went out called for a while, nothing, got in my car and went to check out a new property that borders a property I already hunt, see lots of dogs on the new property. On the way there I see a dog in a field, way out there. I park the car and walk in along a tree line on the edge of the property I started at. I call at him, he sits and looks for the dying rabbit. I eventually convince him I think, he started coming in my general direction, then I lost him in some low ground and never saw him again. I heard some dogs down the road losing their minds, probably got wind of the yote or saw him. So I pack my junk up. I sould have taken the 700M shot when he was hanging out at the back fence. Too late now.
I go to the next property, which is literally 2-3km down the road in the direction the dog was going. I pull up behind a set of barns that are away from the main farm. As I pull up behind a snow bank I look out and up the hill to where I want to set up. WTF is that? DOG. I win. I slide out of my car onto the ground, open the back door and pull my rifle out. Load it up and start to crawl to up the snow bank in front of the car. (not very tall) I get up the snow bank and realize the yote is very pre occupied by the neighbours dogs losing their minds. I take a second and get some what set up. The yote turns around and starts to walk sort of in my direction, drops into some low ground, as he comes out of the low ground I give him a sharp bark, he stops and turns towards me. As I line him up he lowers his head to smell the ground, I send it. I get the very distinct thud/pop as I see his rear legs fold up under him. He was 347M out.
Sorted him out.
I then decide to walk further up the hill to take a look around. I figured out why I see all the yotes up on this hill when I was hunting a neighbouring property. I think I found their den.
