Decided to take a friend night time hunting as he's never done it let alone had any experience with nightvision.
I had run into a watering hole that was an old cow watering troff area in the middle of nowhere on BLM land. Even though its not used for cows anymore, the water still flows and makes a huge pool of water out in the middle of the desert. Figured this was an ideal bottleneck, especially at night time as animals will feel a bit more at ease in low light/darkness and come get a drink.
I planned out a route to drive out there, dismount and hike to one of a few FFPs I had designated ahead of time, depending on what the wind was doing. Wind was blowing directly south to north last night, so we started hiking in on the east side to our FFP where the wind was coming from our 9 o clock and always kept it there. We also stayed 'behind' the target, off to the side, so wind was not an issue as far as detection. Got there an hour before dark, set up on an elevated spot and showed my friend how to draw a range card as well as pre designate range markers. Were not using calls because we were 150-250 yards away (depending on where on the target area you were) and the water was actually the 'bait' and this time of year, the coyotes are well fed anyways.
Were both in position and waited for something to come wandering out. Had a Mk12Mod1 with suppressor, PVS30, PEQ2A, RAPTAR and both had nightvision with us as well.
Not a single thing; rabbit, pig, coyote, anything came out the entire time we were there from before sunset to about 1030pm. Nothing, yet it was 95+ degrees all day and stayed mid 80s even at 1030.
The only other natural water source I know of is a water hole about 2 miles away that is sometimes dry when there is no rain. Other than that there is no source of water to my knowledge anywhere nearby. When the hell do critters drink water when its 90+ out all day? I was thinking it would be a constant stream of things creeping in to get a drink, yet didn't see a single thing.
I had run into a watering hole that was an old cow watering troff area in the middle of nowhere on BLM land. Even though its not used for cows anymore, the water still flows and makes a huge pool of water out in the middle of the desert. Figured this was an ideal bottleneck, especially at night time as animals will feel a bit more at ease in low light/darkness and come get a drink.
I planned out a route to drive out there, dismount and hike to one of a few FFPs I had designated ahead of time, depending on what the wind was doing. Wind was blowing directly south to north last night, so we started hiking in on the east side to our FFP where the wind was coming from our 9 o clock and always kept it there. We also stayed 'behind' the target, off to the side, so wind was not an issue as far as detection. Got there an hour before dark, set up on an elevated spot and showed my friend how to draw a range card as well as pre designate range markers. Were not using calls because we were 150-250 yards away (depending on where on the target area you were) and the water was actually the 'bait' and this time of year, the coyotes are well fed anyways.
Were both in position and waited for something to come wandering out. Had a Mk12Mod1 with suppressor, PVS30, PEQ2A, RAPTAR and both had nightvision with us as well.
Not a single thing; rabbit, pig, coyote, anything came out the entire time we were there from before sunset to about 1030pm. Nothing, yet it was 95+ degrees all day and stayed mid 80s even at 1030.
The only other natural water source I know of is a water hole about 2 miles away that is sometimes dry when there is no rain. Other than that there is no source of water to my knowledge anywhere nearby. When the hell do critters drink water when its 90+ out all day? I was thinking it would be a constant stream of things creeping in to get a drink, yet didn't see a single thing.
