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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 13, 2011, 08:33 AM:
I don't post a whole lot here, mostly because I couldn't stand the way Tim Anderson had a way of stinking up pert near every post anyone made. It's not that I couldn't handle it, it was just so predictable and tiresome. Now that he's supposedly gone perhaps I will post a little more often. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Back in February I had a particularly good morning. Called in 10 and was able to get 5 of them on the ground. Most were hard chargers and I wish I would have been toting a shotgun instead of a rifle. However I had a new .243 and wanted to try it out.
First kill with the .243.
By quitting time the .243 was well broke in. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Interestingly only one of the coyotes was young. All the others were mature adults including a couple old buggers with really worn down teeth.
Last weekend was opening day of turkey season. I hadn't been in 5 years and really had the itch to go again. My turkey hunt didn't last very long though. Sunrise was 6:45am and by 7:00 am I had this tom called in and on the ground.
After killing my turkey, my host/rancher wanted to see what this coyote calling/hunting was all about. He had been with a few friends calling coyotes, but had never actually seen any come in before. So that afternoon I took him out and called in 4 coyotes for him. His shots were 20 to 70 yards. He missed every darn one of them but got the coyote hunting fever really bad. All the rest of that night he was asking about guns, calls, how to set up stands etc. Methinks I know where the majority of his tax return money will go.
Recently another rancher friend of mine has been having a lot of trouble with coyotes harassing his cows while they are calving. In fact he has watched them come in a kill a couple of his calves. He's tried to thin them out, but he's not a caller, and his "Tim Anderson" run and gun from the pick up style has met with limited success. He called and asked if I could come out and help out a little. Last night after work the weather was finally decent for calling. I was able to call in this big old male. It was the only coyote I saw, but come to find out the rancher had been out spot lighting them the night before. I'm sure he had them stirred up a little. Hope to get back out there in a week or so and see if I can't eliminate a few more for him. Life is good.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on April 13, 2011, 11:15 AM:
Five years of plaaning and run up to 15 glorious minutes of turkey hunting?!? How disappointing, or maybe, how effective are you?!? LOL Just funnin' ya. Damn, your coyotes are nice looking. I really want to hunt Montana and get one of those pales for the wall. My wife is from there and absolutely refuses to go anywhere near the place. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 13, 2011, 11:24 AM:
Great pics, thanks for sharing. Now that that scary Tim has left the building, I'm sure we will be hearing more from you.
GH/LB
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on April 13, 2011, 11:48 AM:
As I told JD with a smile, the following quote from Twain is another one that seems to apply to what'shisname...
“There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”
or,
“The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.”
Spooky, how it's like they knew each other. LOL
Sorry for the sidetrack. Still like the looks of those pales.
(edited 'cause I forgot to hit the ABC checker)
[ April 13, 2011, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 13, 2011, 12:16 PM:
Scary Tim? Hardly, more like ANNOYING Tim!
cdog911, what part of Montana was your wife from?
Posted by tlbradford (Member # 1232) on April 13, 2011, 12:45 PM:
We have a superintendant from Cut Bank. He doesn't want to go back either. He does pack horses into the Bob Marshall though.
Great job on getting your "Rocky Mountain High."
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 13, 2011, 01:31 PM:
lol if I was from Cutbank I wouldn't want to come back either. That place is not my idea of a typical Montana town. It's more or less a reservation town eventhough it is technically just a whisker away from the reservation border. Most towns/cities in Montana are nice, clean, and friendly. The reservation towns are a completely different environment altogether.
Posted by BJRemLington7 (Member # 3806) on April 13, 2011, 01:46 PM:
Thata nice set of coyotees and a nice goober. I'll hold my tongue for now on tellin ya how you coulda took them other five with a single bullet from 2100 yards.
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on April 13, 2011, 03:26 PM:
Mighty fine, Ursus. Those Montana pales are something to see, and that big old gobbler is a dandy too. Kudos to you, sir.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on April 13, 2011, 03:37 PM:
There's just something about the early morning sun lighting up a big winter prime pale coyote as it comes in to a call that makes life fine!!
Cool pics. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on April 13, 2011, 04:16 PM:
ursus, she was from Laurel.
Posted by JD (Member # 768) on April 13, 2011, 04:17 PM:
Very nice ursus! Nice fur and a decent gobbler, life is good.
btw....Didn't Hank Jr. write a song about Cut Bank? Yea....."it's colder than well diggers ankles in Cut bank Montana.......blah blah somethin somethin" What was the name of that song....dang, now it's gonna bug me.
I just looked it up, its called.....Cut Bank, Montana........imagine that.
[ April 13, 2011, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: JD ]
Posted by tlbradford (Member # 1232) on April 13, 2011, 04:43 PM:
I think Cut Bank holds the record for lowest temperature in the continental US. If I remember right.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on April 13, 2011, 05:19 PM:
.great pics. specially the one with the fence.
by golly.....you do look like john denver
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 13, 2011, 07:47 PM:
Yeah, well there is a place in Minnesota, I think it's called International falls with some temperatures that should get your attention, plus, I think it's the furthest north of anyplace in the lower 48?
GH/LB
Posted by jimanaz (Member # 3689) on April 13, 2011, 08:41 PM:
I think I'm going to market some No Hunting signs with targets on them. Some things are constant regardless of latitude.
Nice pics, Troy.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 13, 2011, 10:17 PM:
Uh, congrats on the nice coyotes and the gobbler, but was there a sale on that camo, or what? That's what I want, the next time I need a goose.
GH/LB
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 06:29 AM:
Leonard the majority of my calling is done in prairie grass country. This is the best camo I have found to blend in. If I find something better I will buy it, but so far I haven't found anything that even comes close. I feel silly wearing it, but it works well enough that its worth it.
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on April 14, 2011, 08:12 AM:
very nice photos, Ursus!
Posted by Patterson (Member # 3304) on April 14, 2011, 09:33 AM:
Nice looking coyotes!! I wouldnt mind trying a few Montana coyotes myself someday.
Nice gobbler as well!
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 10:15 AM:
Well for those of you that enjoy seeing these Montana coyotes here's a few more photos for you.
Another good day. Called in 6 and we were able to put 5 of them down.
Nice winter coat on this big male yote.
Cold and fun.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on April 14, 2011, 10:20 AM:
Quote,
I don't post a whole lot here, mostly because I couldn't stand the way Tim Anderson had a way of stinking up pert near every post anyone made.
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Yep I agree, I've avoided predator sites lately, partly because of Tim, Yeah I know "sniff" "sniff" that being said its almost impossible to avoid the guy.
John, oops I mean ursus21. Nice photos !
Hey what the hell is wrong with Cutbank ? Lol, My mother was born there and raised in Circle, we also lived in Laurel, my sister was born in nearby Billings.
Again good thread.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 10:41 AM:
Dave, be thankful your mother was raised in Circle. Had she been raised in Cutbank your life might be much different. Cutbank is a LOT rougher town to grow up in than Circle. I quite like Circle and wouldn't mind living there in the least.
Here is some data that might help explain why I'm not crazy about Cut Bank better than going into a lot of details. This the crime rate index for 2001-2009: Crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 319.2) 520.4 551.8 762.6 448.4 585.6 432.0 467.6 383.8 366.7 You will note that the only year that is even close to the U.S. average is the last one in 2009. It's a rough town, there are some good people there, but it sure wouldn't be my first choice in places to raise kids in Montana.
[ April 14, 2011, 10:56 AM: Message edited by: ursus21 ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 14, 2011, 11:17 AM:
Yeah, well. I crave excitement.
I'm going to Missouri, pick up AR Shaw, then head to Cut Bank and the nearest Honky Tonk while wearing my "CUT BANK HAS MORE FAIRIES THAN SAN FRANCISCO" Tee shirt and wait for somebody to (try) and hit me over the head with a bottle.
It's a good thing Randy has a gentle nature, I'd hate to piss him off. Oh wait! Speaking of temper. I just remembered, Geordie aught to be on the other side of me. And, he can shoot, too.
Then we can go kill a bunch of those large heavy pales. That is, if John Denver has left any?
GH/LB
Posted by JD (Member # 768) on April 14, 2011, 11:32 AM:
Sweet pics, I highly approve of the machine guns too, I have a sweet little RRA with a short Lothar Walther barrel chambered in .17 rem. I love that thing.
Tell us about those rifles.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 14, 2011, 12:01 PM:
...and if the teeshirt don't work, I can get JD to start talking shit. While the rest of us sneak out the back door, we can let him try and talk his way out of trouble. Man, those were the good old days! When I was a bit rowdy.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 01:30 PM:
Leonard please take video of you in the bar with that shirt. It would rate as high entertainment. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
JD the AR is a RRA Predator Pursuit with a brake and skeletal stock. It is scary accurate and when I miss with it I cannot blame the rifle. The Mossy Oak Brush Camouflage rifle is a Savage Preadator in .204. The last rifle is just a plain old Savage Stevens 200 with SSS trigger and a home paint job. It's chambered in .243 and seems to really like Hornady's new Superformance 58gr VMax bullets.
Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on April 14, 2011, 02:31 PM:
Ursus21, I would advise against aerial gunning in a homemade balsa wood plane...
Posted by RonFin (Member # 3483) on April 14, 2011, 02:32 PM:
Great pictures! Seeing the wide open country is just as good as seeing the critters.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 02:49 PM:
Ron, no dead coyotes in this photo, but it does show how wide open this country is. I've killed a number of coyotes on this ranch. Some years the grass is so short it's hard to hide a tick let alone a hunter.
Posted by Randy Roede (Member # 1273) on April 14, 2011, 03:13 PM:
U21, I thought them Feb. coyotes were tough to kill!!
Nice pics!!!
[ April 14, 2011, 03:13 PM: Message edited by: Randy Roede ]
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on April 14, 2011, 03:26 PM:
Wide open country alright, but plenty of sneaky routes for the coyotes to approach. Nice buck, Ursus.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on April 14, 2011, 05:48 PM:
Randy took your little bit of advice to heart, thought things through a little more, and killed a pile of coyotes in Feb.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on April 14, 2011, 06:28 PM:
yep, Coyote-Rhode gives purdy good advice
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on April 14, 2011, 09:00 PM:
Amazing photos and beautiful country. Looks like any weapon in your hands is bad medicine for the critter(s) you're hunting.
Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on April 17, 2011, 05:12 PM:
for a waterfowl hunter turned predator caller, you seem to hold your own Ursus! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
In other words, there's some poor water fowl hunter missing his camo!
Posted by Cayotaytalker (Member # 1954) on April 17, 2011, 05:27 PM:
Yes odd camo for sure but I think it works.
Posted by buckfynn (Member # 3829) on May 06, 2011, 10:57 PM:
Very nice photos Ursus. It looks like almost all of them are pales. Most of 'em I have taken in Central and Southwest Idaho have been mainly grayish brown. A few are tan and rust colored. Occasionally I will find a pale or black one. And very rarely will I run across a silver/white one. I'm sorry I don't have any photos of them.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 06, 2011, 11:12 PM:
Welcome to The New HuntmastersBBS.com, buckfynn. Glad to have you on board.
gh/lb
Posted by 5shots (Member # 427) on May 08, 2011, 08:29 AM:
Ursus21, Being from the Glendive, Mt. area, I'm naturally a bit interested in what area you are from. Circle is only 45 miles from me. If you aren't too far away, I would like to maybe meet and get to know you. I'm always interested in meeting people from the boards.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on May 08, 2011, 09:23 AM:
5shots, don't suppose you've ever heard of a guy named Todd Naasz ? He's a teacher there in Glendive and is my cousins, cousin..
It can be a small world, ya never know ?
Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on May 08, 2011, 04:16 PM:
ursus21,
The terrain out there just amazes me how it holds as much game as it does. I don't see any trees!!!
I see how you got that nice Tom. You just sat near the only tree within 100 miles or so. Pretty easy to find the roost like that. Just kiddin ya.
Posted by 5shots (Member # 427) on May 15, 2011, 10:25 PM:
quote:
5shots, don't suppose you've ever heard of a guy named Todd Naasz ? He's a teacher there in Glendive and is my cousins, cousin..
It can be a small world, ya never know ?
I have! I'm not sure, but I think he teaches band? It's been a long time since I had anything to do with the school system.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 16, 2011, 06:26 AM:
5Shots, I'm originally from Sidney. However 5 years ago I moved further West and live in a small town outside Great Falls. Still get back to eastern Montana every chance I get though. You live in some great coyote, deer, antelope, and turkey country if you are out of Glendive.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on May 18, 2011, 08:11 AM:
5shots, Yep thats him. Like I say its a small world, BTW my mother grew up in ole' roundtown.
It has been a long time since I've been back there, was supposed to go with my mom to her 40th high school reunion last summer but couldn't get the time off from work
Oh' well one of these days...
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