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Topic: Is anybody actually killing coyotes?
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Rich Higgins
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posted January 23, 2006 05:55 AM
Bill,
APC-- 100 pts.
XPCI--60 pts.
SAWC--40 pts
PVCI--20 pts.
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DAA
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posted January 23, 2006 06:01 AM
Tim, remind me of which Foxpro you have, so I know which black box to send with the CD.
I got out Saturday, for the first time in almost two months. Made six stands. This female came in exactly 35 seconds into the first stand of the morning, using the good old Utah Jack sound.
Second to the last stand of the day, I was able to kill this big old boy. He stretched my scale to 40 lb's even. A Big Coyote for our neck of the woods.
Spent 40 minutes on that stand exchanging insults with him using my Higgins howler. After he had been silent for five minutes, I fired up some pup distress on the Foxpro and he lit up again, only a lot closer this time and I was able to see him. He was dead very shortly afterward. Spent another 15 minutes exchanging insults with his widow, but she wouldn't show herself.
Just for grins, for anyone who might be really bored, here's a video clip of Tim killing the first one. We both used my .17 Predator, of course, and although Tim failed to get it on camera, the big one dropped just as cleanly as this one.
- DAA
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Cdog911
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posted January 23, 2006 09:33 AM
DAA,
That's some great video. There hasn't been a KS coyote come in like that for a long time. Had his tail up there pretty well for a while.
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varmit hunter
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posted January 23, 2006 12:19 PM
Damn Dave, He was dead before God got the news.
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Bryan J
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posted January 23, 2006 01:01 PM
Thanks Dave! I’m on dial up and that clip was well worth the wait.
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2dogs
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posted January 23, 2006 02:27 PM
Coyote is right @ the top of the pic [center area].
Stalked in on this one. He was laying 1/2 mile out, [balled-up]. Sorry about the crappy pic[small viewfinder & old eyes]LOL!
Anyway, crawled to within 70'of him. He was still sleeping[here comes the sandman! LOL].
Right before I crank one off. Thought I'd make sure my muzzle cleared the last little rise.
Between him & I. Welllll, it "appeared so" ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Charlene's set-in for 600. So I had to do some crosshair adjusting. Aimed, KAWOOM!. Took the top of the rise off & made a crator under the coyote. Coyote flew a couple ft, straight up[I like that]. I guess I was off, a tad on my elevation, eh ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) .
He flew right by me flat-out 20' away, never seen me. Oh well, had fun regardless.
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Bill
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posted January 23, 2006 03:17 PM
Thanks Rich. It looks like the XPCI had and effect on the score. Congratulations to APC.
Bill
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Locohead
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posted January 23, 2006 03:52 PM
WOW, Dave! That video quality is awesome. You got right on that coyote. I wish getting on coyotes with a camera was as easy as with your scope. A good tripod and a super fluid head is just as important as the glass on your rifle. Great video! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Do the old Foxpros have the capability of utilizing the Utah Jack? Some guy's baby girl gave me one a few years ago!
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Lonny
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posted January 23, 2006 05:13 PM
Dave, great video and pics thanks for sharing. 40 lbs! thats a big chunk of coyote. You ever killed one bigger?
Loco, I have the older FP and have DAA's "Utah Jack" on mine. FP can put the sound on for you. Big handshake to you Loco on the new addition to the family! I hope the wife is doing well.
I used the Utah Jack to kill a coyote yesterday. The first coyote came into the bulb squeaker. I spotted it while walking from the first stand to the second and I had to quickly hunker down and call from a not so good spot and luckily everything worked out. The second one several stands later came into the Utah Jack. Both males. One was a pretty big guy that had to be around 30 lbs.
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Rich Higgins
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posted January 23, 2006 05:55 PM
Bill, they certainly did. Plus there were some other changes as well. Tyler and I hunted for APC this year and I understand that one team arrived after checkin deadline with six coyotes. Must have had a heck of a long drive.
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DJ in AZ
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posted January 23, 2006 06:04 PM
Rich ,
What club is XPCI? Also congrats to ACP . Missed the hunt, had to work. It seems like nothing going right lately -- Last club hunt we had 3 coyote's and 2 fox and what do I do -- get the damn truck stuck at 5:30 Sunday night in a wash.(down to the axles) Didn't get out til 7:30 , 2 hrs from check-in. Well , we'll try to get em' with the handguns and muzzle loaders in Feb.
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DAA
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posted January 23, 2006 06:52 PM
Big congrats on the cute new critter there Danny! Not sure if your Foxpro can use the black box to change sounds or not. Open it up and look under the battery tray. If there's a loose small 4 wire pigtail, then it will. Otherwise, you'll have to send it in to Foxpro to get the sounds changed.
Lonny, that is the second biggest one I've killed and weighed. A couple others I can think of "might" have been close, but did not weigh them so can't say for sure. The one in the foreground in the picture below is definitely the biggest I've ever got though. He weighed 44 lb's on the same scale. Killed him last year with my .17 Mach IV.
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Doggitter
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posted January 23, 2006 07:05 PM
Since you asked...
I went out this weekend and got five, all one shot from the .17 Rem, all but one DRT and it made it 25 yards, 3 dogs, 2 bitches, and ... my first and second ever doubles in 20-25 years of calling! My best for a weekend before was 3. Had the Airdale and Healer help out, and glad I did.
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brad h
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posted January 23, 2006 07:09 PM
Two on Friday and three more on Sunday. First time I've ever used electronic vocalizations.
Sunday's three.
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Bill
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posted January 23, 2006 07:25 PM
Rich I talked with our Huntmaster and he had 3 coyotes but didn't go to the check in. Sounds like the PVC guys really had a bad day, they have overwhelmed the other clubs with many more teams in the past.
Bill
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Az-Hunter
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posted January 23, 2006 07:32 PM
Brad;
You sure have pretty coyotes up there! Fat and furry,
Daves, look just as nice.....Im envious.
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Lonny
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posted January 23, 2006 08:56 PM
Very nice trio of healthy looking coyotes Brad. Were you using vocalizations you recorded onto the e-call or sounds already on the caller?
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brad h
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posted January 23, 2006 09:28 PM
These were big coyotes. And much nicer than ones we've shot in the past at this time of year.
The sounds came with the caller, Lonny. The three in particular that I used most were the illustrious WT female howls. The less agressive ones.
All the howls seemed kinda dominant but they deserved a shot and got the job done none the less. It was fun and interesting watching some of those pairs come from well over a mile away. It gives a good idea of what might go on during the stands when you can't see that far.
Brad
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Rich Higgins
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posted January 24, 2006 06:16 AM
Wow Dave great. Think what you could have done with a grown-up's gun. lol
Brad, did you use a WT?
Bill, PVCI still overwhelmed the other clubs with more teams. Two of the teams took one coyote each.
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Cdog911
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posted January 24, 2006 09:09 AM
Rich,
Do those coyotes of Brad's look familiar? Note the slight rufus over the top of the muzzles, the white margins around the posterior ears with rufus interiors. Looks to me like Brad has been calling around those Kansas feedlots again. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Yellerdog
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posted January 24, 2006 10:00 AM
I shot this double on the Jan. 15th.
The male tipped the scales at 46 pounds.
Nasty stinkin' old coyote with half his teeth missing or broken and one side of his upper lip missing.
I haven't been out a lot, but this months off to a slow start other than these two. Called in coyotes on a couple of other stands but we failed to close the deal. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
The male
Both of them
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Jrbhunter
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posted January 24, 2006 10:22 AM
I was down and out with my wisdom teeth for the first week of the month but I've picked it up since then... Since Jan 6th
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scruffy
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posted January 24, 2006 10:40 AM
Hey JRB, nice mess of coyotes. I saw them on your site before it stopped letting me lurk. Now it's requesting a login? I take it you don't like lurkers? Kind of hard for someone new to your site to see if they want to join if they can't read the posts isn't it?
Oh, and smile man, you're supposed to be having fun.
later,
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Rich Higgins
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posted January 24, 2006 10:41 AM
January is T-shirt weather in Indiana? It's colder than that here.
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Jrbhunter
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posted January 24, 2006 11:24 AM
Was 72° on January 9th here Rich... been the warmest winter I can remember. I think we've set four or five daily record highs and an average temperatur record as well. We have only had one snow this winter and it didn't last but a couple days... very hard to put up fur or process game in weather like this.
Scruffy, we have had issues with starving artists lurkers... nothing against the common man, I just get tired of seeing our original material and photos stolen and placed on other sites in a different context for their benefit. Membership seems to have increased rapidly since the lock, but I still wish we could open it up.
I tell ya what, I'll give you a membership for free... just fill out the registration form and you're in.
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