Post by BobR on Dec 31, 2003 9:11:49 GMT -5
My 16 year old son was here for Christmas. I bought him his first hunting license and introduced him to predator calling. Saturday morning the weather was nasty early, so we did not get out until 11:00 am. I took my new Cronk antler call that I received in the mail Friday. Rich has tuned this call to perfection. I can make about any sound I want on this call. It was still very windy in the mountains and we could not find a wind break, so we headed to the stubble field where I called the big male coyote two weeks ago. We hiked in to set up on the same draw I called that day. I had to get lower in the draw to get out of the wind. We set up laying in the stubble in the prone where we could watch the draw. While I was giving Craig last minute instruction, 4 deer came up out of the brushy bottom and moved up onto the stubble field to graze.
I told craig to watch the deer, if they ran away a coyote was coming.
I started off with a pup howl,waited a minute and started the adult deer distress that had worked here two weeks ago. The deer were at least 700 yards away, and they looked our way when I started calling. But they wnet back to grazing after a bit, moving away from us.
After 15 minutes, the deer were still there, and I had seen nor heard nothing. I decided to play with my new call, and made another howl. Still nothing, so I got up and told Craig we should move to another location. I had taken about two steps back up the hill, when Craig said, Dad, the deer are running, they are coming right at us.
I told him to get back down quick. I started the deer distress again, and the deer stopped and looked right at us, then they looked back down the draw. They then ran down through the brushy bottom and disappeared on the field to our right. The top of the far ridge was highlighted in the sun light. I saw the coyote appear on that ridge, pause to look our way, then it went down into the shade and disappeared into the first swail.
I whispered to Craig, "There is a coyote coming, be still and be ready." He said,"where, I don't see it."
I said, "you will." Then the coyote topped the next ridge, and I could tell Craig was excited. It was about 300 yards out when it disappeared in to the last swail.
I whispered to Craig to be ready when he saw it again.
The coyote appeared lower on the next ridge than I had expected. It slowly raised its head to peek at us from behind that ridge. I was still screaming away and wondered if Craig saw it. Then Bang, whop, coyote gone.
The shot was 150 yards and all Craig could see was the coyote's head. The .22-250 round hit the coyote right between the eyes with no exit. Its eyes popped clear out of its skull. Love my new call and Craig is hooked on calling.
The deer came out down between the two patches of snow near the brush. You can see the sunlit ridge where coyote first appeared. This pic was taken where the coyote died. We were 150 yards back on the next ridge.
This pic speaks for itself. I hung my call around Craig's neck for the pic. Note call near his elbow
I told craig to watch the deer, if they ran away a coyote was coming.
I started off with a pup howl,waited a minute and started the adult deer distress that had worked here two weeks ago. The deer were at least 700 yards away, and they looked our way when I started calling. But they wnet back to grazing after a bit, moving away from us.
After 15 minutes, the deer were still there, and I had seen nor heard nothing. I decided to play with my new call, and made another howl. Still nothing, so I got up and told Craig we should move to another location. I had taken about two steps back up the hill, when Craig said, Dad, the deer are running, they are coming right at us.
I told him to get back down quick. I started the deer distress again, and the deer stopped and looked right at us, then they looked back down the draw. They then ran down through the brushy bottom and disappeared on the field to our right. The top of the far ridge was highlighted in the sun light. I saw the coyote appear on that ridge, pause to look our way, then it went down into the shade and disappeared into the first swail.
I whispered to Craig, "There is a coyote coming, be still and be ready." He said,"where, I don't see it."
I said, "you will." Then the coyote topped the next ridge, and I could tell Craig was excited. It was about 300 yards out when it disappeared in to the last swail.
I whispered to Craig to be ready when he saw it again.
The coyote appeared lower on the next ridge than I had expected. It slowly raised its head to peek at us from behind that ridge. I was still screaming away and wondered if Craig saw it. Then Bang, whop, coyote gone.
The shot was 150 yards and all Craig could see was the coyote's head. The .22-250 round hit the coyote right between the eyes with no exit. Its eyes popped clear out of its skull. Love my new call and Craig is hooked on calling.
The deer came out down between the two patches of snow near the brush. You can see the sunlit ridge where coyote first appeared. This pic was taken where the coyote died. We were 150 yards back on the next ridge.
This pic speaks for itself. I hung my call around Craig's neck for the pic. Note call near his elbow
Happy New Year to you and your Family.
