A coyote morning... anybody else?

LateNightFlight · December 11, 2009, 06:00 PM

This far into December, I imagine most of you coyote hunters have been out taking care of business and piling up the hides. I, on the other hand, have been mostly derelict in duty and until this morning could only claim one clean miss for the season. (Just missed - no excuses - a blind man with palsy could have made the shot. I did not.

)

This morning was another story. I connected with a Rem 700 SPS Varmint in 223. I absolutely love these Hornady 40 grain V-Max rounds out of the gun... a clean little entry and no exit... but a big mess inside that sends them to the big rabbit and chicken fields in the sky, instantly.

This one was a 30-35lb. female with a super nice December coat.

Half done...

And done!

Anybody else? How are ya'll doing with the coyotes this year?

fastforty · December 11, 2009, 06:13 PM

A big pack of coyotes has been ripping it up around here lately, getting closer every night. A week ago, they were hunting between 1/4 & 1/2 mile away so I got my coyote gun out of the safe. Next thing you know, a buncha sheep move in next door with two BIG sheepdogs, haven't heard a coyote since

Daryl · December 11, 2009, 09:32 PM

Very nice coyote!

Congrat's.

Daryl

shortwave · December 11, 2009, 10:20 PM

Thats a nice coyote LNF.

Wife and I just got back from Lowe`s Hardware. Pulled in the parking lot and down by the lumber pick-up, out in the grass, someone had leaned a frozen coyote up against a light pole. Don`t know if they took it out of truck to load wood or what. Maybe forgot it

. Anyway it had a nice heavy coat. Alot of reddish tint to it.

LateNightFlight · December 11, 2009, 11:03 PM

Shortwave, that's the funniest thing I've heard in awhile! Who leans a coyote against a pole and leaves it there? I'm picturing that. (LMAO!)

shortwave · December 12, 2009, 08:14 AM

When we made the turn into the lot and headlights hit it I couldn`t believe it. Looked like he was alive and just standing there. Dropped wife off at door and went back for a close-up.
Sure enough, eyes weren`t failing me.

I know the manager(he`s a hunter) and asked him if I could get written permission to hunt in his parking lot

. Don`t think he believed me til I took him out and showed him.

Coat was very nice and would have made a nice mount.

jdscholer · December 13, 2009, 12:17 AM

That's a beaut you've got there. Reading your post and seeing the pic makes me want to get out first thing in the A.M., but I've got too many chores that I've been putting off for too long.

I've been working them over a little bit this year with pretty good luck; only fair skill. I've called up ten or twelve, and only killed three.

We've had a heck of a cold spell around here, and that just makes them hungrier, so I've got to get out and do some more squealing. jd

langenc · December 13, 2009, 08:17 PM

Send her to Moyles to be tanned and remembered forever.

ARDogman · December 14, 2009, 09:17 PM

Quote:

That's a beaut you've got there.

One of my favorite things is when people use the word "beaut."

December 11, 2009, 06:00 PM	#1
LateNightFlight Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2007 Location: Central Missouri Posts: 552	A coyote morning... anybody else? This far into December, I imagine most of you coyote hunters have been out taking care of business and piling up the hides. I, on the other hand, have been mostly derelict in duty and until this morning could only claim one clean miss for the season. (Just missed - no excuses - a blind man with palsy could have made the shot. I did not. ) This morning was another story. I connected with a Rem 700 SPS Varmint in 223. I absolutely love these Hornady 40 grain V-Max rounds out of the gun... a clean little entry and no exit... but a big mess inside that sends them to the big rabbit and chicken fields in the sky, instantly. This one was a 30-35lb. female with a super nice December coat. Half done... And done! Anybody else? How are ya'll doing with the coyotes this year?

December 11, 2009, 06:13 PM	#2
fastforty Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 1999 Location: In a kornfield in kalifornia Posts: 1,161	A big pack of coyotes has been ripping it up around here lately, getting closer every night. A week ago, they were hunting between 1/4 & 1/2 mile away so I got my coyote gun out of the safe. Next thing you know, a buncha sheep move in next door with two BIG sheepdogs, haven't heard a coyote since __________________ When Banjos are outlawed, only Outlaws will have Banjos The Bible is my lawbook. I turn the other cheek when applicable, and spend the rest of my days resisting evil at every front, until I have breathed my last breath.

December 11, 2009, 10:20 PM	#4
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	Coyote hunting at Lowe`s Hardware Thats a nice coyote LNF. Wife and I just got back from Lowe`s Hardware. Pulled in the parking lot and down by the lumber pick-up, out in the grass, someone had leaned a frozen coyote up against a light pole. Don`t know if they took it out of truck to load wood or what. Maybe forgot it. Anyway it had a nice heavy coat. Alot of reddish tint to it.

December 12, 2009, 08:14 AM	#6
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	When we made the turn into the lot and headlights hit it I couldn`t believe it. Looked like he was alive and just standing there. Dropped wife off at door and went back for a close-up. Sure enough, eyes weren`t failing me. I know the manager(he`s a hunter) and asked him if I could get written permission to hunt in his parking lot. Don`t think he believed me til I took him out and showed him. Coat was very nice and would have made a nice mount.

December 13, 2009, 12:17 AM	#7
jdscholer Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 1,197	That's a beaut you've got there. Reading your post and seeing the pic makes me want to get out first thing in the A.M., but I've got too many chores that I've been putting off for too long. I've been working them over a little bit this year with pretty good luck; only fair skill. I've called up ten or twelve, and only killed three. We've had a heck of a cold spell around here, and that just makes them hungrier, so I've got to get out and do some more squealing. jd __________________ "We're all dummies, just in different ways." Old Okie Philosopher

December 11, 2009, 09:32 PM	#3
Daryl Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2008 Posts: 2,350	Very nice coyote! Congrat's. Daryl

December 11, 2009, 11:03 PM	#5
LateNightFlight Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2007 Location: Central Missouri Posts: 552	Shortwave, that's the funniest thing I've heard in awhile! Who leans a coyote against a pole and leaves it there? I'm picturing that. (LMAO!)

December 13, 2009, 08:17 PM	#8
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Send her to Moyles to be tanned and remembered forever.