1st Coyote

94bluerat · October 26, 2009, 06:16 AM

Finally got one. I'd love to tell you story about set-up, calling, fast shooting etc. But, I was in a deer stand, it came in and I dropped it at 25yrds w/ a M-88 in .308.

2damnold4this · October 26, 2009, 06:47 AM

Congrats! I killed my first coyote Saturday from deer stand too. : )

DiscoRacing · October 26, 2009, 06:50 AM

Good Job... I wanna get one but never get to see one

Art Eatman · October 26, 2009, 10:03 AM

If you hunt from a stand, take some table scraps along--steak or ham bone, for example--and set the bait out maybe 50 yards. You might toll a coyote or bobcat in.

And as snoopy-curious as whitetail are, you never know but what a deer or three will come past to check it out. I know that they're not scared off by a gutpile out in a pasture--which of course is good coyote bait.

If you kill a deer, gut it, haul it to the truck and then come back and sit for an hour or so and watch this bait pile you've made. You might get lucky.

30-30remchester · October 26, 2009, 12:52 PM

Congradulations on a fine trophy. I have had the privalidge of living with them for years and taking many over the years. This is one of the unsung animals that is highly underrated as a trophy. A coyote is quite literally the second most itelligent animal on the continent, second only to man.

shepherddogs · October 27, 2009, 07:02 PM

Congratulations Bluerat. I have em all around my house but never see em when I have a gun.

I don't care that much for deer hunting but I've been trying to get a coyote.

Tex S · October 27, 2009, 08:38 PM

Quote:

If you hunt from a stand, take some table scraps along--steak or ham bone, for example--and set the bait out maybe 50 yards. You might toll a coyote or bobcat in.

Careful though... baiting is illegal in some states. I'm pretty sure you cant do it here in Texas.

Art, your from Texas; have you ever heard that baiting is illegal?

lt dan · October 28, 2009, 02:01 AM

well done, 94bluerat. i hunt jackal about once a week and getting one sure is tough. did you weigh that one? i dont know if it is only the camera angle but that dog looks big. is that an average size coyote?

i always knew that the coyote was bigger than the jackal but if this is an average size coyote, it is a lot bigger than our jackal.

the largest jackal i shot weighed in at 33 pounds, but i dont know the record in africa.

94bluerat · October 28, 2009, 06:32 AM

It was just shy of 35lbs. The guy who helped me tan the hide said it was the best looking one he had seen here in SC.

There was a second one that came in 10 minutes later as I was getting out of the stand. It was smaller, darker and very scraggly and mangy looking. Didn't get a chance at the second one. It saw me reach for the rifle and did an about face and disappeared in a milisecond.

DRice.72 · October 28, 2009, 06:54 AM

the dept of wildlife management re-introduced coyotes here several years ago. The population exploded to the point that now there is an open season on them, no limit either sex.

FrontSight · October 28, 2009, 02:24 PM

Niiiiiice!

James R. Burke · October 29, 2009, 06:38 PM

Nice job!

sserdlihc · October 29, 2009, 09:48 PM

Very Nice!!! Here in Laurens county they are everywhere. A friend and I have a permit to night hunt coyotes from the game warden due to the problems his family has with them.

Bigjim3 · October 29, 2009, 09:54 PM

Very nice, Would make a nice mount...Unless you have a cat

zahnzieh · October 30, 2009, 09:53 PM

Many a time I have wanted to put out a large rat-trap for these varmints- so numerous! I read that these critters pull down as much as 60% of newborn fawns per year. In archery only areas these beasts are unstoppable - you do not want to not find a down/wounded animal - you will find nothing but bones in the morning.

Art Eatman · October 31, 2009, 10:16 AM

Baiting for coyotes in Texas is legal. For that matter, so is baiting for deer.

October 28, 2009, 02:01 AM	#8
lt dan Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2008 Location: south africa Posts: 328	well done, 94bluerat. i hunt jackal about once a week and getting one sure is tough. did you weigh that one? i dont know if it is only the camera angle but that dog looks big. is that an average size coyote? i always knew that the coyote was bigger than the jackal but if this is an average size coyote, it is a lot bigger than our jackal. the largest jackal i shot weighed in at 33 pounds, but i dont know the record in africa. __________________ If youth is wasted on the young, then Africa is wasted on the Africans

October 28, 2009, 06:32 AM	#9
94bluerat Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2007 Location: South of Canada Posts: 204	It was just shy of 35lbs. The guy who helped me tan the hide said it was the best looking one he had seen here in SC. There was a second one that came in 10 minutes later as I was getting out of the stand. It was smaller, darker and very scraggly and mangy looking. Didn't get a chance at the second one. It saw me reach for the rifle and did an about face and disappeared in a milisecond. __________________ "Got a shotgun, a rifle and a four wheel drive" - HW Jr. Rifleman BSA Eagle Scout

October 28, 2009, 06:54 AM	#10
DRice.72 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2009 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 451	the dept of wildlife management re-introduced coyotes here several years ago. The population exploded to the point that now there is an open season on them, no limit either sex. __________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin Light is faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright unitl you hear them speak! They should have stopped with "Congress shall make no Law...

October 28, 2009, 02:24 PM	#11
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Niiiiiice! __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

October 29, 2009, 09:48 PM	#13
sserdlihc Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2008 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,454	Very Nice!!! Here in Laurens county they are everywhere. A friend and I have a permit to night hunt coyotes from the game warden due to the problems his family has with them. __________________ Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Aupleius If someone doesn't like you, that's their problem! Milton Childress

October 26, 2009, 06:47 AM	#2
2damnold4this Senior Member Join Date: August 12, 2009 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 2,526	Congrats! I killed my first coyote Saturday from deer stand too. : )

October 26, 2009, 06:50 AM	#3
DiscoRacing Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2008 Location: milton, wv Posts: 3,640	Good Job... I wanna get one but never get to see one

October 26, 2009, 10:03 AM	#4
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	If you hunt from a stand, take some table scraps along--steak or ham bone, for example--and set the bait out maybe 50 yards. You might toll a coyote or bobcat in. And as snoopy-curious as whitetail are, you never know but what a deer or three will come past to check it out. I know that they're not scared off by a gutpile out in a pasture--which of course is good coyote bait. If you kill a deer, gut it, haul it to the truck and then come back and sit for an hour or so and watch this bait pile you've made. You might get lucky.

October 26, 2009, 12:52 PM	#5
30-30remchester Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2009 Location: mountains of colorado Posts: 977	Congradulations on a fine trophy. I have had the privalidge of living with them for years and taking many over the years. This is one of the unsung animals that is highly underrated as a trophy. A coyote is quite literally the second most itelligent animal on the continent, second only to man.

October 27, 2009, 07:02 PM	#6
shepherddogs Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2007 Posts: 1,007	Congratulations Bluerat. I have em all around my house but never see em when I have a gun. I don't care that much for deer hunting but I've been trying to get a coyote.

October 29, 2009, 06:38 PM	#12
James R. Burke Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2009 Location: U.P. of Mich/Quinnesec Posts: 1,897	Nice job!

October 29, 2009, 09:54 PM	#14
Bigjim3 Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 419	Very nice, Would make a nice mount...Unless you have a cat __________________ Jesus according to Luke:22:36: Then said he unto them, ,,,,,, and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one......... Thomas Jefferson: "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

October 30, 2009, 09:53 PM	#15
zahnzieh Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Posts: 206	Many a time I have wanted to put out a large rat-trap for these varmints- so numerous! I read that these critters pull down as much as 60% of newborn fawns per year. In archery only areas these beasts are unstoppable - you do not want to not find a down/wounded animal - you will find nothing but bones in the morning.

October 31, 2009, 10:16 AM	#16
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Baiting for coyotes in Texas is legal. For that matter, so is baiting for deer.