Wednesday, February 18, 2009

I found it

Well after all these years of hunting coyotes I finally found the one spot a yote can stand and I would not be able to get a shot off.
Yep I went out for some actual yote hunting yesterday in the heat,mud and water. Man what I wouldn't give for a deep freeze and about a foot of snow. Anyway got out yesterday prelight and about midday I was set up where I shot a fox 4-5 years ago. I set up in the same spot everytime I call this property and nothin'. So I venture a little further back into the woods and set up looking across a ravine to another hill 100 to 120 yrds across. I was into the call about 5 min. when I noticed movement on the hillside. Good right?? well this yote had placed itself behind 3 or 4 branches/trees so all I could see was his muzzle and one ear. So I cut the sound hoping to make him take 2 steps forward where I would have at least a chance at a shot. Well he just stood there sizing up the situation, then he looked back.... so I took my eye off the scope and looked down the ravine hoping for a second yote. Apparently that was just a decoy look, by the time I know I didn't see another yote and got back into the scope on the original yote he had turned and walked out of sight all I saw a tail. So I hit the caller and threw every sound I had at him, he was never to be seen again.
So I made a few more stands and started to notice alot of den trees, I wanted a break and nature was calling so I made a bet with myself. I bet that I could set up my caller, stand behind a tree hit play, relieve myself and call out a coon, before I was finished relieving myself. I won, after I hit play I had a coon crawling out of the hole before I was finished. It's not coon season so I finished, picked up my gear and went onto my next set giggling about the coon that got away.
My first time out yote hunting was awesome, it only could've gotten better if I had put some fur on the ground. Oh well there's always next time.

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