724wd Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 so, a co-worker of mine has a couple acres and a couple of kids. seems 3 coyotes have been having the run of the place, coming through the back yard and such. last week he asks how to get rid of them.... well gee! i can help that! so i headed out this morning to his place. about halfway there, the fog gets THICK. hmmm... maybe it'll burn off. when i pull into the driveway, i can barely see 50 yards. he and i headed out to get the lay of the land a bit. i found a nice little rise with some old farm equipment parked there... perfect to set up in. we headed back to the house and watched some cartoons with his son and talked about life. fog lifted an hour later and we headed back to our spot. i set up my coyote caller, an old CD based system with 2 speakers. had my ghillie suit on, a .300 win mag with 130 grainers, .22 for finishers if needed, and Chris had my 1928 model 12 16 gauge with #4's if they snuck up on us. i hit play on the caller and did a fawn distress track for about a minute, minute and a half. waited 5 minutes or so and hit the coyote serenade, then a little rabbit distress for a minute. waited another five minutes and nothing was moving. i've never used a coyote call before, they've always been a target of opportunity. "well Hell," I start to think. caught some movement out of the corner of my eye... yup, 3 coyotes on their way in! i moved into a better position and watched as two milled around looking for the goodies about 200 yards off. the third dog was still coming. i got on it with the scope and it stopped broadside at 143 (lasered) yards. i smacked it in the spine and turned to the other two. they were headed off at a run, and i took a second shot just in case. missed of course. they headed off for parts unknown. chris and i checked on the coyote i shot. female, young, healthy. we took her tail and a couple of pics. 130 grain .30 caliber bullet is nasty on a small dog. there was a six inch notch missing from her mid spine. the gun is dead-nuts at 300, and i held low to compensate. coyote was smaller than i expected, and with a little jerk on the trigger on my part, i about missed! so we packed up and headed back to the house. trampled through the stiff snow, tough going since we kept breaking through. put all the stuff back in the car and chris says "Listen!" one of the other coyotes was howling, and close! i spotted it 400 yards off against a fence and ran around the house to get a better look. it was just standing there, crying. we headed through the field to close the distance. i lost sight of the dog and we had to get even closer. ended up at the same piece of equipment i took the first shot from. the dog was still standing still, and i tried to get calmed down. as i squeezed the trigger, felt myself tense up and knew it the shot was bad. the gun (rem 700 with ported barrel) is SO LOUD after 2 shots i developed a flinch! should have remembered ear plugs! saw the coyote running across a field, but it wouldnt stop, even with a mouth rabbit distress call. interesting part is, these coyotes were kinds hemmed in, as my friends place backs up onto fairchild AFB, and there is a 90 degree corner that kinda traps them. in a couple weeks, i'll be back to check to make sure the dogs dont come back. we were both amazed at how well the calling worked. they came running with no worries! what fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 You done a good job writing that story.We have the same situation here.Big housing additions and sports fields surround us,but the back side of my place is a creek and flood plane,so there's 3 or 400 acres that's undeveloped,and I'd hate to guess how many songdogs there are there.People are loosing their cats and small dogs,and the coyotes will eat dog food they put out for their pets,and run off 50 yards or so when they shooo them off,waiting for them to leave,so they can finish eating.When a siren goes down the road in the late afternoon,they'll really bust loose relping.Thanks for the hunting story and pics. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
724wd Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 chris says at least one of the coyotes is still hanging around and howling... sounds like i have more work to do! yippee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dindvik Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Next time you have more than one coming in get the first one in as close as you can and shoot the other one first, you know what to do with the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
724wd Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 thanks! i'll work on that. probably not this weekend, but soon, i hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.