We've got between 20-30 yotes around here. Don't see any rabbits and very few rats/mice. I need to get setup to put a few down.
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Pitbull v. coyote
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I mostly lucked out as I got a later than normal start. I was able to kick up a raccoon with the FoxPro call, but there was too many branches in the way and my shot got deflected.
I was out on public hunting grounds, and when I went back to recover my FoxPro, I left my Bulldog back at my truck. As soon as I bent down to pick up the speaker section, I accidentally pressed the remote call in my pocket!
Boy, you should have seen me fumbling 100 yards in the dead of night with nothing more than a mini red LED flashlight while I could hear raccoons heeding the call coming in from right behind me! It was like my own personal horror flick!
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That is a nicer looking coyote, especially compared to the one I got. Did you mount it? Even then I don't know if I would (though a coyote with teeth and a pheasant in its mouth would be cool for a mount.)
No sir, when I used to trap with some buddies we got several good looking yotes. Some of them got them mounted, the prettiest mounts that they have is a marbled skunk, bobcat and river otter. I had a lot of fun running traps with those guys, it was a never ending adventure.
One spot we had to canoe out too, we got a big male coyote. My buddy popped him with the pistol, I grabbed him and tossed him in the canoe. As we were paddling to more traps it started growling. The worst was before we were allowed to take bobcats…. You had to choke them out with a catch pole then release them.
@Cranky1 What? Awwww helllllll no!! He would’ve gotten tossed right back out too.
What’s the deal with choking out the bobcats? Couldn’t y’all have tranquilized them?
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I mostly lucked out as I got a later than normal start. I was able to kick up a raccoon with the FoxPro call, but there was too many branches in the way and my shot got deflected.
I was out on public hunting grounds, and when I went back to recover my FoxPro, I left my Bulldog back at my truck. As soon as I bent down to pick up the speaker section, I accidentally pressed the remote call in my pocket!
Boy, you should have seen me fumbling 100 yards in the dead of night with nothing more than a mini red LED flashlight while I could hear raccoons heeding the call coming in from right behind me! It was like my own personal horror flick!
That is hilarious. I can only imagine how that must have felt. I’d like to know how you handle yotes coming into an electronic call hot with a Bulldog. Do they tend to come in fast like coons do? I haven’t hunted yotes yet, but I’m interested in learning eventually.
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I mostly lucked out as I got a later than normal start. I was able to kick up a raccoon with the FoxPro call, but there was too many branches in the way and my shot got deflected.
I was out on public hunting grounds, and when I went back to recover my FoxPro, I left my Bulldog back at my truck. As soon as I bent down to pick up the speaker section, I accidentally pressed the remote call in my pocket!
Boy, you should have seen me fumbling 100 yards in the dead of night with nothing more than a mini red LED flashlight while I could hear raccoons heeding the call coming in from right behind me! It was like my own personal horror flick!
That is hilarious. I can only imagine how that must have felt. I’d like to know how you handle yotes coming into an electronic call hot with a Bulldog. Do they tend to come in fast like coons do? I haven’t hunted yotes yet, but I’m interested in learning eventually.
I went out in the daytime last week and saw a ton of coyote tracks in the snow. I did two stands and didn't kick any up, but the wind wasn't exactly in my favor. After watching some of Jim Chapman's videos, I decided to place the call around 70 yards away pointing to my left, in the hopes I could get a yote running in broadside. After watching several dozen hours of PB coyote hunters, the best way to get a yote to freeze is to mute the call. Now I have my FoxPro remote attached to my BOG FieldMax Pro, so I don't have to fumble with it much, and I can mute it while I'm still looking through my scope.
I'm gonna give it another shot in March and see if I'm lucky. I'd love to take out my new .30 cal, but I don't think it has the power for bodyshots at distance, but should be accurate enough for headshots.
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I don't think I'd bother to mount her, but since you've got a few more on the way, I think I'd maybe start getting the pelts tanned. Three of them will make a nice warm throw or even something nice for your dog to lay on, on a cold winter day. Wouldn't that be appropriate!? :-D
For my part, I can see why they're pests to some, but for me, them and the foxes are clean-up crew. I can pop squirrels and when I get tired of eating them, I just leave them in a certain place and a 'yote or fox will come pick them up during the night.
I don't have chickens or animals and the only outdoor animals are some guard dogs on a Greek Orthodox church that abuts my back yard. Those damn dogs are barking all night, every night. I wish a coyote WOULD get them...
For my part, I can see why they're pests to some, but for me, them and the foxes are clean-up crew. I can pop squirrels and when I get tired of eating them, I just leave them in a certain place and a 'yote or fox will come pick them up during the night.
I don't have chickens or animals and the only outdoor animals are some guard dogs on a Greek Orthodox church that abuts my back yard. Those damn dogs are barking all night, every night. I wish a coyote WOULD get them...
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These coyote are a very destructive varmint in my area. They have been wiping-out deer fawns, rabbit, and pheasant populations in my area drastically. I was not this way 20 years ago. The last 7-8 years I've not been able to hunt either pheasant or rabbit at all. I have been out several times this winter and never even saw a rabbit or pheasant track. But, I do see coyote tracks all over instead! The good news, I guess, is that coyotes are open year round and with no limit. Plus, they are a worthy challenge and do have really nice fur.
They will be my next animal to hunt. I feel it is my obligation to blast them as much as possible. Great shooting! get out and get more.
They will be my next animal to hunt. I feel it is my obligation to blast them as much as possible. Great shooting! get out and get more.
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Same here!
I went out last week looking for rabbit and there were none to be found, but yote tracks were everywhere!
I went out last week looking for rabbit and there were none to be found, but yote tracks were everywhere!
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