Bogley

[DAA]

Hey All,

Noob to the forum - just found it and registered today.

Just wondering how many of you guys hunt coyotes? Coyote hunting is my "main thing" from about Nov. through Feb. every year. Just can't get enough of it. Too bad I have to work five days a week!

Pic from a recent Saturday hunt by myself:



So how 'bout it - anyone else a confirmed coyote-aholic?

- DAA

[accadacca]

How many bones do ya score for each one of those dawgs?
:popcorn:

[shlingdawg]

I just picked up a coyote gun and have started getting into it. I've gone out with my brother a couple of times and haven't seen anything. We've tried calling them in with no luck. Maybe it's location?

I picked up a CZ 550 in 22-250. If you ever need someone to split the gas money, let me know as I'd like to see how it's done.

By the way, two more things. 1. Nice Jeep. 2. Do you drive around town with those dogs in the basket? Hehe, that's awesome!!!

[Sombeech]

:lol8: blood on the spare tire. Sweet.

[fourtycal]

I hunt coyotes, now bagging them is a different story.

Do you use electronic calls? What gun?

[DAA]

Hard to say how much they'll go for accadacca. Last year they averaged about $30. Everyone is saying prices will be higher this year, but that's what they said last year too and they weren't.

What sucks, is that bobcats ARE going for big bucks. Probably average $200 or close to it this year, with really nice ones going for much higher. Well, guess who forgot to put in for bobcat tags this year? And guess who called in this bobcat first day of the season? Talk about a bummer! I edited the clip down of course, but that cat sat out there in front of me for 12 minutes. I had lots of time to look him over good in the scope and he was a really pretty cat. Big clear belly with nice spots. Would have loved to skin him. But, no tag, had to let him walk.

Shlingdawg, those CZ's are pretty sweet. I have a hard time getting used to the pregnant look, but every one I have seen shoot has been very accurate. And no, I don't drive into town with a rack full of dead coyotes. I've gotten a few looks at the car wash though, washing my pelts :mrgreen: .

fourtycal, I do mostly use an electronic caller. I always keep a mouth call handy though and still use them often. Mouth calls work! But the electronic does give some advantages in how you can work a stand to take advantage of the conditions (wind, terrain etc.). For a rifle, I mostly use a custom rifle chamberd in a .17 caliber wildcat called the .17 Predator. It's got a bit more capacity and ooomph than the .17 Remington. I'm using 30 gr. bullets at about 4050 fps, just dang near perfect for dropping coyotes in their tracks without making a mess of the fur.

Here's another clip (what the heck, I'm a clip posting ho today...), of some coyotes getting shot with my .17 Predator.

- DAA

edited to (hopefully) fix screwed up link...

[jumar]

Hoping to start coyote hunting. My dad went last friday and I didn't know, or I would have skipped work and gone with him. I have an AR-15, but I would like to get a scope for it for coyotes.

[shagster]

I'm hoping to get me a new coyote gun this month. I have been looking into the new ruger 204. From everything I have heard they are a sweet gun. There's lot's of coyotes up on the girlfriends farm to shoot. I can't wait. :haha:

[Rev. Coyote]

Dog shooters=Little men.

I'll take a few free-range cows in your honor. Should I use the SKS or the Mauser...?

[Rev. Coyote]

Photographic evidence of how end-stage lackanookie disease affects men....

[Sombeech]

Hmmm... :idea:



This looks like a coyote!!!! Better start running.

[DAA]

I'm glad I could brighten your day Rev. Coyote. :2thumbs:

Here's one I killed just over the ridge from your house :mrgreen: .



You see, Mr. Rev. Coyote, it's obvious that you and I are not anything alike and don't share the same values. That's fine. I'm a live and let live kind of person. Whatever your values are, whatever you think is important, hey that's your business and I have no problem with it. It's just too damn bad that you obviously are bothered by some of us raised in a different culture with different values.

Coyotes are some of the most intelligent, adaptable and wary animals on the planet. To hunt them and be successful on a consistent basis requires excellent woodsmanship, marksmanship, patience and perserverence. The nature of the way we hunt coyotes requires a lot of stealth, and a lot of blending into the environment and just watching the world go by. You get to see wildlife in ways that very few people that don't hunt, and especially not "stealthy" hunting ever get to see.

I feel sorry for you, I really do. But, I won't waste any more of my time for you. Because, whether you want to believe it or not, you really aren't that important. None of us are. So, have a good life Mr. Rev. Coyote. I truly wish you nothing but the best. Just realize that from now on, you'll be wasting only your own time making any comments directed towards me.

- DAA

edited to remove family pictures/details

[Rev. Coyote]

Glad your Dad's doing OK with the cancer. It got my dad six years ago. I'm thankful my memories of him don't include killing dogs.

And I'm from old rural Virginia stock, used to hunting and fishing. For meat, not for jollies. That's what I disrespect in what you do -- the fact you guys kill for killing's sake. Don't try and decorate it with lots of sentimental rubbish -- though I know you're trying to sell video tapes.

[fourtycal]

DAA, you have inspired me. This little man will be taking his little son coyote hunting this weekend. :2thumbs:

[Rev. Coyote]

fourtycal wrote: DAA, you have inspired me. This little man will be taking his little son coyote hunting this weekend.

Right after your NAMBLA meeting....?