I HATE coyotes!!!!

[SupressYourself]

Beans are coming out, but still a lot of corn out there. I only did 3 stands Friday night. That was enough to find one participant.

 

[KDM]

This thread has given me LOTS and LOTS of happy in the face. Much thanks to those posting stuff.

 

[wslayer]

Love it . . .

 

[Kurtr]

These guys do some work here in sw Sodak

 

[SupressYourself]

Just finished about 2 1/2 days in central SD. It was good to get out in the daylight again.
We shot 26.

I knew it was going to be good when we had 4 coyotes come together on the very first stand, and we got all 4 of them.

Later, we had 6 come all together, but only managed 3. My buddy and I both shot the same yote on the first volley. It was that giant alpha male in the middle.

Shortest shot was 67 yards. Longest was 526. I'm pointing to the hill I was laying on. The coyote just flopped right over. The 22 Creedmoor with the 75 Hornady ELDM really is something special.

 

[bucksnbears]

Nice work !

Decent hides looks like.
May even make a few bucks this year?

 

[SupressYourself]

Nice work !

Decent hides looks like.
May even make a few bucks this year?

Some of them were very nice. Like that middle coyote in the pic of 3. He was a beast. I almost thought about dragging him out. Almost...

 

[bucksnbears]

Fur market appears to be lookn much better.

 

[measure-it]

I sure hope the prices are better: we need more coyotes taken off the landscape--helps a lot of birds/animals. Sure, there are some hardcore furbearer hunters/trappers, but that doesn't take enough animals. Good prices will help!

 

[Kurtr]

If I could get 20 a coyote I would be happy and it would pay for a thermal scanner

 

[duckman1302]

The 2 guys I have talked to this year made it sound like the fur market is up a bit for everything but coyotes.

 

[wslayer]

Need bounty again !

 

[SupressYourself]

Just when I start to think I might be getting halfway decent at this, I'll have a stand that completely humbles me and reconfirms my amateur status.
I should have had 4 coyotes on this stand, maybe even 5, but things went sideways.

On the first pair, I couldn't get my caller muted, which usually helps to slow their approach. I couldn't get the first coyote stopped and took a panic shot as I was running out of room. Looking at it frame-by frame, it would have been a perfect shot if the trigger had broken anywhere from .52 to 1 second earlier, but as it was, it broke at the top of his bound, and I missed low. The second shot had to have been really close too, but I think it sailed just a bit high.

Fortunately, I get a second pair to roll in, and even though one of my tripod legs was collapsing (because apparently, I didn't tighten it enough), I managed to get them both.
Then a fourth coyote lopes through, and I can't get him stopped either.
After a bit, I get a 5th to come in from downwind and I dropped it.

All in all, it's hard to complain about a triple, but missing a gimme tends to leave you wanting.

 

[Jiffy]

What’s that rifle?