todbartell
02-27-2006, 01:07 PM
I posted some pics on the Coyote Thread, but here's the full story for those interested
Booner came up from the Cariboo to hunt some fawn and calf eaters for a week, here's how it went :
Day one -
above 0 and windy as hell (30 km+)
first stand nothing
second stand we had 2-3 coyotes barking/howling at us from the woods a few hundred yards upwind, but they wouldnt come out
on the walk to the third stand, Boonerbuck spotted a wolf but it was out of sight within seconds and not offering a shot. I never did catch a glimse of it.
third stand was very windy and turned into nothing
...the afternoon was spent scouting a new area, but it never did pan out into anything promising
Day two :
+3 and gusty winds
getting out of the truck at stand one, I spotted 2 coyotes trotting across a field approx 700 yards from us. Decided to let them be and call in another field, planning to later go to the area they dissapeared in.
stand one proved nothing, but some howls at the end of our calling a half km or more to the north. we packed up and headed towards that area.
getting to stand two, we set up along a fence in a large plowed field. started with some howls and then snowshoe distress screams. about 15-20 minutes into the stand I thought I could hear something walking in the snow in the bush behind me. sure enough, a few minutes later I saw something move behind a small tree, directly downwind, and then dissapear. on the walk back to the truck, a coyote bolted across the trail 100 yards in front of us. most likely the one that snuck downwind of me on the stand.
we tried two more stands (the area where the two coyotes went to this morning), before driving to another portion of the property to explore some new area. there were fresh coyote tracks all over the road, looks to be approx 5-6 dogs working the road in the morning. we tried two more calling stands with nothing to show for it, so we headed to town to thaw Booner's frozen arse.
that evening we head four hours north for some spots that hold more wolves.
Day three, our first up north :
started in the morning by checking for some wolf sign up some mountain logging roads. It had snowed that morning so any tracks we'd find would be hours old. We went to a great looking field that had alot of promise, but nothing came in to our four calling attempts, and we only cut one fresh coyote track. After lunch we finally cut some tracks, a pack of seven wolves moving through behind some farmland bordered with swamp and clearcuts below a mountain. We set up in a small clearing behind the swamp bordering the field, and tried howling with the Fx3 at first, hoping they'd still be within ear shot. 30-40 minutes of fawn bawls & fawn distress calls mixed with some howls and it got dark on us. On the walk back to the truck, we found tracks of a coyote that had come in to the calls and hit the road just beyond sight around the bend from our calling stand. Must of been intimidated by the wolf howls, as it swapped ends and headed back into the bush.
Day four, second day up north :
we headed back to the area we found the wolf tracks the evening before, and headed further down the road in hopes of catching up to the pack. after 5 or more kilometers, the road turned into a overgrown trail and the tracks kept going so we turned around and checked out an area close by, hoping the pack had looped back over the night. we tried calling in a small landing in an grown up cutblock, but no luck. On the way back to town for lunch we hit a side road off the highway leading down to the railway tracks below some farm fields. there was one set of coyote tracks in the snow.
We set up facing opposite directions and started calling, with a mix of interrogation howls and jackrabbit distress calls. After fifteen minutes, a coyote popped onto the tracks approx. 500 yards upwind of us. perfect! I was watching it through my riflescope as it would charge in to us 50 yards at a time, stop, listen and watch us, then charge closer. what a sight http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Skeena_06_004.jpg
At 200ish yards it swerved right then left and headed down the side of the tracks out of sight. A few minutes had passed when Boonerbuck lip squeeked, and seconds later the coyote pops back up onto the tracks, facing me at 130 yards. I was already sitting ready with my m700 260 Remington braced in my Steady Stix, crosshairs on its chest. I squeeze the trigger and down the coyote goes, bang flop! This was a nice relief for me, as I had not gotten a coyote since mid January, due to some bad luck hunting in late Jan, and not being able to go out all Febuary
We got my coyote and began dragging it to the truck, when Booner spots another coyote in the same spot coyote #1 appeared from! We sit down and I turn on the FoxPro to jackrabbit distress, and the coyote begins to charge in for us so hard that it really offered no shot until it darted into the bush the same spot that coyote #1 did, but sadly we could not lure this one back out for a shot.
We got some awesome chinese food in town for lunch http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif then headed out to another spot on the railway tracks later in the afternoon. After a few promising looking spots producing nothing, we headed and called in a gravel pit until dark, with no luck again. Oh well it was a good day nonetheless. http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Booner came up from the Cariboo to hunt some fawn and calf eaters for a week, here's how it went :
Day one -
above 0 and windy as hell (30 km+)
first stand nothing
second stand we had 2-3 coyotes barking/howling at us from the woods a few hundred yards upwind, but they wouldnt come out
on the walk to the third stand, Boonerbuck spotted a wolf but it was out of sight within seconds and not offering a shot. I never did catch a glimse of it.
third stand was very windy and turned into nothing
...the afternoon was spent scouting a new area, but it never did pan out into anything promising
Day two :
+3 and gusty winds
getting out of the truck at stand one, I spotted 2 coyotes trotting across a field approx 700 yards from us. Decided to let them be and call in another field, planning to later go to the area they dissapeared in.
stand one proved nothing, but some howls at the end of our calling a half km or more to the north. we packed up and headed towards that area.
getting to stand two, we set up along a fence in a large plowed field. started with some howls and then snowshoe distress screams. about 15-20 minutes into the stand I thought I could hear something walking in the snow in the bush behind me. sure enough, a few minutes later I saw something move behind a small tree, directly downwind, and then dissapear. on the walk back to the truck, a coyote bolted across the trail 100 yards in front of us. most likely the one that snuck downwind of me on the stand.
we tried two more stands (the area where the two coyotes went to this morning), before driving to another portion of the property to explore some new area. there were fresh coyote tracks all over the road, looks to be approx 5-6 dogs working the road in the morning. we tried two more calling stands with nothing to show for it, so we headed to town to thaw Booner's frozen arse.
that evening we head four hours north for some spots that hold more wolves.
Day three, our first up north :
started in the morning by checking for some wolf sign up some mountain logging roads. It had snowed that morning so any tracks we'd find would be hours old. We went to a great looking field that had alot of promise, but nothing came in to our four calling attempts, and we only cut one fresh coyote track. After lunch we finally cut some tracks, a pack of seven wolves moving through behind some farmland bordered with swamp and clearcuts below a mountain. We set up in a small clearing behind the swamp bordering the field, and tried howling with the Fx3 at first, hoping they'd still be within ear shot. 30-40 minutes of fawn bawls & fawn distress calls mixed with some howls and it got dark on us. On the walk back to the truck, we found tracks of a coyote that had come in to the calls and hit the road just beyond sight around the bend from our calling stand. Must of been intimidated by the wolf howls, as it swapped ends and headed back into the bush.
Day four, second day up north :
we headed back to the area we found the wolf tracks the evening before, and headed further down the road in hopes of catching up to the pack. after 5 or more kilometers, the road turned into a overgrown trail and the tracks kept going so we turned around and checked out an area close by, hoping the pack had looped back over the night. we tried calling in a small landing in an grown up cutblock, but no luck. On the way back to town for lunch we hit a side road off the highway leading down to the railway tracks below some farm fields. there was one set of coyote tracks in the snow.
We set up facing opposite directions and started calling, with a mix of interrogation howls and jackrabbit distress calls. After fifteen minutes, a coyote popped onto the tracks approx. 500 yards upwind of us. perfect! I was watching it through my riflescope as it would charge in to us 50 yards at a time, stop, listen and watch us, then charge closer. what a sight http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Skeena_06_004.jpg
At 200ish yards it swerved right then left and headed down the side of the tracks out of sight. A few minutes had passed when Boonerbuck lip squeeked, and seconds later the coyote pops back up onto the tracks, facing me at 130 yards. I was already sitting ready with my m700 260 Remington braced in my Steady Stix, crosshairs on its chest. I squeeze the trigger and down the coyote goes, bang flop! This was a nice relief for me, as I had not gotten a coyote since mid January, due to some bad luck hunting in late Jan, and not being able to go out all Febuary
We got my coyote and began dragging it to the truck, when Booner spots another coyote in the same spot coyote #1 appeared from! We sit down and I turn on the FoxPro to jackrabbit distress, and the coyote begins to charge in for us so hard that it really offered no shot until it darted into the bush the same spot that coyote #1 did, but sadly we could not lure this one back out for a shot.
We got some awesome chinese food in town for lunch http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif then headed out to another spot on the railway tracks later in the afternoon. After a few promising looking spots producing nothing, we headed and called in a gravel pit until dark, with no luck again. Oh well it was a good day nonetheless. http://www.vf11.com/doomedyote/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif