Big Sky
Well-known member
I don't always fish, but when I don't I usually kill something. 
I wasn't sure where to post this as I normally hang out in the fishing forum and the predator forum doesn't get much traffic. So I guess here will just have to do. Besides it's more about spending time with your kids and a good friend than anything. This morning my youngest daughter wanted to going coyote calling/hunting with me. So we get to the first stand this morning, and I had no sooner finished my first howl. When my daughter suddenly says; "Dad right there is a coyote!" I'm talking this was like 30 seconds into the stand, it was still a little hard to see as it was just right at first shooting light. It took me a minute to find it, but once I did, I still couldn't see it real well due to the poor light and it was standing in some dark brush that really hid it well. I remember thinking, "I sure hope I can see it better through my scope." Thankfully I could and one quick shot later Mr. Wiley Coyote was down. Great way to start the day! I was great to have my daughter along. We made a couple more stands but got blanked and she had to get to work. So I took her home and dropped her off.
My main fishing buddy, outside of my kids, also likes coyote hunting and he and I decided to keep after it. We got stuck once, but due in a large part to him being the size of a bear, he got us pushed out. His nick names, by the way, are either Red Bear or Big Mike, either suits him. Anyway, I wanted him to get a coyote really bad so on the next stand I told him he had first shot, so he better make it count. I ended up calling in a pair, but the smaller one (which was likely a female) held back quite a ways. The big male however came to about 150 yards. I was really glad when Mike's AR-15 barked and the coyote dropped. It's always a great day when both hunter's are successful.
Mike ain't little and neither is this coyote!
As we were walking back out I just couldn't resist taking one more photo as I thought it looked pretty cool. I'm glad I did as it was the last successful stand of the day. We tried a couple more, but the wind had picked up and nothing showed up. We finally got tired of freezing our butts of in the wind and called it a day. A very good day!
So here is my parting shot for this thread.
I wasn't sure where to post this as I normally hang out in the fishing forum and the predator forum doesn't get much traffic. So I guess here will just have to do. Besides it's more about spending time with your kids and a good friend than anything. This morning my youngest daughter wanted to going coyote calling/hunting with me. So we get to the first stand this morning, and I had no sooner finished my first howl. When my daughter suddenly says; "Dad right there is a coyote!" I'm talking this was like 30 seconds into the stand, it was still a little hard to see as it was just right at first shooting light. It took me a minute to find it, but once I did, I still couldn't see it real well due to the poor light and it was standing in some dark brush that really hid it well. I remember thinking, "I sure hope I can see it better through my scope." Thankfully I could and one quick shot later Mr. Wiley Coyote was down. Great way to start the day! I was great to have my daughter along. We made a couple more stands but got blanked and she had to get to work. So I took her home and dropped her off.My main fishing buddy, outside of my kids, also likes coyote hunting and he and I decided to keep after it. We got stuck once, but due in a large part to him being the size of a bear, he got us pushed out. His nick names, by the way, are either Red Bear or Big Mike, either suits him. Anyway, I wanted him to get a coyote really bad so on the next stand I told him he had first shot, so he better make it count. I ended up calling in a pair, but the smaller one (which was likely a female) held back quite a ways. The big male however came to about 150 yards. I was really glad when Mike's AR-15 barked and the coyote dropped. It's always a great day when both hunter's are successful.
Mike ain't little and neither is this coyote!
As we were walking back out I just couldn't resist taking one more photo as I thought it looked pretty cool. I'm glad I did as it was the last successful stand of the day. We tried a couple more, but the wind had picked up and nothing showed up. We finally got tired of freezing our butts of in the wind and called it a day. A very good day!
So here is my parting shot for this thread.
