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Topic: Mental Preperation
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Barry
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posted January 12, 2004 06:56 PM
I've only been calling coyotes for 4 years but every once in a while I make a novice mistake.Last week I was calling new ground and I guess I was so excited that I didnt prepare myself mentally for the set.3-minutes in he came out of the arroyo into the open at a trot and for some reason I immediately turned and brought up the rifle.He also turned and the only thing I saw in the scope was his tail going back where he came from.I know better.On top of that I didnt even bark to try to stop him.I often have staring matches with coyotes at close range waiting for them to look back in order to get the rifle up.Or if they turn to leave,get the rifle up,bark,they stop and I shoot. Do any of you ever do silly things like this?Lack of concentration I guess.
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Norm
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posted January 12, 2004 07:16 PM
been there, done that, continue to do it...
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Tim Behle
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posted January 12, 2004 07:30 PM
Call me a Novice too. I didn't think that was so much as a mistake, as I did a common problem.
What would I have done differently? I'd have shot him in the butt. No, it's not generally a killing shot, and I've caught hell for doing it. But most of the coyotes I've shot like that have started spinning around biting at their butt. Giving me a chance to place a bullet ( sometimes two ) into the spinning furry looking top.
Doesn't always work out, but it does most of the time.
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Barry
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posted January 12, 2004 07:44 PM
If I had just set still and let him get to about 30 yds no problem.It was 90 yds from me to the arroyo and barking while bringing the gun up at 30 he may have gave me a standing shot[probally not]but I could have got at least 2 going away shots before he reached the arroyo.That running shot is not hard at all.I rushed it,didnt let it happend.
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Barndog
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posted January 12, 2004 08:41 PM
Just last week butch and I were calling, had a dog come out of a creek bottom just below us. I was looking North and butch South. The Coyote had us pegged. I was dumb enough to leave my rifle across my lap in a left handed shoting situation, and butch didnt' even see him until he turned into the basin wild rye and vanished. If I had mentally prepared, I would have had my gun on my shooting sticks. Anyway, as butch says gotta leave one to breed with the one that got away on the last stand. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
[ January 12, 2004, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: Barndog ]
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onecoyote
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posted January 12, 2004 09:07 PM
Now you know why I say there ain't no such a thing as an expert in this sport lol. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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brad h
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posted January 13, 2004 01:48 AM
Mental errors is one area I can't complain too much about. When talking about coyotes, there are things that go against all calling logic. Here's one example; I'm calling away with a Dan Thompson call, 500 yds away a coyote comes running at full speed my way out of the cedar trees with no intent to to stop. Not only did I fail to attempt to stop the coyote, I miscalculated the speed and ended up shooting from the hip and missing, causing the coyote to do a 180 and run into a shallow draw, inturn causing me to stand up and vocalize a few choice swear words.
Because I've told that much, it's necessary to tell the rest. This is what makes this game unpredictable.
I got back down and started wailing into the same call. That coyote came back out the same place it went in, ran my way about 20 yds then lost interest, completely oblivious to my, or the sound location. That's where I made the shot count. Distance was about 90 yds.
Brad
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MJM
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posted January 13, 2004 07:38 AM
I don't know if drawing down fairly quickly on a coyote is exactly a bad thing or even a true mistake. I have sorta come to believe that more times than not taking the shot when the shot presents itself is the difference between a story about killing a coyote and a story about not getting that perfect shot. I am fairly quick on the gun. I see a coyote and as soon as it is reasonably possible I draw down on him. The minute he either stops to say "What" or makes the turn to leave I'm ready and the shot is on the way. How many times have you read a story by a new caller that says something about him/her having a coyote stand and watch the caller, but the coyote wouldn't look away and he/she couldn't raise the gun for the shot, eventually the coyote gets away. I believe that most successful callers have a feel for these situations. They simply know when to make the move and make it quick (within reason) and make it count.
MJM
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Cdog911
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posted January 13, 2004 10:49 AM
[ February 20, 2004, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]
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