Cdog911
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posted December 04, 2005 10:54 AM
Young Matt rang me up last night to see if I would go help him re-set the six traps we set for coyotes the other night. Seems the deer have been setting them off for us. Nice deer.
Anyway, he asked if we might call in this river bend just once since he'd been seeing a pair back there. We caught the female of the two the other day (Matt's first coyote in a trap - very excited) and he badly wants to tag that dog. I told him we could call one stand, but it's deer season and every yahoo in Kansas with a big gun is out whackin' and stackin'
deer like cord wood. Besides, my son needed help with a major homework assignment and I didn't have long to be away.
Anyway, we get there shortly after daylight, sneak into the setup and within a minute, and one short series of squeals, I have three coyotes hard charging from 400 yards across open beanfield. Just ain't nothin' better than watching them run across a half-mile of country to an ass whoopin'! Makes you forget all about your frost nipped ears.
Anyway, the leader of the trio checks up at about 150 yards. Busted. How? Who the hell knows, but I was. He turns to his right and lights 'em up. Numbers 2-3 check up and watch him go away wondering why the hell he's passing on such a luscious sounding rodent squeal. After a half-minute of trying to coax them in a bit more, their body language told me I had only a few seconds to do something. So, I lined up on the closest of the two and whacked him midship at about 140 paces. Number 1 was long gone and number three beat feet back to the trees. So much for freebies. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) Last I saw of that coyote was the faint glow of his afterburners.
So, one stand, two minutes, three coyotes. One killed, two counted coup on, and I gave the coyote to grateful young Matt who did all the wet work without me having to dirty my hands. Came home and quit while I was ahead.
[ December 04, 2005, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]
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