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Topic: Wind chill warning coyote
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blakyote
Knows what it's all about
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posted February 05, 2007 12:11 AM
We have wind chill warnings out all weekend,-35 below.But couldn't stand seeing the moonlight go to waste.Called a friend who's just getting into calling,and I guess he's as nuts as me.We went out about 9pm.We made our first stand in an alfalfa field that runs along a nice little cedar swamp.We had a cross wind,and tucked our selves in the fence row with the swamp straight out in front of us about 450 yards.
I started the stand with a lone howl from my Red Desert mouth piece.Then waited about 5 min.
Then I started the bunny screams on a custom antler call,I really laid into it because the wind was howlin' pretty loud.I thought I seen a spot out in the field about 3 min later,about 250yds out,but couldn't tell if it was a coyote.My eyes were watering real bad from the wind.So I thought I'd give the pup distress a crack,to see if that spot would move.When I lite up my puppy squels on the red desert,that spot not only moved,he came smokin' in,at about 50yds I woofed at him so he'd stop,he did no such thing,never skipped a beat,he was on a mission.So I smoked him at about 40 with the .243.My partner said that was awesome,he couldn't get a shot off,and glad I took him.A few nites before,I called one in for him,but he missed.I told him it takes practice to keep your nerves calm to shoot.
We made a couple more stands,but nothing.One stand got fouled up,just as we were heading across a field,at 12am,a squad pulled up by our truck,that was pulled off the highway.He shined the field,and spotted us,so we headed over by him,and let him know what we were doing.He said no problem,he thought maybe someone was stranded,and on a nite like this,it could be dangerous with the cold.We sat and shot the breeze for awhile,showed him the yote,then parted ways,and hit another stand before heading home.It was a good hunt.Here's a pic,I had my partner take it,it's a little dark,but it was out in the field I killed the yote in.
[ February 05, 2007, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: blakyote ]
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Tim Behle
Administrator MacNeal Sector
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posted February 05, 2007 08:08 PM
Wind-chill of -35???
Dang, I feel like a pussy now! If I get up and the thermometer is below 20, I crawl back in bed!
Great job! You can have the cold ones, I'll wait until it warms up a bit!
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nutt
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posted February 06, 2007 08:19 PM
awesome. where are ya from?
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