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Topic: Possumal Jr. scores on a nice female coyote
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Possumal
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posted November 01, 2012 06:47 AM
Possumal Jr. elected to go hunting alone last Sunday bright and early, since I could not go and neither could Yote Yoda. The weather was threatening, rain forecast, and quite a bit of wind. Still, he was awake and decided to give it a try. He was sitting in his truck before daybreak, with rain spitting off and on his windshield, and the wind rocking pretty good. Just as it was breaking day, the rain let up and so did the wind, so he decided to try it a while. He slipped in, Possumal style to a big old tree adjacent to a coyote freeway we hunt. When it got light enough to see pretty well, he gave it two long, lonesome howls on his Cronk buffalo horn howler, waited a few minutes, gave a few barks, followed by one more long, lonesome howl. About 5 minutes later, he spots this coyote slipping in along the edge of the Johnson grass that runs down the center of the pasture. He got a good look at her through his Nikon Buckmaster, stopped her with a squeak or two at 225 yds, and planted a 53 grain Hornady superperformance right in her chest, DRT. Pretty female, 44 lbs., well furred. I am glad to had the resolve and drive to go in spite of the weather, proving again you can't kill them at home. Here is a picture of a hard earned female coyote. Kudos to son, Possumal Jr.
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Kokopelli
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posted November 01, 2012 08:16 AM
Far be it for me to argue with success, but I gotta ask; Why stop a coyote that's coming in at 225 yards????
(Us `Shottie Guys` tend to do things up close. My last coyote was 11 yards away.) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Possumal
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posted November 01, 2012 08:48 AM
Poor wording by a senior Possumal in a hurry. It was raining off and on, wind blowing heavy at times, etc.. The route she was coming in was such he was going to follow my number one rule--kill a coyote when you get your first chance you are confident of, regardless of which one is the male, etc. Even with the extreme eye problems Al, Jr. has endured for the past few years, he is a crack shot up to the range capabilities of his AR. 225 yards is a comfortable distance for him with this particular rifle, he had a perfect shot, and he took it. This particular farm is definitely not shotgun territory. We have killed 14 this past two months on 4 farms joined together at this location, most of them 180 yards o further. If we shoot one at 225 yards as compared to up close and personal, we feel it is more of an accomplishment. Al, Jr. has not had the opportunity to hunt anywhere near as many times as his old pappy, and he wants to kill the ones he gets a chance at a.s.a.p. as open country can have a lot of strange things happen to queer the deal.
Hope that answers your query, Sir Koko.
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posted November 01, 2012 10:26 AM
Well, I understand the part about taking a shot you have confidence in. Sometimes, letting them get too close works, and sometimes it don't. And, on the other hand, when I have a shottie, I see a few out of range that never get close enough. That frosts my ass.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Possumal
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posted November 01, 2012 10:56 AM
Leonard, I got that frosted ass several times doing just what you said. I have always felt that if one of these companies would make a good combo gun, 12 gauge on one barrel, 223 or 6mm on the rifle barrel with good triggers, it would really sell to dedicated coyote fellers. Yote Yoda and I used to take a rifle and a shotgun when hunting alone, or when together, we'd take a rifle and a shotgun between the two of us. Shotgun man would take the short side, rifle man the long side. Of course, Wiley will screw up that kind of planning lots of time. I have noticed Les Johnson and some of those guys carrying both, but they have a film guy with them most of the time who can help tote.
Hell, Rich would have a field day with me if I carried both a rifle and a shotgun along with all the "Stuff" I take. He'd say I needed a tractor and a wagon to haul all that "Stuff" to the hunting grounds. (LOL)
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posted November 01, 2012 08:37 PM
Al,
We are definitely on the same page when it comes to taking the soonest high percentage shot available. We just hunt different types of cover with different firearms. I seldom even see a coyote until it's within 75 to a 100 yards.
As a matter of fact, I do own one of the Savage .223/12ga. O/U combo guns. It works but everything is a compromise. It's greatest value is when cold calling an area and not knowing weather to expect a shotgun stand or a rifle stand.
Mounting a scope was a major pain and sighting in was another pain. Add to that, not having a fast follow-up shot and it's sometimes easier to just carry a rifle and a shotgun.
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Possumal
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posted November 01, 2012 10:25 PM
Koko, that big female I posted under the "Double Whammy" thread was one I messed with a great deal. I saw her and two others coming from over 800 yards away, with the big female leading by about 100 yds. She came fully commited for over 500 yards, and I let her come so close I could smell her, thinking my son would get the shot. When he couldn't see her to shoot, she exited and I stopped her by turning the caller back on at 240 yards. She looked back and I did the deed. We do it different ways on different coyotes, just depending on our mood at the time. More interesting to me that way.
If I was going to carry a shotgun and a rifle, I'd consider something like a light 20 gauge pump. But I do take a lot more stuff than some people, and usually take either the rifle or the shotgun.
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Leonard
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posted November 01, 2012 10:30 PM
I think the koko has a legitimate point. I am familiar with what he (koko) hunts, yet never stepped foot in Kentucky.
I hunted with a guy once that used a Savage 24. He even had some kind of offset lever attached to the hammer with a set screw. Which fell off, once. But the concept is valid. My partner bought a Valmet OU that was 308X12ga. Very slick gun. I remember once, he had a coyote back door him and shot him in the neck at about 12 feet. Lucky shot because he mistakenly had the selector on rifle, but he was using the factory 22 caliber inserts, (forget what they are called?)
Anyway, with a forward mounted scope, you don't have the problems, if you can do it?
Back when I was hunting a lot of contests, I would carry a shotgun and a rifle but these days, I'm not that gung ho and seldom carry both.
That's another thing. Contests, you don't hike three hills off the road, just get out of sight and sit down so you don't have to lug two firearms very far.
But, I'm not a committed shotgun hunter although you should see the modifications I have made to my
(edit: trusty) 835.
Good hunting. Lima Bravo
[ November 01, 2012, 10:35 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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posted November 02, 2012 11:32 AM
Yeah, I had a coyote dead to rights at about 75 yards one time & thought I was on the .223 barrel.
It was quite a revelation when the 12ga 3" load of BBs went off.
Rang my bell & the coyote trotted off giving me the `you stupid` look.
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posted November 04, 2012 06:20 PM
A.P. "I saw her and two others coming from over 800 yards away..."
Apparently Kentucky is way more open and way flatter than central Virginia. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
It still isn't western Washington, but it's tough hunting in this part of the east.
Leonard,
Remington Accelerators. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Possumal
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posted November 04, 2012 11:11 PM
We have all kinds of terrain in Kentucky. It varies greatly even within one or two side by side counties. I can travel from ten to 30 minutes from home and be in country like the double whammy happened in, but go down a different side road, and be on farms you seldom see over a 100 yards, and that will be where you never seem to see a coyote. Weedwalker Ed hunts mostly mountainous, brushy terrain where he lives at London, Ky., but I can be on that kind of farm in ten minutes from here or on an open farm. As old Bill Bynum used to discuss, lots of "Ecotones" here with 3 or more types of terrain meeting. A lot of the beautiful, open pictures I post have got lots of avenues that Wiley can approach on the sneak, with county as open as your front yard running on both sides of it. I find that to be excellent coyote habitat, and it consistently produces good hunting opportunities. It is truly a great variety state, except for the beautiful horses and fast women, or did I get that backwards? (LOL)
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