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Posted by Nikonut (Member # 188) on September 24, 2010, 11:35 PM:
 
Hey Guys!

It's not often I step back and say something like this...

Maybe I've been a little too hard on Tim!

All I can say is I get to be the first to pat him on the back and say CONGRATULATIONS!!!! WOW!

Tim just won the title of, "Mr.Coyote 2010" in the VHA Shooting/Calling competition held in Pierre, SD. How sweet is that! Randy Shaw took second place.

Here are the results:
2010 Mr. Coyote - Tim Anderson - Nikon Scope and plaque
2nd place - Randy Shaw - Redfield Scope
3rd place - Randy Dyce - FoxPro AR4
4th place - Mike Norman - Fawnzy Decoy

Tim Anderson,Randy Shaw,Randy Dyce,and Mike Norman

Nikonut
 

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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 24, 2010, 11:46 PM:
 
Wow!
 

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Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on September 25, 2010, 04:35 AM:
 
I know one thing for sure, Mike Norman is one of the toughest men I know.

Maintain
 

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Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 25, 2010, 05:06 AM:
 
COngrats, Tim. Good job.

What all comprises the competition?
 

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Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on September 25, 2010, 05:07 AM:
 
Congrats to Tim and Randy.
 

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Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on September 25, 2010, 06:33 AM:
 
Nicely done fellas.

- DAA
 

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Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on September 25, 2010, 08:04 AM:
 
Good job guys. I hate to say this, but congrats Tim. You did good.

THE MR. COYOTE CONTEST
Saturday, September 18, 2010 • Start-time 9:00 a.m.
$40 Entry Fee • Limited To 50 Participants
V.H.A., Inc. • 28050 US Hwy 14/34 • Fort Pierre, SD 57532
Call 605-224-6665 or 800-528-4868 for more information

• A total of 525 points can be attained.
• Participants will be scored on calling and shooting.
• Participants will go to the line with their calls, one shotgun and one rifle.
• Shooting sticks and bipods are acceptable.
• Calling and rifle shooting must be done in a sitting, kneeling or prone position.
• You cannot change position during the calling and rifle disciplines unless otherwise stated.

CALLING: 100 POINTS
• Participants must make one sequence of a set. Included in the sequence should be coyote vocalization and distress of some sort.
• Calling will be judged by three judges. Each judge can award up to 33 pts.
• No electronic calls.
SHOOTING:
• There will be four separate disciplines.
• Participants must start with guns in the down position - guns cannot be shouldered.
1. ATTENTION GETTER: UP TO 100 POINTS
• Rifle: Five shots, various unknown distances at metal targets.
• Maximum distance is 300 yards.
• Ranges will be drawn.
• Participants will have five seconds to acquire and shoot target after number is drawn.
• Bonus Shot: 25 points
• You do not have to shoot.
• One shot at a 500 yard gong.
• Participants will have 20 seconds to acquire and shoot the target after the last gong shot.
• If shot at and hit, you will receive 25 bonus points.
• If shot at and missed, 10 points will be deducted from score.
2. MOVING COYOTE: UP TO 100 POINTS
• Rifle: Two shots on one pass at a moving coyote target (a distance of 100 yards).
• Scoring will be determined by shots closest to the center of ring and so on out to the edge of the target.
• Zero points will be given for hits outside of the target.
3. TEXAS HEART SHOT: UP TO 100 POINTS
• Rifle: You will have 10 seconds from the "GO" command to shoot 4 shots at gongs #2 thru #5.
• You must start at #2 and work out to #5 - one shot per gong.
• You may change to the prone position.
4. ESCAPING DOG: UP TO 100 POINTS
• You may change to the sitting position.
• Shotgun: Five shots at clay pigeon targets: one single rabbit and two report pair rabbits.
• Must blow on your call to release targets.
• There will be a two-second to five-second delay for target to appear.
• Distance will be 20 to 30 yards.
• If a tie occurs, participant with a shot closest to the “X” on the moving coyote target will be the tie breaker.
 

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Posted by Dusty Hunter (Member # 1031) on September 25, 2010, 08:25 AM:
 
Congtatulations Tim! Way to go!
 

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Posted by nd coyote killer (Member # 40) on September 25, 2010, 08:28 AM:
 
Good work gentlemen i was planning to attend but had to cancel. Maybe next year
 

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Posted by DanS (Member # 316) on September 25, 2010, 09:14 AM:
 
Congrats guys, that sounded like a fun event. Were you using AR15's. <Laffin>
 

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Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on September 25, 2010, 11:18 AM:
 
Way ot go Tim and Randy good job!
 

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Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on September 25, 2010, 02:06 PM:
 
Congratulations Tim and Randy!
 

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Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on September 25, 2010, 02:33 PM:
 
Way to go!!!!

Ok.............We've been nice long enough. Hey Tim, is that sorta greenish blue thing on your hat the base that the 'Bucket Head' fits into or your going to try & tell us that they're sunglasses????

Sorry, that was too easy to pass up.
 

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Posted by Randy Roede (Member # 1273) on September 25, 2010, 04:37 PM:
 
Geordie, does Mike look a little healthier than when you hunted with him??

Just a few new parts and he's a new man.

For those of you who don't know, Mike got a pancreas and kidney transplant a year or so ago. A great turn around for sure!!
 

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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 25, 2010, 05:10 PM:
 
I'm just trying to figure out how AR came in second? I mean, the guy can plain rack'em and stack'em. I know TA can shoot, no question about that.

In any case, congrats to the HM crew!

Good hunting. LB
 

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Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 25, 2010, 06:48 PM:
 
Randy,

Not to leave you out, good job, too.

Leonard,

Randy would have won, but Tim got ten extra points for being all decked out in camo so the targets couldn't see him back.

(Sorry, Tim. I couldn't resist.)
 

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Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on September 25, 2010, 10:52 PM:
 
Yeah Randy shot real well, well enough that he don't need to have a back-up shooter on stand like some guys I know.

( Sorry Cdog could'nt resist.)
 

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Posted by Nikonut (Member # 188) on September 26, 2010, 12:28 AM:
 
Hey Tim...

Did Charlie Bland and Dave Boyer get back out there to shoot? I was just curious, one or the other has been in the final four since it began. Both are great guys and very good shooters.
I think Charlie won the award last year.

Nikonut
 

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Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on September 26, 2010, 05:59 AM:
 
Tim, were you able to use the bucket? And were you allowed to shoot leaning over the truck hood?



Just kidding. Im proud of you and Randy both. Hell of a job.
 

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Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on September 26, 2010, 06:01 AM:
 
Not a problem, Tim. I guess I've never thought of Kevin or Matt as back ups, since there's only been one instance in six years where I needed either of them to follow me up on a hit coyote. Instead, I prefer to think of them as good friends with whom I enjoy spending my time afield. Because of that camaraderie, I find that the times I hunt alone are because I choose to, not because no one else will hunt with me without me having to hit the ATM first.

Speaking of choices, I'm also deeply thankful that, although my home ground looks very similar to your own, I don't have to go someplace else to be able to call and kill coyotes when all I really have to do is buckle down and decipher why the home coyotes don't respond like they do in the big rangeland country, then figure out how to work around that and kill some fur.

Sorry, Tim. I couldn't resist either. And, yes, Shaw is quite a good shot.
 

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Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on September 26, 2010, 06:13 AM:
 
Tim, I know Wiley was chargin you $500 to take you hunting and see if you absorbed it. Will you be taking out hunters now and if so, how much will you be gettig? Im sure the title will up the price quite a bit. Post this on PM classifieds and you might be surprised and have a new job.
 

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Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on September 26, 2010, 08:14 AM:
 

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Did Charlie Bland and Dave Boyer get back out there to shoot? I was just curious, one or the other has been in the final four since it began. Both are great guys and very good shooters.
I think Charlie won the award last year.

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Tim, I know Wiley was chargin you $500 to take you hunting and see if you absorbed it. Will you be taking out hunters now and if so, how much will you be gettig? Im sure the title will up the price quite a bit. Post this on PM classifieds and you might be surprised and have a new job.

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, I know Wiley was chargin you $500 to take you hunting and see if you absorbed it.

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For the record I did'nt pay Scott to go hunting with. I paid Scott for a service he was provideing and that was instruction for calling coyotes, very simular to a O"gorman instruction class on trapping.
I was refered to Scott from another member here that also has taken instruction from Scott, the other member that refered Scott thought that Scott could up my game as far as calling and working coyotes goes. He was right and the money was well spent.
Scott dose'nt just take anyone for instruction and the money paid is just for his time that he has to take off from work, kinda like Cal when he guides for antelope or Randy R. that guides for pheasant hunters..
You could also look at it this way I paid 500.00 to help up my game and some have spent thousands of dollars for collage to learn about animals and this has done nothing to improve there game they are still struggleing..

[ September 26, 2010, 08:47 AM: Message edited by: TA17Rem ]
 

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Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on September 26, 2010, 08:36 AM:
 
Sorry I didn't read the hole post but congrats TA
good job pal..

how many contestants where there??

[ September 26, 2010, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: George Ackley ]
 

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Posted by luckyjack (Member # 3462) on September 26, 2010, 09:13 AM:
 
TA17rem, congradulations on your Mr. Coyote title.

Did you also go to that predator university in New Mexico for some training? The guys that have gone there say that Tony Tebbe can up your game better than anybody. I once read where you have never been able to call a coyote in your home area. Did the lessons change that?

Again congrats. Later
 

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Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on September 26, 2010, 09:34 AM:
 
Way to go Tim and Randy. Good job!
 

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Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on September 26, 2010, 09:52 AM:
 

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Did you also go to that predator university in New Mexico for some training? The guys that have gone there say that Tony Tebbe can up your game better than anybody. I once read where you have never been able to call a coyote in your home area. Did the lessons change that?

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Speaking of choices, I'm also deeply thankful that, although my home ground looks very similar to your own, I don't have to go someplace else to be able to call and kill coyotes when all I really have to do is buckle down and decipher why the home coyotes don't respond like they do in the big rangeland country, then figure out how to work around that and kill some fur.

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I was going to someplace else before we even had coyotes here where I live. I've always liked it there and will always continue to go there..
If you looked around you would notice there are alot of guys that have to travel abit to get into coyotes or a area to hunt, some travel all the way to Texas and others go to AZ. and so on..
 

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Posted by Nikonut (Member # 188) on September 26, 2010, 11:45 AM:
 
Hey Tim,

I didn't post this so guys could poke you, just so you know! I truly do congratulate you on the win!!! Well done!!!

Charlie has told me what the comp is like so I also know how difficult and challenging it was to win.

Dave Boyer is Charlie's shooting partner. Dave won the very first Mr.Coyote title and I think they won a team title that year, too. I made Charlie some calls way back in the 90's... we used to shoot competition together. He lives about 15minutes down the road from me.

Again, well done!

Nikonut
 

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Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on September 26, 2010, 12:57 PM:
 
Thanks;
I would be lieing if I did'nt say it was great to win the contest which it was but I like to think that there is more to it than just winning a throphy. One of the main reasons I entered it was to learn from the contest itself. The way its set up is as about as close as you can get for simulateing an actual stand. Its a good way on a personnel level to find out what are youre strenths and weaknesses and from there a shooter knows what he needs to improve on to be better at it..
A shooter is also scored on his calling abilities and there are people there to help anyone that may need it. My weakness for example is useing shooting sticks, I found from previous contests that they work great for getting on a target quickly but lacked a little as far as makeing accurate shots at the longer distances.
This year I used the prone position useing bipods and was able to make more hits but I lost a little time on trying to pick up the targets but still got the job done so I'm happy there.
I may have to get a smaller set of swivel bi-pods for next year or practice more with the shooting sticks.
Running target I was able to hit but was'nt great shooting and have done better with shooting sticks, plus this year they changed it from one shot done twice to two shots on one run, really makes it interesting and I always wondered if I could get two shots off in that short of a distance. Now I know so I'll concentrate more on aiming and lead.
The going away shoot done with the shotgun on clays rolling across the ground is really challengeing, at least for me. I stopped duck hunting years ago and don't hunt pheasants that much as of late so a shotgun see's very little use by me and I really suck at it. Plans for next year is to get a little practice in with the shotgun and also go back to useing my short barrel Ithica as I seemed to do better with it in the past..

I've seen Shaw do the wet work on coyotes before and watched him in the contest for two years and he is very versatile when it comes to useing a rifle or shotgun and he can shoot no doubt about it and he is a very good caller to boot. If Shaw keeps at it he'll have a Mr. coyote plaque on his wall soon..
 

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Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on September 26, 2010, 08:46 PM:
 
"Geordie, does Mike look a little healthier than when you hunted with him??"

Yes he does Randy.

And for those who don't know, I hunted with Mike two years ago at the VHA contest hunt. This took place prior to his transplants. I believe he was under going dialysis(sp) twice a week, as well as lots of other meds. Not only did this man put in a hard day hunting in less than ideal conditions, he had a cheerful demeanor and a ton of old ranching stories that kept me laughing. He's a hell of a good man, and glad to see him doing well.

Maintain
 

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Posted by Jeff Rheborg (Member # 2551) on September 28, 2010, 07:02 AM:
 
Just to set the record straight, Mike Norman was the first Mr. Coyote back in 2004. Charlie Bland has the honor of the Mr. Coyote title twice, 2006, 2009. Dave Boyer won it back in 2007.

I too would like to congratulate Tim and the rest of the guys for playing along. It was a good time for sure. Hope to see some new faces next year...

Thanks.
 

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Posted by Nikonut (Member # 188) on September 28, 2010, 07:36 AM:
 
Hey Jeff,

Thanks for setting the record straight! It's hard to find all the info from just a websearch.

Charlie and Dave are from here in Illinois and about 15miles down the road. Both are excellent shooters and just plain good people, same goes for Gene Ford from Missouri... good guy!

I do know they have all three won awards out there at the Jamboree. I'm looking forward to making the trip someday myself.

They have spoken highly of you!!!

TomC/Nikonut

Edited: for Okie grammar...

[ September 28, 2010, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: Nikonut ]
 

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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on September 28, 2010, 09:39 AM:
 
Welcome to The New HuntmastersBBS.com, Jeff Rheborg. Glad to have you on board.

Good hunting. LB
 

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