It was only 6 degrees out when I left at noontime. We have almost 2 feet of snow, so I grabbed snowshoes, shotgun and my Foxpro.
Wind was blowing very hard out of the northwest. As I was walking in, I came across 2 sets of coyote tracks heading into the wind. I followed a little ways and then setup. Facing the wind, I put the caller about 35 yards to my left. I sat in the snow and turned the sound on, "Snowshoe Hare in distress." About 5 minutes later I spotted movement at my 10 o'clock moving towards the caller.
He was quartering towards me, but staring at the caller. He then turned away from me and started to walk away. He was too far for my shotgun, about 70 yards. I changed call to Puppies crying and he turned around and faced my way. Then he turned to leave again. I then started to lip squeak, he spun and ran right at me, then cut to my right. He stopped at 15 yards and I shot him in the chest, (his head was behind a tree) and he dropped right there.
It's a male. very healthy. I used one my Lefever double barrels. 2 and 3/4" High-brass #4.
-- Edited by Mainehunt on Thursday 2nd of January 2014 12:21:22 AM
Very professionally done, with style points for your Lefever!
While our coyote calling was a failure, Lone Star Phil and I crunched a couple of raccoons on Sunday morning calling them into my Shockwave. Also bagged 6 crows and a squirrel with his son, Michael on our little Texas creek adventure.
I backtracked this one that I killed through the snow. Abot 75 yards before he got to me, he separated from a second coyote and that one walked within ten yards of me...right behind me.
Got to go I think I hear a drone above the house.