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29 downloadsI drove the scooter about a half mile to the end of the field with tall weeds and grass. I walked down a side road with alfalfa on my left and the tall weeds on my right. I placed the caller in the middle of the road and again layed prone about 50 yards away. After a few minutes of the woodpecker distress, I see some mallards take off in a panic about 200 yards out in the weeds......I know a yote is coming but can't see a thing. I raise up a little and there is a coyote doing the Jack in the Box every 10 yards as he progressed to the caller. I was down on the pistola just waiting for the dog to pop out on the road but it didn't happen. I raised up a little and can barely see the coyote's ear tips about 5 yards off the road and this yote ain't budging! I shut the caller down and started lip squeaking.......after a few agonizing moments, I raised up a little and the coyote is about 20 yards away burning a hole in my soul......needless to say, the game was over and I was the loser! Hate to tell about the next coyote......can you say amatuer?I drove to the end of the property and noticed the neighboring farmer had just shredded all the tall weeds down on a road bordering a huge sugar beet field. I had traveled about 200 yards on foot down the road when I realized that I forgot my portable handgun rest......no big deal....I'll just use the FoxPro bag. Once again, the only visibilty is straight down the road with high vegetation on both sides. Again, I setup with the caller 50 yards away but this time I covered it with weeds. A few minutes into Utah Jack I look through the scope down the straight road and at first though it was a jackrabbit.....wrong.....it is a coyote about 500 yards away coming dead at me. It was just trotting so I had a little time to practice using the bag for a rest. It wasn't perfect but seemed good nuff for minute of a coyote. As I watched the yote in the scope, I started getting a little nervous wondering if the coyote would notice the blob (me) laying in the road and stop short. At 200 yards, the coyote stopped and stared real hard but continued on. It stopped again at 100 yards and I was ready with the crosshairs in the center of the chest......click.....oh chit....forgot to cock the hammer. With the TC, you have to open the barrel in order to cock the hammer once you have tripped the release. All of a sudden, my system is absolutely flooded with adrenalin as I struggle to quietly open the barrel and cock the hammer. Now the coyote has full radar on me but is holding ground. I couldn't hold the gun still for love or money.....my heart was racing at a critical rate!!!!! I can tell the coyote is about to leave any second and I couldn't help but jerk the trigger.....clean miss!!! It seems when things start going wrong is when I have a tendency to lose it and man did I lose it!!!! I started thinking about that first click and how the crosshairs were so still on the chest....if only I had cocked the hammer. I am still in despair over such an amatuer showing but my arteries are cholesterol free....haha!
The good, bad, and ugly.........
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 09:05 PM
Calling the San Joaquin Valley this time of year is a challenge to say the least with vegetation 3 to 4 feet tall in response to lots of rain this past winter and spring. On this farm, my only visibility was straight down the dirt roads. I layed prone with the TC Hornet on the shoulder of the road with the FoxPro caller sitting on a fence post 50 yards away. A few minutes of Utah Jack screaming brought this male coyote out of the tall weeds on my right. He took a quick look at the caller and started trotting straight away. A bark halted his progress as he turned slightly and looked over his shoulder at me. I slipped a 40 gr. V-Max into the flank angling towards the boiler room. The yote was off like a bullet down the road and appeared very healthy. After covering 125 yards, the coyote dove into thick vegetation on the bank of an irrigation ditch to the left of the road. Examination of the impact point revealed blood and claw marks in the road's thin crust. The blood played out after 50 yards but the claw marks were easy to follow. I found the exact spot where the coyote dove for cover and found him dead in the bottom of the ditch about 75 yards further.
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29 downloadsI drove the scooter about a half mile to the end of the field with tall weeds and grass. I walked down a side road with alfalfa on my left and the tall weeds on my right. I placed the caller in the middle of the road and again layed prone about 50 yards away. After a few minutes of the woodpecker distress, I see some mallards take off in a panic about 200 yards out in the weeds......I know a yote is coming but can't see a thing. I raise up a little and there is a coyote doing the Jack in the Box every 10 yards as he progressed to the caller. I was down on the pistola just waiting for the dog to pop out on the road but it didn't happen. I raised up a little and can barely see the coyote's ear tips about 5 yards off the road and this yote ain't budging! I shut the caller down and started lip squeaking.......after a few agonizing moments, I raised up a little and the coyote is about 20 yards away burning a hole in my soul......needless to say, the game was over and I was the loser! Hate to tell about the next coyote......can you say amatuer?I drove to the end of the property and noticed the neighboring farmer had just shredded all the tall weeds down on a road bordering a huge sugar beet field. I had traveled about 200 yards on foot down the road when I realized that I forgot my portable handgun rest......no big deal....I'll just use the FoxPro bag. Once again, the only visibilty is straight down the road with high vegetation on both sides. Again, I setup with the caller 50 yards away but this time I covered it with weeds. A few minutes into Utah Jack I look through the scope down the straight road and at first though it was a jackrabbit.....wrong.....it is a coyote about 500 yards away coming dead at me. It was just trotting so I had a little time to practice using the bag for a rest. It wasn't perfect but seemed good nuff for minute of a coyote. As I watched the yote in the scope, I started getting a little nervous wondering if the coyote would notice the blob (me) laying in the road and stop short. At 200 yards, the coyote stopped and stared real hard but continued on. It stopped again at 100 yards and I was ready with the crosshairs in the center of the chest......click.....oh chit....forgot to cock the hammer. With the TC, you have to open the barrel in order to cock the hammer once you have tripped the release. All of a sudden, my system is absolutely flooded with adrenalin as I struggle to quietly open the barrel and cock the hammer. Now the coyote has full radar on me but is holding ground. I couldn't hold the gun still for love or money.....my heart was racing at a critical rate!!!!! I can tell the coyote is about to leave any second and I couldn't help but jerk the trigger.....clean miss!!! It seems when things start going wrong is when I have a tendency to lose it and man did I lose it!!!! I started thinking about that first click and how the crosshairs were so still on the chest....if only I had cocked the hammer. I am still in despair over such an amatuer showing but my arteries are cholesterol free....haha!
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29 downloadsI drove the scooter about a half mile to the end of the field with tall weeds and grass. I walked down a side road with alfalfa on my left and the tall weeds on my right. I placed the caller in the middle of the road and again layed prone about 50 yards away. After a few minutes of the woodpecker distress, I see some mallards take off in a panic about 200 yards out in the weeds......I know a yote is coming but can't see a thing. I raise up a little and there is a coyote doing the Jack in the Box every 10 yards as he progressed to the caller. I was down on the pistola just waiting for the dog to pop out on the road but it didn't happen. I raised up a little and can barely see the coyote's ear tips about 5 yards off the road and this yote ain't budging! I shut the caller down and started lip squeaking.......after a few agonizing moments, I raised up a little and the coyote is about 20 yards away burning a hole in my soul......needless to say, the game was over and I was the loser! Hate to tell about the next coyote......can you say amatuer?I drove to the end of the property and noticed the neighboring farmer had just shredded all the tall weeds down on a road bordering a huge sugar beet field. I had traveled about 200 yards on foot down the road when I realized that I forgot my portable handgun rest......no big deal....I'll just use the FoxPro bag. Once again, the only visibilty is straight down the road with high vegetation on both sides. Again, I setup with the caller 50 yards away but this time I covered it with weeds. A few minutes into Utah Jack I look through the scope down the straight road and at first though it was a jackrabbit.....wrong.....it is a coyote about 500 yards away coming dead at me. It was just trotting so I had a little time to practice using the bag for a rest. It wasn't perfect but seemed good nuff for minute of a coyote. As I watched the yote in the scope, I started getting a little nervous wondering if the coyote would notice the blob (me) laying in the road and stop short. At 200 yards, the coyote stopped and stared real hard but continued on. It stopped again at 100 yards and I was ready with the crosshairs in the center of the chest......click.....oh chit....forgot to cock the hammer. With the TC, you have to open the barrel in order to cock the hammer once you have tripped the release. All of a sudden, my system is absolutely flooded with adrenalin as I struggle to quietly open the barrel and cock the hammer. Now the coyote has full radar on me but is holding ground. I couldn't hold the gun still for love or money.....my heart was racing at a critical rate!!!!! I can tell the coyote is about to leave any second and I couldn't help but jerk the trigger.....clean miss!!! It seems when things start going wrong is when I have a tendency to lose it and man did I lose it!!!! I started thinking about that first click and how the crosshairs were so still on the chest....if only I had cocked the hammer. I am still in despair over such an amatuer showing but my arteries are cholesterol free....haha!
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 09:38 PM
Nice shot on the first one. Ya everytime I got a coyote coming in running or even walking up my heart gets to racing like it was my first one. I guess thats what makes it so fun. Hey good job Bill.
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 09:59 PM
Nice story I can see that pistol rest good deal.I always thought hand guners didnt use rests than again that would be hard too hold still. The land around my area is the same tall oat feilds and i dont have a caller yet 
I did see a young yote yesterday when i was cutting alfalfa ,but i left the gun at home I took it today didn't see anything go figure... 
I did see a young yote yesterday when i was cutting alfalfa ,but i left the gun at home I took it today didn't see anything go figure...
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 11:31 PM
Nice job on the 1st one. I love reading your stories. The fields around here are 2 to 3 feet high too.
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 05:26 PM
Great story, Bill. I have to thank you. I don't feel so bad now about missing that double a couple of weeks ago in NV. They sure are exciting. I think the excitement is knowing if you make the slightest mistake, they are usually right on top of it. The mind is racing through the checklist of things that should be ready as you squeeze the trigger.db
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 06:16 PM
Nice job, Bill. One in the bag, and two more sightings is a good day.
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 10:38 PM
Do not feel so bad your gun was loaded 
I think the closer they are the more chance of a miss. with me any way. nice going.
I think the closer they are the more chance of a miss. with me any way. nice going.
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Posted 28 April 2006 - 06:55 AM
Nice Bill, great story and pictures again. That TC Hornet sure does the job on those coyotes. It's much more fun shooting them with a pistol don't you agree.
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Posted 28 April 2006 - 09:11 AM
I can sure see how taking them with a pistol would be a lot more rewarding!
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Posted 28 April 2006 - 10:00 AM
Handicapping myself with a pistol definitely adds a bit of excitement......maybe too much...haha! It really is a great sense of accomplishment to do it with a handgun and somehow I always manage to recover from being defeated.....but it is getting harder to lose a week's sleep fretting over it...haha! I am in awe of folks that can do it with an arrow!!Thanks to all for your nice words.Nice Bill, great story and pictures again. That TC Hornet sure does the job on those coyotes. It's much more fun shooting them with a pistol don't you agree.
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