Went out this last night real quick and called in a grey fox. It showed up about 7-8 feet in front of me, creeping thru the thick brush. It took a few steps out into the open, turned and looked right into my eyeballs, and fled. That was cool. They're really pretty.This AM I headed out and got my first coyote of the season on my second stand. It was a young female, probably this year's batch. She came in real slow after about 12 minutes, like she was trying to pretend that she wasn't interested in my woodpecker distress call. She kept stopping along the way to sniff other coyote's scat etc. I nailed her at 46 yards with my NEF 223 and a 40gr NBT. Stop, drop, and twitch. That was it. Lights out. And so the season begins... Oh, and I got the whole thing on video. :)Hold on, I'm having imaging difficulties...
First coyote of the season
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 12:52 PM
Great Ben! 
I guess you needed to move closer to them to get them? 
I guess you needed to move closer to them to get them?
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 02:01 PM
cool,
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 03:24 PM
Allrighty then, here's some pics.
Here's a play-by-play phot shoot. In the first pic, the coyote is approaching on the trail from about 90 yards. He stops numerous times along the way. Then he finally makes a sharp right turn in front of that tree and sniffs near the small stream. I wanted him to come a little closer, but I took him at 46 yards before he could wander up that stream out of sight. 
Here's a play-by-play phot shoot. In the first pic, the coyote is approaching on the trail from about 90 yards. He stops numerous times along the way. Then he finally makes a sharp right turn in front of that tree and sniffs near the small stream. I wanted him to come a little closer, but I took him at 46 yards before he could wander up that stream out of sight.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 04:47 PM
Good show! Thanks for the story and pictures.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 05:32 PM
Steve, you go shoot your guns!I'm going to have to start taking my DVD camcorder!
Ben, that's a great series of pictures! 
Congratulations on the coyote from the new area.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 07:17 PM
Good Job Ben! I wish I knew how to share the story with pictures. Great Shooting and Camera Work and thanks for sharing. Dale
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 07:38 PM
Very nice show and tell story.
Bullets are pretty worthless. All they do is hang around waiting to get loaded.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 07:41 PM
Nicely done sir!!Kevin
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 08:29 PM
Nice going Ben:Thanks for the Pics
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 08:43 PM
Steve, trust me, filming a solo hunt is a pain in the rear. There's more equipment to lug around, it's time consuming and frustrating when the auto shutoff turns the camera off to save batteries etc, and often you don't get the shot anyways. I had a fox right in front of me last night but I couldn't get the camera on him. It's much easier in wide open areas!
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 08:54 PM
Love the play by play....very good job. Also, like the look in the yote's eye on the closeup. Those eyes can burn a hole right through a man's soul! Congrats on the coyote.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 09:42 PM
That is VERY cool.If you don't mind me asking what county are you in.That country sure looks familiar. Gunnut stanislaus county
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 10:16 PM
This is way up here by Clear Lake.
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Posted 09 November 2005 - 10:48 PM
Thats verry cool. realy neat like way out there 
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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