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deep snow=reluctant coyotes

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Denise and i spent the day in central ND yesterday.made 6 stands where sign was abundant. seen 14 coyotes and only had 2 respond. the 2 that did,did so across the ice where going was alot easier. .we were walking across a lake and i actually fell through wearing snowshoes :shock: .did'nt get to wet but ruined it for me the rest of the day :x .she missed a broadsider at about 125 :oops: .we watched it come from 3/4 miles across the ice. took ALOT of coaxing to keep it coming. i ended up shooting it at about 225 full run. :D big,old male... all coyotes were around cattail sloughs. not around cattle as i expected :roll: . Denise just left for work.. she's VERY stiff this morning. hell, even i am abit :shock:
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Serious ice issue when the snowshoes don't hold you.Scary.Only one scary incident so far this year for me-one foot went through but I was 'out' and 10 paces down lake before the water gods could grab me.Still hard on underwear though. :shock:
Over the years one finds spots that are dangerous.The real scary thing about a few are that they 'move' and they aren't consistent.One lake in NoDak has a spot that some years is open water and the next may have 6 inches of ice or more.Spring?Current?Who knows.
I pay particular attention to 'neck downs' in long or bigger lakes,all points(wind curent alone can prevent good ice formation),all steep bank areas and if a body of water has one bad spot,I'm careful all over it.If going on certain lakes,I carry my ice picks but should do it all the time.
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Lets be honest bucs, you missed at 125 yards and denise picked it up on the run at 225 and had to back you up :lol: :lol: :lol: I see your getting better at the blame your partner part of this sport :mrgreen: Congrats on the dog!! Any running coyote is a hell of a shot!! There is never 2 that run away the same. That's interesting you didn't find any around the cattle yards :?
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my guess is their in the cattails for pheasants. lots of birds.
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just had a rancher call me. asked me if i had called his west pasture?? i was gonna but it was after i got wet so decided not to. i went by it at about 2:00. he was there at 3 and said there were 3 coyotes right behind his feedlot. wonder when i'm gonna catch a break??? :mrgreen:
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bucksnbears wrote:just had a rancher call me. asked me if i had called his west pasture?? i was gonna but it was after i got wet so decided not to. i went by it at about 2:00. he was there at 3 and said there were 3 coyotes right behind his feedlot. wonder when i'm gonna catch a break??? :mrgreen:
"catch a break"

Ok mr. black fox, 16 in one day, leader of the points series............... I'm surprised you can sit with that horse shoe in your arse :lol: :lol:

yesterday was tough, your going to get the shots i didn't get to shoot :twisted:
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Optimax90 wrote:
bucksnbears wrote:just had a rancher call me. asked me if i had called his west pasture?? i was gonna but it was after i got wet so decided not to. i went by it at about 2:00. he was there at 3 and said there were 3 coyotes right behind his feedlot. wonder when i'm gonna catch a break??? :mrgreen:
"catch a break"

Ok mr. black fox, 16 in one day, leader of the points series............... I'm surprised you can sit with that horse shoe in your arse :lol: :lol:

:twisted:
i gotta pull it out once in a while to polish it up :mrgreen:.. 15 Opti..15.. don't get Daryl all ryalup again :wink:
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Sorry man didn't mean to cause problem :wink:
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bucksnbears wrote:just had a rancher call me. asked me if i had called his west pasture?? i was gonna but it was after i got wet so decided not to. i went by it at about 2:00. he was there at 3 and said there were 3 coyotes right behind his feedlot. wonder when i'm gonna catch a break??? :mrgreen:
Trevor and I made four sets on a ranch this weekend that is usually good for 3-4 dogs and had zero response. Trevors Dad works on that ranch and later that night he called Trevor and said he had a dead calf in a draw that he didn't know about and ran eight coyotes off of it. :x Woulda been nice to know about that. :cry:
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The 3' of snow here has finally crusted up and the coyotes are starting to move around more.. Time to get to calling....
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Nice shooting Bucs! They aren't easy to hit on the run at 100 yards let alone 225. I once fell through ice on a creek in late January when there was record ice depth on the lake up here. I was stalking on 5 bedded dogs in a tournament and took my snowshoes off the last 300 yards and fell in to my crotch with one foot. What saved me was the -25 degree day we had. My coveralls froze up immediately. I crawled to the other side of the creek squeaked one in and dumped him. I was amazed I didn't get cold on the mile walk back to the truck but the water in my boots was warm and it didn't hurt that I had some fur to block. Keep killing em!
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Nick dead coyotes in tow have a unbelievable warming effect :lol:

BNB when are you going to let go of the dog hog throne and let that poor women kill her own coyotes asshole!!!!! LOL :lol: :lol:
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Prairie Ghost wrote:Nick dead coyotes in tow have a unbelievable warming effect :lol:

BNB when are you going to let go of the dog hog throne and let that poor women kill her own coyotes asshole!!!!! LOL :lol: :lol:
LOL. that day was specifacally spent for her to get her first coyote. maybe if they had a prairie dog painted on them she could hit one :wink:
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