couple more dogs. long range style

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mitchkvernum
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couple more dogs. long range style

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Have not posted in a while, but I figured I would recount the days events from yesterday.. Made it our for a half day of calling 12-30-dark and had some decent success.. heres the recount of events 8) ..

headed out from the house at ten to martys job site to grab the Fury and the 22-250. after picking up the gear My dad And I made the drive to a new area I have been calling, its got good coyote numbers and im just starting to get it figured out..

1st stand settle down in a big pasture (my fav) and hot a female inv. howl.. Get 4 responses way out.. call for 20 minutes with no takers.. alright, ill head toward those howls, 300 yards later im sitting on a knoll overlooking a big basin :D , I pic up the binos and 1-- 2--- 3 there are all three dogs way out.. I hit the secret sound and they really dont care.. but after some enticing I call the a big old male to 300 yards.. he will come no closer.. I flop on my belly and zero the scope.. no wind clear condition, I hit him in the throat facing me.. dead right there..


I had to strip some layers off while retreiving him, man was I sweating.

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After a few dry stand I head over to a cattle ranch I have permission on, we talk to the farmer and he lets us sneak out the back side of his cows.. cows = coyotes right now.. I look threw the binos and 1 - 2- 3- 4, 4 dogs wayy out lounging. I get settled in and a coyote starts chewing me out with a warning bark, I never saw him below us.. DANGIT!!. I let everything settle down and I try a lonesome howl on the handcall ( the fury stopped working! ) I get a solid response to my west and He sounds like he is getting close. After 20 minutes with nothing showing I pick up the binos one last time and spot him!. I do a quick burst of rabbit and he sprints in! sweet. at 450 yards he stops.. he will come no closer , i tried it all.. I decide to BELLY CRAWL 50 yards to some brush and try a 400 yard shot.. after 15 minutes of crawling Im 400 out. I flip out the bi-pod and take my aim, making up for some wind.. BOOM...... . . . WHOP. I nail him a bit low were his front leg meets his body. He runs over the hill in baddd shape.

Ok time to track!!. I hit the blood trail and it leads to a snowed in bulberry bush.. he is in there. this bush was a series of tunnels, I was forced to crawl in head first, after this coyote.. I round a corner in the tunnel system and am greeted by his teeth. 5 yards from me snarling. I manage to get my gun out in front of me and give him his last breath. He was pissed!!

After a long drag Im back at the truck.. 2 dog half day.. not bad..

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meeting the buyer in wednesday to sell 40 more dogs. I need a skinning shed with heat!!! :lol:
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Geez that first dog is a Beheamith of a coyote. :o
I was starting to wonder what happened to you up there. Havent seen very many post lately. Good to see your still stacking them up. :D
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Thanks critr.. ya have still been killing them.. just not any good posts, our internet finally got back online today :? .. have not been on much.. Marty and I are going out in the morning.. pray the wind stays down for us :mrgreen:
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Couple of nice pokes. Can't imagine why second one was pissed, being hit in the chest and all. Bet you wish you would have had a 22 pistol going through the tunnels. Really enjoy reading your post and seeing the pics.
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Nice shooting.. Hey Mitch, what type of range finder do you carry on ya??
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good to see your still out killing dogs! those are some nice big dogs!
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thanks guys, optimax im carrying a cheapo nikon 550.. I dont really like it!
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Marty and I got back into our groove today.. 5 dogs died.. ill post a story tomorrow
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Great job mitch!!! I bet you wish you had a dog to send into that crawl space instead of your head :lol: :lol: Love the story fella :D
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we have a dog his name is mitch
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snareit wrote:we have a dog his name is mitch
:lol: Did you rub his belly and scratch him between the ears when he was done. GOOD BOY MITCH.... GOOD BOY. :wink:
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