White Death strikes again!
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01/05/18 08:16 PM
01/05/18 08:16 PM
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As I drove by a farm I have coyote sets in I saw what I thought was a coyote curled up out in the snow covered corn stalks, I stopped, looked through scope, yup it's got ears. Instead of check traps by driving into the section I walked back in there with my white coveralls on, and my Tactical.20 I thought if I used a grass strip to the high spot in the field east of the coyote I could look from high rock or dirt pile and see coyote to the west of me, wind was out of the north. Got there, couldn't see it, decided since it was just over the hill 200 yds away I tried calling coyote to me with mouse squeaks, didn't work, tried rabbit squeals, no coyote, I thought if he's still there he would have heard it and at least looked to see what was going on. So I crept closer to the top of hill, being careful not to kick any corn stalks. Finally spotted it curled up with stalks blocking my view of it except where shoulder is, decided to shoot off hand from 70 yds, hit it and a fox jumped up and ran 20 yds and fell over! Lol, I never got a good look at it til it got up. Been five or more years since I stalked a fox.
Last edited by Tactical.20; 01/05/18 08:20 PM.
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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01/05/18 10:03 PM
01/05/18 10:03 PM
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I hope you didn't just kill the last red in northwest Iowa!
Joking of course, nicely done T.20, good looking fox too.
Eh...wot?
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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01/05/18 10:46 PM
01/05/18 10:46 PM
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Tactical.20
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No, I'm seeing fox tracks in several places, we will never see high numbers of them again probably, caught two this year, all three were males It would be fun if ia had fox like pa does
Last edited by Tactical.20; 01/05/18 10:52 PM.
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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01/06/18 01:17 AM
01/06/18 01:17 AM
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Thanks, bullet hit foot, tail, chest had good hole in it, sure better to shoot with a good rest, at least I didn't miss Thanks guys, he had more fleas than all my last 51 coyote, lol About one in ten coyote even have a flea, never used to be like that
Last edited by Tactical.20; 01/06/18 01:21 AM.
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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01/06/18 10:42 AM
01/06/18 10:42 AM
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That's why the thrill never goes away. Never know what or how things shape up until the end. Nice work!!
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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