Re: White Death strikes again!
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02/03/18 04:57 PM
02/03/18 04:57 PM
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I think I got my revenge, shot a real good furred female, same color as big one that got away few days ago, I was doing a grid looking for the coyote that got away, saw one up walking around at 11am, went to nw side of the section, she was walking up behind an occupied farm place, I had watched her a few minutes from about half mile ne of her, then she walked in to the groove, I drove by and revved my engine, and kept going south, she was maybe going to lay up in Grove or use it to get to the blacktop and cross to get to heavy cover, She went back into the center of the section, taking her time, eating corn or something a few times, then after about 20 minutes, she went over a rise, I drove to west side of section, I could see her, I was lucky the ground hid my white truck in a good spot, got ready, walked out on hard snow without snowshoes, I got halfway out there, wearing ear plugs I hear a coyote howl, I thought wth is blowing a coyote call, looked at coyote her head just came down from another howl, looked at my watch, 12 noon, she was facing Doliver, noon whistle was why she howled 3 times, first day howl in ia I heard. I kept walking straight east to her, she's still 600 yds away or more, she goes into low area and I stop crawling and started walking carefully, I crossed bean field got a few feet into the corn field, stopped, still couldn't see her, I got coyote call out, resting rifle over a knee, yipped 3 times, nothing, couple minutes later I let out weak howl, waited couple minutes, almost went to howl again, then saw her coming, she was going west along curve of hill to smell the howler, I watched her through my scope come closer waiting for a clear shot, at 70 yds I saw clear body no stalks in the way and took my shot as she walked west looking right at me, I think she was bedded maybe 200 yds below me in lower ground. So cool when everything comes together, I think I killed 16 of last 20 coyotes I stalked, I had a bad streak of 3 in a row got very lucky and barely got away from me. I'll see if Michael can post my pictures
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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02/03/18 06:33 PM
02/03/18 06:33 PM
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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 Not ALL of Pa has the High red population. That occurs in the East part of the state. In my area it's a mix of reds, greys and coyotes but not large quantities of any species.
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Re: White Death strikes again!
[Re: Tactical.20]
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02/03/18 09:28 PM
02/03/18 09:28 PM
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I see, ya pa is a long state, room for things to change , maybe no trapping in Maryland helps east pa? I believe that does help. Plus, there are a lot of horse farms with alfalfa grown for hay which keeps a healthy mouse population also.
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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02/04/18 10:06 AM
02/04/18 10:06 AM
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Normally I rarely see coyote when the wind is out of the south, I'm not sure if it is the direction of the wind or if the pressure is different on those days, best days are wind from nw 10-15 mph I was glad to see her yesterday, I saw her do something i never have seen before, right after the bullet hit her, I didn't have the picture of her as I found her on post because blood flew everywhere, some sprayed ten ft away
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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02/10/18 09:17 PM
02/10/18 09:17 PM
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I saw one coyote today, from West side of section I saw a coyote on the big snow bank on a dredge ditch, it was going to the east , to get wind right I drove to east side, low enough there coyote would not see my truck or me unless it kept coming. I spotted the coyote when I was at half mile marker, sitting up on dredge ditch bank about where I saw it from road, just on other side of fence were two piles of snow covered dirt. I crawled to top of first one, not a clear shot through grass, backed down and crawled up second hump, saw coyote stand up again, guessed it to be almost 300 yds, took my shot, I think it missed, coyote ran to east about 25 yds, looked to west to try and figure out where shot came from, I took her when she stood broadside at about 275 yds! Killed 17 of last 21 stalked
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Re: White Death strikes again!
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02/11/18 10:02 PM
02/11/18 10:02 PM
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I found one big male laying out in a snow covered corn field, 3/4 mile walk in from the east to get my shot, I'm pretty sure he saw me stop n look quick, but never had a clue I was there, he never raised his head in the 1/4 mile I was partially exposed, perfect stalking situation, decent fur, he had a crippled front leg, looked to be a real old injury
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