We started the day with high hopes of doing well. We placed 5th in the Elk City contest with 8 coyotes so we thought for sure we would be able to do well again.
The heat and the wind gave us hell all day. We called and had many many dry stands. Some we called in and just weren't able to get a shot on.
Our first dog came at about 8:30. We called and were busted by a coyote that must've seen us well before we saw him. We never got a shot on him but kept calling. This female came in from down wind and by the time we saw her she was spooked. We barked and she gave us a look. Alan sent a 70 grain .243 and hit her back leg. We didn't see her run and she was on a ridge so we weren't really sure if he dropped her or if she slipped off the back side of the ridge. We walked up to find her chewing on her leg and she took off. My brother nailed her with a 50 grain 22-250 HP. She was done. Not a very big coyote and actually won us small dog of the contest.
Here's a coyote that we saw when walking in. We got down and hit the call. The coyote had seen us but really didn't know what we were. I was able to see it and could have attempted a 200+ yard shot but decided to wait and let the situation play out. When the coyote figured out it couldn't smell us, it set out to get down wind. I motioned to our hunting partner Alan and he set off to cut the coyote off before she could wind us. He actually got behind the coyote, found the trail it used to cross a creek, and followed in behind it. The coyote stopped about 150 yards from the call watching it. My brother was about to shoot when Alan let a 70 grain .243 fly from 65 yards from the coyote. She dropped. We spent a good 25-30 minutes after this one dog, and we were glad to get her.
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Our third coyote was called in to an edge of an open grass field. She was bedded down in some tall weeds and just decided to investigate the sound. She thought she was still in cover but my brothers 22-250 put her down.
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We saw several more and Alan attempted a shot at 500+ on a runnig coyote to no avail. I only shot 3 times at a running coyote all day. Compared to the Elk City contest where I shot 20 times and killed 5, I barely got any action yesterday. Yesterdays heat and wind was tough but we still killed the second most dogs of the day. First place had 4 coyotes, second place had 2 coyotes and a bobcat, and we placed third with 3 coyotes. The bobcat was the tie breaker.
The contest was a well run contest and they gave away probably 10 prizes including hats, hand calls, and a FoxPro Spitfire. The Spitfire actually had to be drawn twice because the first ticket drawn the team wasn't there. That's sucks for that guy.
I've been in contact with the tournament director and he plans on having a lie detector test for next years tournament in hopes of getting more teams. Also he will have door prizes again, probably more with hopes of more teams.
Here we are dropping the coyotes off in the usual spot.
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My brother with the "2011 Pile"
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The heat and the wind gave us hell all day. We called and had many many dry stands. Some we called in and just weren't able to get a shot on.
Our first dog came at about 8:30. We called and were busted by a coyote that must've seen us well before we saw him. We never got a shot on him but kept calling. This female came in from down wind and by the time we saw her she was spooked. We barked and she gave us a look. Alan sent a 70 grain .243 and hit her back leg. We didn't see her run and she was on a ridge so we weren't really sure if he dropped her or if she slipped off the back side of the ridge. We walked up to find her chewing on her leg and she took off. My brother nailed her with a 50 grain 22-250 HP. She was done. Not a very big coyote and actually won us small dog of the contest.
Here's a coyote that we saw when walking in. We got down and hit the call. The coyote had seen us but really didn't know what we were. I was able to see it and could have attempted a 200+ yard shot but decided to wait and let the situation play out. When the coyote figured out it couldn't smell us, it set out to get down wind. I motioned to our hunting partner Alan and he set off to cut the coyote off before she could wind us. He actually got behind the coyote, found the trail it used to cross a creek, and followed in behind it. The coyote stopped about 150 yards from the call watching it. My brother was about to shoot when Alan let a 70 grain .243 fly from 65 yards from the coyote. She dropped. We spent a good 25-30 minutes after this one dog, and we were glad to get her.
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Our third coyote was called in to an edge of an open grass field. She was bedded down in some tall weeds and just decided to investigate the sound. She thought she was still in cover but my brothers 22-250 put her down.
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We saw several more and Alan attempted a shot at 500+ on a runnig coyote to no avail. I only shot 3 times at a running coyote all day. Compared to the Elk City contest where I shot 20 times and killed 5, I barely got any action yesterday. Yesterdays heat and wind was tough but we still killed the second most dogs of the day. First place had 4 coyotes, second place had 2 coyotes and a bobcat, and we placed third with 3 coyotes. The bobcat was the tie breaker.
The contest was a well run contest and they gave away probably 10 prizes including hats, hand calls, and a FoxPro Spitfire. The Spitfire actually had to be drawn twice because the first ticket drawn the team wasn't there. That's sucks for that guy.
I've been in contact with the tournament director and he plans on having a lie detector test for next years tournament in hopes of getting more teams. Also he will have door prizes again, probably more with hopes of more teams.
Here we are dropping the coyotes off in the usual spot.
My brother
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Me
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My brother with the "2011 Pile"
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