I went out early this morning,first time it hasn't rained or snowed in 2 weeks.One of my neighbors had a yearling calf drown in the creek that runs down our valley(swept into a flood gate) he had to drag it out for the insurance man to do a neacropscy on it.I set up on some round bales about 70 yds off and was using my Varmint Als El Cheapo call.The steer was already gutted and was get ripe so my scent was covered.It only took about 5 minutes and 2 yote's came at a dead run.I had my Hornet and at about 75 yds I fired at the 1 in the lead I pulled the shot and hit him in the neck(not fatality),Most times the sound of a gun shot puts them in afterburner and their gone these 2 turned right towards me and kept comming My Hornet is a single shot and I hadn't reloaded,I grabbed my Mossberg 20 Ga and a load of #4 buck took out 1 at about 15 yds the other 1 turned and at about 35 yds the Mossberg claimed him.I have hunted and called Song dogs for better than 10 years and have NEVER had anything like that happen before,I was in clear sight and they still came at me.All I can say is thank you Mossberg and Federal. ELMOUSMC
Coyote Attack(almost)
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tacticalmedic
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Make sure you change your underpants. I know I would have to!
Full-choke
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I'm going to be brave enough to hunt with a single-shot rifle as well, but I have my best friend sitting there next to me with his 8mm Mauser that he so dearly loves.
Good thing for smart thinking and good nerves
F-C
Good thing for smart thinking and good nerves
F-C
I was talking to 1 of my gray beard friends about the coyote incident and his son was there ,he related this story.last winter during our black powder season he dropped a nice doe,while he was field dressing it 3 song dogs came within 20 yds of him and tried to bluff him off his kill.He said he never felt so helpless in his whole life an empty rifle and no back up(in Iowa it is illegal to carry a 2nd weapon during black powder season).He was able to get the doe loaded on his 4 wheeler and leave,he said he didn't get a 100 ft and they were fighting over the gut pile.Its a whole new day in the Iowa woodsGood hunting and be safe ELMOUSMC
Good hunting and be safe ELMOUSMCMalexander
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Wow, that's kinda scary. Well done on some good shooting and glad you're okay.
Close Call
Some years ago I was with my dog along a stretch of river that runs right through a major city. Their are quail is the brushy areas. I was practicing calling them. After ten minutes a coyote popped out of some brush about ten feet in front of us. It looked at me and my dog and quickly disappeared. I guess my quail calling fooled one critter. Shortly after that rumors were circulating about a mountain lion living in that area. I decided to practice my bird calling elsewhere. Fooling a lowly dog is one thing, but a large cat is another.
Some years ago I was with my dog along a stretch of river that runs right through a major city. Their are quail is the brushy areas. I was practicing calling them. After ten minutes a coyote popped out of some brush about ten feet in front of us. It looked at me and my dog and quickly disappeared. I guess my quail calling fooled one critter. Shortly after that rumors were circulating about a mountain lion living in that area. I decided to practice my bird calling elsewhere. Fooling a lowly dog is one thing, but a large cat is another.
rantingredneck
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Reread his post, these two didn't.
2 years ago I shot one with my muzzleloader as I was walking back to my truck from my deer stand. I walked out of the treeline onto the field and the yote was sitting on its haunches about 40 yds away. It did not move, but sat there staring at me. I walked toward it (my truck was in that direction) expecting it to bolt. It did not. I recapped my muzzleloader and shot it.
I was not about to walk past it.
They are getting bolder around here too.
First rule ofmuzzle-loaders...
always reload.
Coyotes are more use to humans than we give credit for. That's why you hearing of them in city centers and occasionally taking cats and chiwowow's
(can't spell the little mouse dog) out to dinner. Especially here in the Puget Sound area, and the loco's can't understand why the coyotes do this???
always reload.
Coyotes are more use to humans than we give credit for. That's why you hearing of them in city centers and occasionally taking cats and chiwowow's
(can't spell the little mouse dog) out to dinner. Especially here in the Puget Sound area, and the loco's can't understand why the coyotes do this???
Last year we had a man and his dog attacked by a pack of coyotes while out walking in the woods not far from where I live near Savannah, GA. the mans dog killed one and he shot another before the rest took off.
Here is a ESPN news clip about a coyote attack.
New Jersey coyote shot and killed near where boy was attacked this week
Police shot and killed a coyote yesterday less than a mile from where a 5-year-old boy was attacked this week but cautioned that at least four song dogs were roaming nearby, the Associated Press reports out of Middletown, N.J.
It was not known whether the animal that was killed was the same one that bit Brayden Gazette as he and his sister were playing near their home on Monday.
"It's somewhat of a relief, but I'm still going to be watching out for my kids every minute," said the boy's mother, Joann Gazette. "Who knows how many more are out there? And how can anyone be sure if this is the one who bit my son?"
The animal was killed about three-quarters of a mile from her home, she said.
Police cornered the animal and chased it along a fence of the Earle Naval Weapons Station before shooting it with a .40-caliber handgun, said Township Administrator Robert Czech.
"It was apparently trying to find an access point back into the Navy property," he said.
Police spotted at least four other coyotes before the animal was killed, he said. Traps are still in place to capture other coyotes.
The coyote that was killed was a female that weighed about 35 pounds. The carcass was to be tested for rabies.
Brayden got 46 stitches in the back of the head and two rabies shots after a coyote bit him Monday, according to the AP.
Another boy, 22-month-old Liam Sadler, was grabbed by a coyote while playing near the naval station April 6. The toddler had to undergo rabies shots.
Here is a ESPN news clip about a coyote attack.
New Jersey coyote shot and killed near where boy was attacked this week
Police shot and killed a coyote yesterday less than a mile from where a 5-year-old boy was attacked this week but cautioned that at least four song dogs were roaming nearby, the Associated Press reports out of Middletown, N.J.
It was not known whether the animal that was killed was the same one that bit Brayden Gazette as he and his sister were playing near their home on Monday.
"It's somewhat of a relief, but I'm still going to be watching out for my kids every minute," said the boy's mother, Joann Gazette. "Who knows how many more are out there? And how can anyone be sure if this is the one who bit my son?"
The animal was killed about three-quarters of a mile from her home, she said.
Police cornered the animal and chased it along a fence of the Earle Naval Weapons Station before shooting it with a .40-caliber handgun, said Township Administrator Robert Czech.
"It was apparently trying to find an access point back into the Navy property," he said.
Police spotted at least four other coyotes before the animal was killed, he said. Traps are still in place to capture other coyotes.
The coyote that was killed was a female that weighed about 35 pounds. The carcass was to be tested for rabies.
Brayden got 46 stitches in the back of the head and two rabies shots after a coyote bit him Monday, according to the AP.
Another boy, 22-month-old Liam Sadler, was grabbed by a coyote while playing near the naval station April 6. The toddler had to undergo rabies shots.
mikejonestkd
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Here in NY they have recently discovered that coyotes here have wolf DNA in them...I guess that explains why the NY/ VT coyotes get up to 60 pounds. One would be enough to send chills up my spine. Two or more would be a real problem....I know of a few smokepole hunters that have had similar encounters after harvesting a deer..
Wow, You guys gotta come to N.J. and hunt some dogs. Lots and lots of them here as reintroduced by the state(STUPID!) And noone hunts them serious and all they do is kill deer and turkeys nonstop. Theres a few of us that go and dont know how to hunt them that good and shot 9 during the season over electronic calls and fake gut piles. We only hunted 13 days and nights total and heard alot of them.(lost count) Our deer heard is taking a beating from them and theres gotta be a better way to get em because their almost domesticated and stupid as a rock. The downfall is that we cant use rifles and only 12ga. with t size max. Any suggestions??? Oh, And no legholds either.