The Baron of Bufflehead
12-21-2009, 03:44 PM
Had to take the toddler to daycare this morning but that was fine as I wasn't able to raise myself early anyway. I had a 4am feeding shift for Jr. and went back to bed at 5am - big mistake. I was barely able to get up for 8am.:rolleyes:
I had a liesurely coffee at home then sauntered out for coyotes about 11am. It was a beautiful sunny day and not surprisingly I saw a coyote in a field along the 401, which gave me a good feeling about the day. I did two stands at a public hunting area including a good hike in along a frozen beaver pond. The place is all rock ridges and frozen swamp/pond and my setup back in there looked so great I spent 45 minutes at it, but no customers. I headed back the other way and hit one of my goose farms. First stand was dry then I was sneaking around the downwind side of a block of woods so I could call over the next field and to a new block of brush. I figured there had to be a coyote out mousing in the warm sun at one of my spots, and I was right. Good thing I was being quiet because I caught this big female in the open field. We spotted each other about the same time and she started trotting off broadside. I had my shooting stick ready and I was on her pretty quick. She wasn't alarmed and when she paused to figure out what I was it only took 2.5lbs of effort to seal the deal. The shot was a bit far back, but not bad for a quick 200 yard poke. She went down right away, then got up, did one spin and flopped over dead. Score another for the .225.:D
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I had a liesurely coffee at home then sauntered out for coyotes about 11am. It was a beautiful sunny day and not surprisingly I saw a coyote in a field along the 401, which gave me a good feeling about the day. I did two stands at a public hunting area including a good hike in along a frozen beaver pond. The place is all rock ridges and frozen swamp/pond and my setup back in there looked so great I spent 45 minutes at it, but no customers. I headed back the other way and hit one of my goose farms. First stand was dry then I was sneaking around the downwind side of a block of woods so I could call over the next field and to a new block of brush. I figured there had to be a coyote out mousing in the warm sun at one of my spots, and I was right. Good thing I was being quiet because I caught this big female in the open field. We spotted each other about the same time and she started trotting off broadside. I had my shooting stick ready and I was on her pretty quick. She wasn't alarmed and when she paused to figure out what I was it only took 2.5lbs of effort to seal the deal. The shot was a bit far back, but not bad for a quick 200 yard poke. She went down right away, then got up, did one spin and flopped over dead. Score another for the .225.:D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/thebaron1/09-12-2002.jpg