What a Great Day!!

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What a Great Day!!

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Well this morning started at 4:45 with the dogs jumping on the bed and the wife getting dressed to take a walk. I thought, hell can't sleep now, might as well take advatage of the cool temps (39 deg. when I left the truck) this morning. I headed to an area that we hunt alot of waterfowl in, thinking get acouple of stands in before the sun gets high then do some quick scouting, then get my ass back to work :)

First stand I went out across a stubble feild to sit in so rock piles, never made it there. It was about 30-40 minutes before sunrise, and a lone coyote let out a howl a good distance away but close enough to call too?? I let out a couple of howls back and she answered a couple of time then nothing, waited 10 minutes then started a set of rabbit distress, two sets in she howl agian, but closer. I started howling back this went on back and forth for about 10 minutes with her getting closer, finally I picked her up in a rock pile a good distance off. We howled back and forth for a good 20-25 minutes, I tried rabbit distress,fawn distress and a couple of mouse squeakers, nothing :x She would not come off the rock pile, and with the sun out fully, and me in the middle of nowhere :? I had no option but to shoot :D Thanks to my new Leica rangefinder, I ranged her at 567yrds, never made a shot that far on a coyote, but thought what the hell :? I've shot rocks and praire dogs and metal plates, but this is the final test. Dailed it in and got rock solid, and tipped her over dead :D :D couldn't beleave it, all that shooting and prep work and practice paid off. When I walked up to the rock pile, she was spawlled out on top of the rock, legs all four directions! Only had a cell phone pic but some way i'm going to get that posted :?:
Then the day got even better, the next stand was a flop. So I was going to hit one more place. As I walked in, just at the creast of the hill I noticed two yotes on the same trail as me coming at me :) Got on my belly, and gave them a lip squeek, and they came running. At 251 (Leica again, after the shot!) they stopped, the jig was up, so I let the first one have it, dead on the spot. The second one jumped strait up, looked at his buddie, and before he knew it he was dead too :)
My first solo double ever, and three in the truck :) That is the best morning of solo hunting I've had to date, now there is a personal bar that has been set. So one more stand couldn't hurt I thought, I was pressing my luck. Two stands later I knew I better get back to work :) :) Man what a great day. Hell I might have a steak tonight a couple of Coronas, and chace the wife around the house :lol:
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Awesome post and story!! I love the last line :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Enjoyed the story and you had a great morning. I"m betting the rest of the day went pretty fast. :D
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great story!!!! Forget chasing the wife around the house after work grab your rifle and get back out there that chasing around the house stuff is for the summer months :o :wink:
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would be hard to keep my mind on work after a morning like that!!!!. great story :)
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Ya work didn't last long yesterday :) What was even harder was not taking off early this morning again.

PG: I'm truly a dissapointment as a coyotehunter, I got to remember whats important, Its time to hunt, I can stay home when the weather is bad :)
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Damn skippy. You are learning well grasshopper. Next you will be shown the benenfits of the necture of the gods :D :wink:
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I've always said "if you haven't lost one or two good jobs do to hunting, you ain't much of a hunter" :mrgreen:

Maybe I should apply that to married life :D Although I don't know if I could find another woman to put up with my hunting :D
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Always more fish in the sea man just depends on your standards. But one that will let you hunt all the time is tough thats why i turned it into my job so my wife can't say much anymore. :wink:
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Great post! Loved the story. Congrats on a successful morning.
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Good Hunting! Wish I could have just seen these coyotes you've been talking about :D Unfortunately I've been swamped with work and online classes while I finish my internship at the plant :evil: Good to hear others are able to pick up where I'm slackin' off :D :D
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PG; I married up big time, my wife is way hot :D But like a buddie once told me, "just remember for every hot chick you see, there is a guy some where pissed off at her for somthing :lol: :lol: :lol:

The hunting continues!! Got a job about 12 miles northeast of town, went up there this afternoon to measure the framing to start building the cabinets. As of last weekend, never leaving home without a gun. Took the back roads home, and couldn't beleve it but stumbled across two in the ditch of the road, as I got close and started slowing down they took off. Stoped the truck and gave them a WHOOFF!! The one stopped and I wack him @ 125yrds :D The other one kicked it in, fired four more with no luck :) Can't beleve my luck lately..

Got to help a buddy north of town with his truck now, and then were taking off to get a couple of stands in tonight. There is no way I can keep this streak going.............
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Good deal.
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I love killing coyotes. this is why I love killing coyotes. better than sex and drugs.
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Amen skipper
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