first triple

Post by **papapete** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:29 pm

Well I finally did it! I skipped the double and went right to a triple. What a fantastic hunt. Fallguy and I set up on this ridge overlooking a valley. He was on one side and I on the other. I started calling with some rabbit distress. As soon as I finished I had a taker coming in. Fallguy was covering my downwind side, but this coyote decide to take the long way there. Fallguy was to my left and this one went right. I didn't have much time before it was going to be out of site. Right at the last second i took a shot and got him. I heard the smack and saw him go down just out of site. Since it was early in the sequence i decided to keep calling. After my second series I heard howling just off to my right. So I repositioned and answered the howls. After that i looked back to my main area and saw two more coming in. One was coming in slowly while the other decided to stay back in the hills. After much coaxing I had the second one at 300 yds. It was finally getting to nervous to come any closer and was starting to go the other way. At that point i decided to take the shot. After I herd the smack I looked back for the third one. It had only went a few yards before it stopped again. I tried a few times to get him in closer with no luck. So I aimed and let out a prayer shot. I couldn't belive my eye's when that yote started spinning.

That was an amazing hunt that i will remember for a very long time. After it was all over Fallguy came over. He said he didn't see a damn thing, but it was one of the most exciting hunts he had been on. One of the coyotes was an old male. He had some big ass teeth on him. Oh and that howling was the first coyote that i shot. It was weird, the howls sounded like greeting or lonesome howls. You would think a wounded coyote would do more of a warning bark. I think that was why the other two hung up.

Anyways, thanks for letting me share this with you.
Happy hunting.

Post by **Fallguy** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:48 pm

Once, again congrats buddy! You deserve it.

What Papapete forgot to mention is that there was actually a 4th coyote that he didn't see that came out on my side of the ridge. I believe we spooked him up from a rock pile when we walked in on that crunchy snow. He was too far out for me to shoot once he cleared the rock pile, but he slowly worked his way away, always looking back to Papapete's side of the ridge. He either saw him calling or the other 3 coyotes. He wanted so bad to come in, and actually turned back a half mile out and did start to come back in, and after the 3rd one was shot he got the heck out of dodge

There was NO DOUBT in my mind that Papapete had 3 coyotes on the ground. I heard 3 shots with no follow ups, and we know each other's style of calling well enough that I could tell each shot was a success by the next way he called. When I walked over the ridge I expected to see 3 fingers up, and that's what I saw!

Yes, it was the most exciting stand I have ever been on, even though I didn't see any of the coyotes that were being called and killed. The suspense of trying to figure out what was going on just about killed me! The ADD was starting to kick in bad.

Post by **lyonch** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:34 pm

Congratulations on a Job well done

You should have posted this in the photo section of the forum though. It just helps the site stay clean and organized.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:05 pm

That is great to hear. It may be awhile before you come off of that high. way to go. great pics.

Post by **LeviM** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:09 pm

Congrats

That damn snow looks deep

, My legs are still recovering from a long day of walking threw it

Post by **papapete** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:26 pm

The worst thing about the snow was that it was right at that point were it could almost support your weight. That is so tough to walk in because you think it will and then it doesn't. The other tough thing was we were about 1.5-2 miles from our truck with only two yote totes.

I figured the "coyote hunting" forum would be a safe place to put a page describing our coyote hunt.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:14 pm

great post papapete. You 2 need some snow shoes. makes that walk feel like you are on flat hard ground. At least until you drag a toe and go head over heels into a snow bank. Not that I have done that but I have heard stories.

Post by **BigCoulee** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:24 pm

Great pics and great post! That hunt will last you a lifetime.

Post by **papapete** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:23 pm

Coyotehunter,
The sad part is, I have snowshoes. There so darn noisy though. They would have been nice to have there.

Post by **Fallguy** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:35 am

papapete wrote:
I figured the "coyote hunting" forum would be a safe place to put a page describing our coyote hunt.

Don't worry about it. If every single thread that had a picture in it was in the photo section that wouldn't make sense everytime either.

Post by **Prairie Ghost** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:04 am

Good work boys its great when a plan comes together. great pics also.

Post by **Dcoy** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:00 am

What a deal,congrats!
God bless snowshoes.