Let em come in boys

[Keith Parrish]

I found a nice stand for coyotes last month. Happened to be right behind the house.:bigbye: I got my calls ready and set my date and time, today in the late afternoon. I set out with ambitions HIGH, and ammo loaded to perfection. Started my calling as I was sittin for around 45 min. Spotted a nice size full grown yote off in the distance. Next thing I knew the wife was sending me a text message. "Honey there is a nice coyote on the hill out on the front hill" I replied "I'm watching him come towards me!!" I started feeling the pressure and pounding of the heart. I let him do his thing along the way but was thinking how nice it would be to get the shot while he was in my wife and baby's view. At a stand still I took the shot. MISSED!!! He made a run right across the front of me along the fence and got aim to take another shot... MISSED!!! I wanted to cry. Thought I could make a long shot and was hoping to get to show the ladies how it is done. I am totally done with rushing the shots.:banghead: Moral of the story screw all else be patient and "LET EM COME IN BOYS!!!" :banghead: :banghead:

[charlie cleveland]

it just happens...missed a deer not but a few days ago dont know how should have closed my eyes and still got her ..like i said it just happens... charlie

[Keith Parrish]

Far as I could see with all the durt that kick up he was dead as a door nail. But he kept moving down the hill. I'll know for next time.

[calvin humburg]

Keith, if there would of been nobody there to witness your great shot you would of made it. Enjoy that baby mine's in highschool.

[Dean Romig]

They'll run a long way when they're gut-shot. The beauty of that is that their packmates will taker care of them pretty soon...:clap:

[Keith Parrish]

I'm going to try again today. Got another stand the other side of the hill and where there is one there is more.Plan to go around the same time and using the same calls. If they worked once they'll work again.

[charlie cleveland]

good luck... charlie

[Keith Parrish]

Check my pic by my name (my avatar)...


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I got em boys. New Years Eve. I was grilling steaks for the wife and I, they were almost done and out on the top of the hill in the backyard I spotted something small dashing in and out of the cows. I new it was a yote. I threw the medium done steaks on the platter and ran inside, told the wife I wouldn't be eating right now there a Coyote in the back. She was bout 400 yards away so I made a squeak with my lips to the back of my hand an I'll be darn if this critter didn't make a B-line straight towards me and my house (perfect!!!) I kept the scope on her and kept squeaking with the other hand. I went to pop her bout 200 yards away and I had the safety on. I took this as a sign I squeaked again and she came alil closer. Then I had her, took the shot she hobbled bout 10 feet or so and layed down. Went back to the house and loaded the lady and my 6 month old daughter in the truck and off we went to bring in the new year with a nice yote in the back. The picture tells the whole story. Check out the colors in the background... Final walk off was a shot of 165 yards and she was taken with a caliber .223 Savage 110E Bushnell scope with a Fed. TNT GREEN 43 grain copper bullet. ONE SHOT how it suppose to be done.

Oh the steaks were waiting for us at the house when we got back. COLD, but well worth it!!

[Dean Romig]

Nice job Keith. You're holding a "good" coyote... and there's only one kind of "good" coyote.

[calvin humburg]

Nice dog, looks pretty light colored back in the day he would have brought some good money.

[Keith Parrish]

I comtemplated on skinning it but the day was late and the steaks were gettin cold. I would like to have a couple of them furs just for myself and my reloading room. I have some rabbit fur but no coyote

YET....

The majority of the ones here in the west are light like this one. I keep telling myself that she was the one I missed acouple weeks ago. Until I heard a couple yelling away Monday evening. I plan to go out on a couple of stands Friday and Saturday.

[charlie cleveland]

good job on that yote...hope to see a few more pictures of them soon...i can not seem to remember to take the camera...took it onthe crow hunt the other day and dont you know the battery was dead.... but maybe today i can think of it when i go out to deer hunt this after noon...yes that was a good hide you had there...wont be long though youll have another....that was a good shot with the rifle i hope youll soon get onewith the shotgun...itll put another notch in your belt.... charlie

[Keith Parrish]

I have never tried taking out my shotgun for one of these. Getting one with a 12 gauge means more cover than I have at my current stands I may have to upgrade to a blind of some sort? I assume Full Choke also I know I want to go with atleast a F buckshot or around that size. Might be my next notch in my belt. Sure has me antsy just thinking bout picking one off at 30 yards.

[Dean Romig]

Shot size 2 or larger will make quick business of it.

4 or 5 might do it in the summer but in the colder months with their very thick fur you'll want the larger shot sizes.

[Jack Cronkhite]

Let me pass along tonight's dog hike adventure. Like Keith, there be 'yotes. Like Charlie, no camera along. Birds and deer figure into it. When the sun reaches a certain angle, CHARLIE and KYRA start to think I have forgotten their needs. There is no letting up until they get loaded into the rolling kennel and head out for a good romp. I have a great spot along the creek that is close to home and still inside the city but isolated and still wild. We slogged through the snow to the creek and headed west into the setting sun. A large mature snowy owl sat atop a post surveying the area for an early evening snack. We were under scrutiny as we passed - just a hint of head movement; otherwise, an avian statue. As we progressed, the fresh snow cover revealed there would be birds - sharptail grouse to be specific. CHARLIE snuffled more snow than a coke addict and eventually popped out the only one that would flush. Lots of bulrush and russian olive cover. Next CHARLIE took a great interest in a patch of bulrush. I knew it would not be a bird, as she has her own body language that I sometimes interpret. From out of cover, a large 'yote hightailed it across the creek and beyond. A short distance later, a large whitetail doe skedaddled. Not far beyond that, we were in an area chuck full of bird tracks but nothing budged. Peripheral vision caught movement. A yearling doe and an even smaller one moved away from us, but not in a great rush. Something about the smaller one wasn't right. The two made it into a more open space and I couldn't believe my eyes. A young whitetail and a young coyote were on the move together. I watched them for about a minute and they just mosied along together until they made it to another patch of cover. I have to say, I have never seen that before. Not exactly the wolf lying down with the lamb but maybe a young 'yote with a yearling deer is a start. Really must keep the camera in hand. As we made it back to the rolling kennel, we were serenaded by a few 'yotes, one not quite so musically inclined but the others carried a nice tune.

Cheers,
Jack

[calvin humburg]

Great story Jack! Love to listen to that music as well! Life would be pretty boring on the plains without the ol Trickster. One of the true natives left......... ch stick with your rifle I've skinned coyote with shot under skin might as well get the job done. One day I was checkin my trap line came up on a trapped coyote he seen me and sang his death song. I don't know but it done something to me I retired. But I need to teach Jett the skill he needs to learn from ol man coyote as well. ch

[Keith Parrish]

CH,

I have a Uncle that retired when he went to get this doe he shot and the girl picked up her head and licked his face. I never heard of him killing a mouse for the 9 years since that episode. Thats what you got to do is pass it on like my father and uncle have done for me...