Location: Roane County, Tn (my favorite honey-hole)
Time: PM
Temp: 60
Wind: Slight
No. Stands: 1
Coyotes Seen: 5
No. Killed: 5
Calls Used: Lightning Jack and Mojo Critter

Notes: Called for ten minutes and nothing showed, then all of a sudden I see two coyotes coming down from the top of a field directly in front of me. This was very surprising because they almost always come in from my left. I immediately got lined up on them but couldn’t get a shot off because they dropped down into a draw and out of sight.

The bad part was just as soon as I got lined up on that direction two more coyotes come out of the woods right where they usually do, to my left. As quick as I could, I swung around and shot coyote #1 right where he stood. The mate that was with him bolted out into the field and within a few feet of the Mojo Critter. After seeing the other coyotes coming up the draw from below he must have realized he was out of his home territory and ran towards me bouncing the whole way and constantly looking back over his shoulder, never knowing I was there. Bang! #2 drops at a mere 10 yds!

Ironically, when I shot at the very first coyote the two down in the draw thought the shot had come from behind them and bolted up onto the flat where I had just shot #1 and #2. As quick as I could, I shot the back one (like you are supposed to) and managed to hit the fourth one running up the slope directly away from me. Luckily for me he had slowed down a little after a few barks which made the shot a little easier.

Then with my back against a barbed-wire fence I felt it twinge like a fishing line and I instantly knew that “something” had just run through the fence. Sure enough, to my right was a big male loping at an angle away from me. He must have been standing at my direct right and had watched what had just happened and decided to get out of Dodge. He would have been fine except he made one mistake. He ran DIRECTLY away from me. Now I’m not a very good shot at running target to say the least but I was going to try. I let him get out there so that there wasn’t much vertical movement on his body and squeezed off the last shot. Boy that coyote went head over heels. Five shots, five coyotes. WHAT A HUNT!!

Then the worst possible thing happened. My alarm went off and I had to get up. Man, I hate when that happens. Moral of the story. Don’t go straight to bed after watching two coyote hunting videos. The funny part about the whole story is that this “episode” is a collection of about 7 hunts that I have had at that same stand location. Two exceptions. First, they didn’t all come in at the same time and second, I missed one of them. Have a great day. I am.

Sorry, no pics.

Hey Jake, can you hook me up with some of that "youth serum"?

You had me going....LOL,LOL........

I knew it wasn't real as soon as you said you hit one that was moving. . . .

37L1 wrote:

I knew it wasn't real as soon as you said you hit one that was moving. . . .

Now that is funny!!! ^ ...Now you just have to make that dream come true Jake!

Teamroper - you had me hooked, reeled in, and on the stringer!

jasonpredhunter wrote:

37L1 wrote: I knew it wasn't real as soon as you said you hit one that was moving. . . . Now that is funny!!! ^ ...Now you just have to make that dream come true Jake!

You know, that's pretty bad when the only coyote you can hit moving is in your sleep! LOL. Guess I'll just keep trying.

I've shot a lot of them in my sleep too! I can't tell you how many raccoons I've missed though when I'm sleepy.

Ronmcc4 wrote:

Teamroper - you had me hooked, reeled in, and on the stringer!

X2...you got me !

YOU GOT ME!!

Maybe I need to practice on my "mental imaging" so that I can hit those coyotes that are moving. You know, picture myself shooting one with one foot up in the air. LOL

37L1 wrote:

I knew it wasn't real as soon as you said you hit one that was moving. . . .

LOL. Nicely done.

Dream or reality, nice shootn !

broknbonz wrote:

Dream or reality, nice shootn !

Thanks, I'm working on it! LOL

Here I am, a new guy in this game and I was totally in awe of your story! I was thinking to myself... "Is this what I have to look forward to?"

You got me for sure! Well done! I enjoyed the story anyway.

The Fox that Rox!

foxthatrox wrote:

Here I am, a new guy in this game and I was totally in awe of your story! I was thinking to myself... "Is this what I have to look forward to?" You got me for sure! Well done! I enjoyed the story anyway. The Fox that Rox!

Welcome to the site. I hate that your first experience here was filled with lies and deceit But some people on here, unlike me, just can't be trusted.

dunkintn wrote:

foxthatrox wrote: Here I am, a new guy in this game and I was totally in awe of your story! I was thinking to myself... "Is this what I have to look forward to?" You got me for sure! Well done! I enjoyed the story anyway. The Fox that Rox! Welcome to the site. I hate that your first experience here was filled with lies and deceit But some people on here, unlike me, just can't be trusted.

You're just mad because I got you too!

Thanks for the welcome dunkintn!

I'm sure one day I will be able to fill the pages with my "stories" as well!

foxthatrox wrote:

Thanks for the welcome dunkintn! I'm sure one day I will be able to fill the pages with my "stories" as well!

Why would you want to wait? Hey, it's pretty obvious, even if you don't have a real one you just make something up.lol Thats what happens when you have a dry spell. You start to suffer withdrawls and the mind starts to play tricks on you. The line between reality and fantasy starts to blurr. He will be alright. He just needs a fix is all.

He's right there. I am having withdrawls. On the way to work last night I passed a coyote walking along the road. My first response was to try and turn the car around and go back. Then I'm thinking, what in the world am I going to do that for? So I can get a picture! Duh! It's getting bad! I'll see you in the woods.