Date:1/18/12
Location:smith county
Time:7:45 am
Temp:45
Wind:NE
No. of Stands:1
Game Seen:2 coyotes
Game Shot: 1 coyote@ 25 yards
Weapon Used:204 remington r-15
Calls Used: custom handcall made by LDS calls from georgia
Notes
Started back to this stand and noticed the wind was not in my favor so I started to leave but then decided to swing low and put the field in front of me with a direct crosswind. Started off with a soft 30 second series from a hand call and waited for a minute and repeated this a couple times when I noticed a pretty blonde come out of the cedar thicket and it stopped at about 150 yds. Well another soft series and it broke again and at 110 it froze again. By this time I had dropped the call and the first lip squeak caused the field to come alive at 75 yards right in front of me (I don't know where the heck he came from) he was just there right in the field with just a couple of bushes and trees. Well they both broke and the lead dog was working beneath a little rise downwind and I couldn't see him.
I turned the scope down to 2 power as I looked for the back dog and they were both loving the lip squeaks about that time he lead dog topped the rise and I got back on him and at 25 yds I hit him dead center of the chest and swung to the other dog which was at 125yds and moving fast and slung three at it with no success. All the while looked up and this dog gets up and takes off (can you believe it)and makes it to 90 yds and I put another one in him and dropped him.
Glad I went aftter I got off work.


PIc of first shot . Don't know how he got back up Im holding one front leg up to get pic

Awesome Chad! that one has a nice coat on it!

Thanks Brad!! Wish I could have gotten the blonde one. I think i picked up some more farms just posting this on Facebook. You need to let me know when you and Doug want to come back down !!

..Who's Doug?

Way to go Chad!!!

See how he does me? And to think I saved his life at one point!

I take it you got this one today? You left the date off. What kind of hand call was it?

Coyotes are surprisingly tough unless you get them good in the boiler room. I've seen a few that have been shot by my partners refuse to stay down with a shot that should have done the job.

Sounds like a hunt with a lot of excitement. Nice shootin'!

Great job!

Congrats. Great story. Keep them coming.

Cool, congrats. I have had some bad luck with 32g's in 204. Shot 2 and found blood trails but no coyotes. They can be tough sometimes.

37L1 wrote:

I take it you got this one today? You left the date off. What kind of hand call was it? Coyotes are surprisingly tough unless you get them good in the boiler room. I've seen a few that have been shot by my partners refuse to stay down with a shot that should have done the job. Sounds like a hunt with a lot of excitement. Nice shootin'!

yes today, date added . It was an open reed call made by LDS calls (Larry Scarborough)

Chad, you know I'm your neighbor, right? Two people make two dog shots a lot easier...just sayin'

firerott24 wrote:

Chad, you know I'm your neighbor, right? Two people make two dog shots a lot easier...just sayin'

You aint kidding, i would have love to had a shotgun and rifle. Let the rifle drop the long dog and bust the close one with the shotty

Missed out on one this morning as the wind shifted and I saw him twice for about three seconds each.. man I hated it .

Congratulations Chad! Thats a pretty coyote there for sure!!

Stacy

great looking dog, and nice shooting !