Gary & Brendan's Most Excellent Coyote Adventure
Apr 10, 2010 10:39:23 GMT -7
Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Apr 10, 2010 10:39:23 GMT -7
Hello Everyone,
Myself & TBO ProStaff Brendan LoCicero went hunting on Saturday. This is the first time I have been out of the shop since November, the last time Brendan had went hunting. And the first time I had seen him since New Years Eve.
I arrived at Brendan's home at 5am. He told me 5:30am, needless to say, I was a little excited to be going hunting. We loaded our stuff, and hit the road. We had decided to make a long run out through the desert, and hit some places that were new to us both. I was a nice day, lol! when we left the house, it was raining, but we decided to not let it stop us or even slow us down. As we drove farther south the less it was raining. Right at daylight, it had just about stopped raining, and as we increased in elevation, we began to run out of the clouds, and the sun began to shine, NICE!!!!
We had found a few places to make a call, the problem was, we were still in the lowland, and the fog/cloud cover was thick, and we didn't know the country, needless to say, we didn't call anything.
We continued until we actually ran out of the clouds. And drove up a mountain, until the road was snowed in, and there was no way to pass. We did see deer, and a bunch of sage grouse, they were cool! I found a few places to call from, but still no takers. So back down the mountain that we were on, and off to another mountain, which we drove on until we were in the snow again, but this time we came out on a paved road, and we continued up the mountain. There was about 2 1/2 feet of snow, lots of tracks - snow mobile - as well as coyote tracks. so we drove down the mountain, back into the sage brush country. By this time is getting into the late afternoon, around 4pm.
Brendan spotted a place that looked good to hide the truck and a place to call from, so he and I hoffed it about a 1/4 mile or so, and sat up. Sitting for about 5-7 minutes to allow the world to quiet down, and the coyotes to forget about us, I kicked on the FX3 Female Invitation, and let it run for about 3-4 minutes. At about the 18 minute mark, I see a coyote coming, so I prepare myself for the shot. The coyote continues to come, at about 120 yards, I lip squeaked, and the coyote stops and turns a frontal quarter toward me, I put the crosshairs on the junction of his neck and shoulder, and squeezed the trigger of my Remington 700V 22-250, shooting 52 gr Speer Hollow Points at 3650fps. The coyote DRT. The bullet exited right behind the right hand shoulder.
Brendan said that he watched it flop down and the tail just do the ring thing, and that was it. We collected the dog, and took this picture.
For all of you that don't know me or have never seen me, well here I am.
I just wanted you all to know that Brendan & I are still out there putting the hurt on the dogs. I know it has been a while since I have posted, only because I have been in the shop everyday sewing my fingers to the bone. But, I would like to Thank everyone that has made an order. I appreciate it so very much.
God Bless & Good Hunting,
Gary
Myself & TBO ProStaff Brendan LoCicero went hunting on Saturday. This is the first time I have been out of the shop since November, the last time Brendan had went hunting. And the first time I had seen him since New Years Eve.
I arrived at Brendan's home at 5am. He told me 5:30am, needless to say, I was a little excited to be going hunting. We loaded our stuff, and hit the road. We had decided to make a long run out through the desert, and hit some places that were new to us both. I was a nice day, lol! when we left the house, it was raining, but we decided to not let it stop us or even slow us down. As we drove farther south the less it was raining. Right at daylight, it had just about stopped raining, and as we increased in elevation, we began to run out of the clouds, and the sun began to shine, NICE!!!!
We had found a few places to make a call, the problem was, we were still in the lowland, and the fog/cloud cover was thick, and we didn't know the country, needless to say, we didn't call anything.
We continued until we actually ran out of the clouds. And drove up a mountain, until the road was snowed in, and there was no way to pass. We did see deer, and a bunch of sage grouse, they were cool! I found a few places to call from, but still no takers. So back down the mountain that we were on, and off to another mountain, which we drove on until we were in the snow again, but this time we came out on a paved road, and we continued up the mountain. There was about 2 1/2 feet of snow, lots of tracks - snow mobile - as well as coyote tracks. so we drove down the mountain, back into the sage brush country. By this time is getting into the late afternoon, around 4pm.
Brendan spotted a place that looked good to hide the truck and a place to call from, so he and I hoffed it about a 1/4 mile or so, and sat up. Sitting for about 5-7 minutes to allow the world to quiet down, and the coyotes to forget about us, I kicked on the FX3 Female Invitation, and let it run for about 3-4 minutes. At about the 18 minute mark, I see a coyote coming, so I prepare myself for the shot. The coyote continues to come, at about 120 yards, I lip squeaked, and the coyote stops and turns a frontal quarter toward me, I put the crosshairs on the junction of his neck and shoulder, and squeezed the trigger of my Remington 700V 22-250, shooting 52 gr Speer Hollow Points at 3650fps. The coyote DRT. The bullet exited right behind the right hand shoulder.
Brendan said that he watched it flop down and the tail just do the ring thing, and that was it. We collected the dog, and took this picture.
For all of you that don't know me or have never seen me, well here I am.
I just wanted you all to know that Brendan & I are still out there putting the hurt on the dogs. I know it has been a while since I have posted, only because I have been in the shop everyday sewing my fingers to the bone. But, I would like to Thank everyone that has made an order. I appreciate it so very much.
God Bless & Good Hunting,
Gary