Post by guess on Feb 27, 2005 2:30:12 GMT -5
I received a call from Byron South {COMING TO THE CALL videos} Wednesday morning,saying they were being rained out in east Texas ."can you put us on some yotes!" Of course I said, sure lets go! He and 2 clients George and Scott arrived that evening. It was cool and rainy.we headed out around 4:00 pm to do some calling,we saw one coyote as soon as we pulled in for the first set ,he wasn't hanging around to see what was going on! we moved on for another set,nothing came in! we set up near a huge draw the wind was howling,ground was wet ,misting a little.We started out using rabbit in distress calls with a foxpro call.After several minutes we switched to coyote in distress and here they came ! the front dog looked like a kangaroo as he came in bouncing about as high as I've ever seen one bounce! the second dog was cautious.Both hunters shot at the front dog ,but we were kind of caught off guard by the bouncy thing! We're not sure if contact was made, but we didn't find blood! We moved a few hundred yards and made another set no responce. So we moved again,it was getting close to dark.So this would be the last stand of the day.Again we were using rabbit in distress,after what seemed like for ever ,I noticed a yote coming in from our left.I wispered to Scott left,left,left! As soon as Scott found her in the scope he fired.She dropped like a rock!
It rained most of the night as a new front moved on through ,cooling things down to the high 30's .we met at 6:30 am Thursday morning for another day we traveled about 15 miles west of Decatur Texas.We made our first set overlooking a draw running down into a creek bottom.After just a few minutes of distress call a single dog came in ,as it stoped between us and the foxpro Scott shot her with his .22-250 .It was all over for her!
We then moved across the road and set up on a place we had called in several yotes a couple of weeks before.There wasn't any cover and the grass pretty tall, so we stood along a fence row. After a few minutes of calling we had 2 dogs coming in from our down wind side ,trying to cut our wind.George was ready, rested a top an old rickedy fence post,with his .223 ackley improved.The first dog stopped at about 200 yards and George dropped him!
We made three more sets close by without much success.We did see 3 yotes about a half a mile away,in a wheat field.It looked as though it was an alpha male, chasing a female in heat with a subordinate male hanging back checking things out.We called it a morning and went for lunch! At about 3:00 pm we headed out again .the wind was howling! we made two sets with no luck.so we picked up and moved a few miles to a new location.the wind was starting to lay and making for a beautiful evening. We set up over looking a huge drainage running into a lake.We started calling with a distress call ,after about ten to fifteen minutes, I noticed 2 yotes coming around the rim of the drainage trying to get down wind of the Foxpro! One stopped on the rim and was a bit nervous.I never saw where the second one went. But the lead dog just stayed there on the edge looking for dinner.George couldn't get a shot through he grass ,so he got down on his belly and crawled about 15 yards for a better view and a prone shot of about 150 yards.She dropped.
We moved across the creek and set up on a ridge over looking a double draw just above the lake.I eased down the edge to a small cedar and set up the Foxpro call.I had barely gotten back to the top when we were serenaided by a large group of yotes. Byron turned on the Foxpro and within a few minutes we had a dog coming our way.He came to the bend of a mowed strip just in the edge of the timber and stopped. George dropped him .Byron immediately switched the Foxpro to pup in distress trying for a second dog.After what seemd like forever all was quiet,and the Foxpro was turned down real low, a long, lone howl came from a short distance in the timber.Byron immediatly did a challenge howl with a mouth call and turned the distress call up just a little! within seconds the second dog was there.George shot him! He ran about 80 yards and dropped!
this marked the end of very pleasant hunt with a couple of guys that know how to shoot!
from left to right: Scott,Byron South {comingtothecall.com},George and Glenn Guess
It rained most of the night as a new front moved on through ,cooling things down to the high 30's .we met at 6:30 am Thursday morning for another day we traveled about 15 miles west of Decatur Texas.We made our first set overlooking a draw running down into a creek bottom.After just a few minutes of distress call a single dog came in ,as it stoped between us and the foxpro Scott shot her with his .22-250 .It was all over for her!
We then moved across the road and set up on a place we had called in several yotes a couple of weeks before.There wasn't any cover and the grass pretty tall, so we stood along a fence row. After a few minutes of calling we had 2 dogs coming in from our down wind side ,trying to cut our wind.George was ready, rested a top an old rickedy fence post,with his .223 ackley improved.The first dog stopped at about 200 yards and George dropped him!
We made three more sets close by without much success.We did see 3 yotes about a half a mile away,in a wheat field.It looked as though it was an alpha male, chasing a female in heat with a subordinate male hanging back checking things out.We called it a morning and went for lunch! At about 3:00 pm we headed out again .the wind was howling! we made two sets with no luck.so we picked up and moved a few miles to a new location.the wind was starting to lay and making for a beautiful evening. We set up over looking a huge drainage running into a lake.We started calling with a distress call ,after about ten to fifteen minutes, I noticed 2 yotes coming around the rim of the drainage trying to get down wind of the Foxpro! One stopped on the rim and was a bit nervous.I never saw where the second one went. But the lead dog just stayed there on the edge looking for dinner.George couldn't get a shot through he grass ,so he got down on his belly and crawled about 15 yards for a better view and a prone shot of about 150 yards.She dropped.
We moved across the creek and set up on a ridge over looking a double draw just above the lake.I eased down the edge to a small cedar and set up the Foxpro call.I had barely gotten back to the top when we were serenaided by a large group of yotes. Byron turned on the Foxpro and within a few minutes we had a dog coming our way.He came to the bend of a mowed strip just in the edge of the timber and stopped. George dropped him .Byron immediately switched the Foxpro to pup in distress trying for a second dog.After what seemd like forever all was quiet,and the Foxpro was turned down real low, a long, lone howl came from a short distance in the timber.Byron immediatly did a challenge howl with a mouth call and turned the distress call up just a little! within seconds the second dog was there.George shot him! He ran about 80 yards and dropped!
this marked the end of very pleasant hunt with a couple of guys that know how to shoot!
from left to right: Scott,Byron South {comingtothecall.com},George and Glenn Guess