Went hunting on a property that had been torn up by hogs a few weeks ago and thus far had only managed to see coyotes on the property. This week was starting out about the same.
I had my IR Hunter MKIII on my rifle again. To date, I had not killed anything with it. There was plenty of animal activity and the night seemed promising. I used a female coyote challenge call for several minutes after hearing coyotes in the distance and then turned off the call. A few minutes later, in came three coyotes heading for the call.
I was position on top of a ridge overlooking 200 acres of pasture with views on 3 sides. As this meant I was silhouetted, I set up next to a tree so as to not stand out so much on the ridge. However, I think the coyotes noticed me. I managed to shoot one and educate two. My search for the coyote failed and I had to turn the following day. Turns out, there were a series of ridges between the coyote and me and he was behind a particular small ridge that I did not see during my search.
Later, this hog came across the pasture on the opposite side of the hill, but pretty far out. He had passed by my position by the time I got Sow Protection running on the caller. The call seemed to get his attention (maybe) and then he seemed to lose interest and I decided I needed to shoot or let him go. Ha! He was stationary and I made a perfect shot right by his right ear....and he took of running. The next shot broke his left leg and he started break dancing around the field. In the midst of his interpretive dance, I made a solid shoulder shot along with making several unproductive shots on the hog, but killing several dirt clods. He finally went down and he turned out to be an interesting boar. I suspect there is a much larger boar in the area.
I had my IR Hunter MKIII on my rifle again. To date, I had not killed anything with it. There was plenty of animal activity and the night seemed promising. I used a female coyote challenge call for several minutes after hearing coyotes in the distance and then turned off the call. A few minutes later, in came three coyotes heading for the call.
I was position on top of a ridge overlooking 200 acres of pasture with views on 3 sides. As this meant I was silhouetted, I set up next to a tree so as to not stand out so much on the ridge. However, I think the coyotes noticed me. I managed to shoot one and educate two. My search for the coyote failed and I had to turn the following day. Turns out, there were a series of ridges between the coyote and me and he was behind a particular small ridge that I did not see during my search.
Later, this hog came across the pasture on the opposite side of the hill, but pretty far out. He had passed by my position by the time I got Sow Protection running on the caller. The call seemed to get his attention (maybe) and then he seemed to lose interest and I decided I needed to shoot or let him go. Ha! He was stationary and I made a perfect shot right by his right ear....and he took of running. The next shot broke his left leg and he started break dancing around the field. In the midst of his interpretive dance, I made a solid shoulder shot along with making several unproductive shots on the hog, but killing several dirt clods. He finally went down and he turned out to be an interesting boar. I suspect there is a much larger boar in the area.
