A couple of buds and I went coyote hunting Saturday night. We don't have a ton of coyotes in MD. Seeing one even at distance makes for a good night and actually killing one makes for a great night. We do have plenty of foxes, but the season doesn't open for a week or so. Good news though is that we hunted a farm which raises chickens, and were able to kill a couple under the nuisance exception to the season.
After failing to draw in any coyotes we killed four foxes at the chicken farm, not sure why we didn't include one in the photo, and then moved on. One of my buds forgot to put his tripod in the truck so after striking out at the next place we went back to the chicken farm. Wouldn't you know, we spotted a coyote in one of the front fields on the way in. F'in typical... After grabbing the tripod we eased back down the lane, but the coyote was gone.
We had enough time to give one more farm a try before Midnight, when we turn into pumpkins since no Sunday hunting is permitted. After a good twenty minutes we had a coyote come by at about 160yds, about 130yds past the FoxPro. He was heading more or less into the wind so not trying to get down wind of us. He couldn't have missed the calling, but heck if any of us could figure out what he was doing. We were on the side of a hil and there is a thick fence line at the base, maybe he was heading for an easy way through?
A bark got him to stop and my bud Jeremy made the shot using my 10.5" 5.56 shooting Fioochi's 50gr V Max load and using my XD 50S. The coyote took off and we all let loose. One of the three of us hit him in the neck and he rolled end over end. We would have been dead in a few strides anyway though. Big coyote at 52lbs.
We called it a night and drank a few beers. This is the third coyote I have seen in two predator hunts and I saw one while muzzle loader hunting. That is as many as I saw all last season. Maybe there are more around this year.
My bud Jeremy with his 52lb coyote.
Three of the four foxes that won't get to the chickens.
JPK
After failing to draw in any coyotes we killed four foxes at the chicken farm, not sure why we didn't include one in the photo, and then moved on. One of my buds forgot to put his tripod in the truck so after striking out at the next place we went back to the chicken farm. Wouldn't you know, we spotted a coyote in one of the front fields on the way in. F'in typical... After grabbing the tripod we eased back down the lane, but the coyote was gone.
We had enough time to give one more farm a try before Midnight, when we turn into pumpkins since no Sunday hunting is permitted. After a good twenty minutes we had a coyote come by at about 160yds, about 130yds past the FoxPro. He was heading more or less into the wind so not trying to get down wind of us. He couldn't have missed the calling, but heck if any of us could figure out what he was doing. We were on the side of a hil and there is a thick fence line at the base, maybe he was heading for an easy way through?
A bark got him to stop and my bud Jeremy made the shot using my 10.5" 5.56 shooting Fioochi's 50gr V Max load and using my XD 50S. The coyote took off and we all let loose. One of the three of us hit him in the neck and he rolled end over end. We would have been dead in a few strides anyway though. Big coyote at 52lbs.
We called it a night and drank a few beers. This is the third coyote I have seen in two predator hunts and I saw one while muzzle loader hunting. That is as many as I saw all last season. Maybe there are more around this year.
My bud Jeremy with his 52lb coyote.
Three of the four foxes that won't get to the chickens.
JPK
