As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
I came across this post on a board and it was interesting in the content of calling predators in the fog. What is important in the following the calling types which the hunter utilized, as this drew the predators in and kept them on location.
I was able to get in two rifle stands before the fog got too thick to use my rifle.
So I decided to go out on a ridge about a half mile below the rancher's house and try a shotgun stand.
I used my camo pillow to lean against and had my Fury set up about 15 yards in front of me on the grassy ridge. The grass was about 4" high and there was a few small weeds a little bigger than a basketball and that was the only cover other than the fog.
I could see about 30 yards to 50 yards and that was it.
I started out playing Adult Rat sound and after about 5 minutes I switched to Bay Bee Cottontail. A few minutes later I saw a coyote running up the ridge through the fog about 40 yards below me.
When the coyote got to 25 yards or so I shot it with my shotgun. I was using Rem HD Predator T shot loads. The coyote went down but was trying to get up so I shot it again.
Right after shooting the second shot a coyote to my left started screaming some challenges it sounded like it was about 300 yards away. I hit my number 4 preset sound, it is Male Coyote Challenge 4 on volume 40.
The coyote had a screaming contest with my Fury for about 30 seconds. I didn't hear the coyote any longer so I muted my Fury. About 30 seconds later a coyote appears through the fog and It took me 3 shots to put the coyote down.
A few minutes later another coyote starts barking and huffing not very far away so I switch to Coyote Growls sound on volume 40. This coyote runs right up out of the fog and it takes me 3 more shots to stop this coyote.
I was all excited that I had 3 coyotes down and was digging into my pockets for some more shotgun shells. I didn't have anymore shells with me! You would think 8 shotgun shells should be plenty for one stand.
So I went over and down the ridge to get the third coyote that I had down. When I got to the coyote I realized Coyote Growls was still playing full blast. I tried to mute the caller but the remote didn't work because I was over the side of the ridge and down a little so I couldn't see my Fury.
As I was climbing back up to where my Fury was with the two other dead coyotes on both sides of it. I heard another coyote that was pretty upset and it was close and running around me in the fog.
I muted my Fury and put two of the dead coyotes by the Fury. I was seeing the upset coyote circling around in the fog and he was really mad.
It was pretty crazy that this coyote circled me and the 3 dead coyotes about 3 or 4 times. I put the third dead coyote by my camo pillow and headed for my truck to get some more shells.
While I was walking in the fog up towards my truck I could still hear the upset male coyote.
By the time I got to the truck and headed back down the 300 yards to get to my stand I didn't hear the coyote anymore.
I sat down next to the dead coyote by my pillow and started up my Fury that had two dead coyotes next to it about 15 yards from me.
I played Male Coyote Challenge 4, and then coyote growls for about 30 seconds each and did that 2 or 3 times before switching to Coyote Pup Screams on full blast.
About 1 minute later I could just barely see some movement through the fog to my right and it was a coyote. I shot it just as it was disappearing into the fog about 35 yards away.
I took off running that direction because I wasn't sure if I hit it or not. Luckily it was down. This coyote was a huge male for around these parts.
Hopefully the next time I shoot 9 shotgun shells on a coyote stand I will get more than 4 coyotes.
While the calling was perfect on the electronic caller, the shooting was good, it was the choice of ammunition which is the focus of this post in it was awful. The Remington HD or Heavy Duty waterfowl and varmint T shot sized loads are not lead, but this horrid line of crippling material burdened upon Americans due to the New World Order depriving Americans of lead shot.
12 Gauge, Remington Wingmaster HD Predator, 3 1/2", T High Density Non Toxic Shot, 1 5/8 Ounce, 10 Round Box.
This hard hitter stretches the kill zone with an ultra tuned combination of density, shape and energy. At 12.0 grams/cc, its 10% denser than lead and the scientifically proven optimum density for pellet count and pattern density. Plus, its smooth, round shape delivers awesome aerodynamics and sustained payload energy. It all adds up to the most devastating patterns possible.
Wingmaster HD is also 16% softer than Premier Hevi-Shot, which makes it easier on your barrel. And its more responsive to chokes, allowing you to open up the pattern for close range hunting or stretch shotgun range to its farthest reaches.
Absolutely no shotshell on the market can touch Wingmaster HD at long range. All of its revolutionary characteristics; optimized density, ultra round shape and consistent size come together on game with an unmatched level of deadly force. Fact is, it penetrates 40% deeper than Premier Hevi-Shot at long range and will put 60% of its pellets in a 30 circle at 60 yards. Waterfowl, turkey and varmints who think they know harms reach have another thing coming. Approved for waterfowl hunting by the USF&W and Canada.
As one can read from the above hunt, these Remington non lead loads, like all non lead loads are worthless and a crime against wildlife. In understanding that, I recall another ass-hit coyote which ran off in a Colorado post and had to be put down by a rifle, again it was the T shot.
For shotguns in hunting predators, forget the 3 1/2 inch twelve gauge. It is a gimmick load. Gerry Blair who wrote for the Trapper, pioneered the 10 Gauge Ithaca as the ultimate coyote killer when using BB copper plated lead shot. I have put down large dogs stone cold with 2 inch twelve gauge BB's at 30 yards and this load will reach 50 yards, which is shotgun range or fog range, if one is careful to not be blasting cows, dogs or ranchers wandering around in the mist.
It is almost impossible to obtain BB lead and is something the Trump Administration in the EPA and Interior must address in the return of lead shot manufacturing to the United States and the use of lead shot in all hunting situations across America. In that, there are numbers of good buckshot from 4 buck, to greater size which are sufficient in 2 3/4 inch loads to put coyotes down with front quarter shots.
2 shot is the smallest lead that should ever be used on predators up to coyote size, and if the industry would make 1 shot, triple B or T in lead for predators, this would be a wonderful home defense load or for predators.
I have never liked T shot after my all-knowing brother swore by them for geese. I found the patterns blew or had holes in them like buckshot and when that happens all one does is miss or cripple game animals.
As for the calling sequence, when it comes to coyotes, they are wily, but coyotes have a weakness in they have attitude. If you can get a coyote to sound anything, in most cases, all you have to do is mimic the yote and just like repeating what a human says, it pisses them off and it will draw them in.
Coyotes are a great deal like 3rd world foreigners invading America. They aren't hungry, but want what you have, and they are drawn in by mocking them putting them into outrage. So make coyote think it has a chance to piss on another animal, steal from that animal or that animal is mocking them and your odds increase a 1000 fold.
And yes these personal conversations are for my pleasure as I just noticed I have a one dollar little used pliers that I have not had the opportunity to play with in covering the Trump flank.
Nuff Said
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