jonnyr7

hey what are you guys getting for fox/coyote pelts these days?

Are there any good areas of public hunting for fox/coyotes near Fargo? Heard Lisbon was good and I don't think thats too far. Think I would have trouble getting permission from a land owner? Any answers appreciated. Thanx

is it a coyote? or is it a rabbit or something?

nope, nothin new. i work seasonally so i started work a couple weeks ago and havent had much time to go out. i was gonna go tonight but its super windy and the wind is blowing in the exact wrong direction for where i hunt. if i went out tonight they'd smell me before i even got set up. frusrating to me. i finally get off at a descent time and the stinkin wind is wrong. seems to me like its been windy here for about the last 3 weeks straight. either wind or rain. suck

well i kinda thought i could use their weakened sense of smell and hearing. i think i might get a chance to get out this week, depending on work, if i get off early enough. i think im gonna go the decoy route

went out again tonight in the rain. didnt see or hear anything this time

no i dont have an ariel pic but maybe i could dig one up. ya maybe i will go with the challenge howl route. that just might work because i know for a fact that the one i heard last night that was close to me was a male. he had a really deep howl. im gonna see if i can find an ariel pic, the thing is that i suck at computer so even if i found one i dont know if i would know how to put it up

ya i have tried different calls, different sets, different howls and sounds. i was thinking about maybe getting a coyote decoy. is it too late in the mating season now to set up a decoy and hope i can get a male in with some female howls?

ya ill have to try the nighttime hunting i guess. well last night i had a big male just over the hill from me, howling, and another set of em howling right after that. i am getting really sick of this. i need to get them out somehow

nope, can't say i have

so you rely strictly on hearing them coming at night? if you turn your light on to look does it spook em? can u see out of your scope then with that light?

so im assuming the one you got was 100 bucks hugh? does that make your gun weigh like a million pounds or what? can you use your scope with it? i guess i dont get it man. i dont understand how it works

well i know we can hunt at night here, but it has to be with a "handheld flashlight", so i dont know exactly what that means, but what is the method for hunting at night? how in the heck do u spot em and shoot em? do you have to have two guys to do it?

ya i know it will seem worth it. it just seems like i keep buying more and more stuff and nothing works. i know they're out there though now. i went out this afternoon and didnt see anything. saw deer, turkeys, and pheasants but no dogs. i swear these things dont come out until right as its getting dark. they never come out until i can barely see through my scope

oh man, looks like more money to spend on something that i cant seem to shoot.

ok, ill give that a shot i guess. do you think the rabbit(or tail thing), or a coyote decoy would be better?

ya, i kinda though about that but i was in a cornfield and, well lets just say i could hear the deer coming casue those stalks are so crunchy and loud, i was afraid id spook the **** out of em i guess. you know three nights ago i saw one too, and he didnt come in. i was downwind too, there's no way he smelled me or saw me. he was about 300 yards out. i am getting really frustrated, obviously they are there, but i cant get em in

hey do you ever have them howl after you use a distress call or is that just a coincidence? last night i had 2 of em howling like 200 yards away just over a little nob so i couldnt see em, so i started doing lip squeeks, then hit my rabbit distress and they never showed. i am so pissed, i have come so close so many times now

where did you get those calls? how often to you call in each set and for how long?

well to tell ya the truth i'm not a really the type that shoots just to shoot, i pretty much shoot to get the gun sighted in, then after that i only shoot when i hunt. so i guess i really dont burn through that much ammo.

ya, i definately still want opinions. i think i have settled on getting a .223, what do u guys think? how broke would i go on ammo for one?

well i finally got one in, and get this, i saw him on my way to my car when i was leaving for the night, i saw him off in the distance and i immediately dropped down, but i figured he saw me and it was too late. so i stuck my electronic call in a tree, hit the rabbit distress(at this point i didnt have a clue where the coyote was) and sure enough about 10 seconds after i hit that distress call his head popped over the hill and he just stood there trying to pick me out(this all happened right when it was basically dark out), so i tried to kill my call with the remote and i couldnt kill it, the damned thing wouldnt shut off, i wanted to turn it off and do some lip noises, then i felt the wind gust right in his direction and i knew i had to shoot or he would be gone, so i took a crack with the 30-30 and missed him clean. the shot was out of range for that gun, but all that was exposed on the coyote was his head and chest, so i figured if i connect he's dead, and a miss would be a clean miss. anyhow, i finally saw one and missed the damn thing---i am sooo frustrated

went on another little shopping venture today and got the "hot dog", man this sucker is loud if you want it to be. i also got something really cool called "camo form" to camo my gun. its awesome. its not like tape, it only sticks to itself and i think it works great. i dont anticipate having to peel any sticky crap off the gun when i take it off. ya, im going hunting tomorrow for the first time with that e-call. i let ya know how it goes

so you think for a grand i can get a descent gun and scope? and there's no scope that u would say is "universal"?

so you think for a thousand bucks i could get a pretty good coyote setup? jesus i would hope you can