4NRARU Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Well I have a friend who has never been huntin so I figured why wait till bird season. We live in NV so coyotes are aplenty. Luckily i live on a ranch so we headed out over the mountain just before dusk. We did scent lock down as it does help here and brought a 308 yes i know is overkill but as i said he was a first time hunter and i wanted to be sure it went down with any shot takken. about an hour in of using a locator and cottontail call we watched one rocket in within 50 yards .... perfect shot i thought. so we got it to stop and took the shot...... swing and a miss.... no way could u miss with a 16x scope at 50 yards rite? come to find out the next day at the range the scope was slightly loose causing it to shoot low and left. i just posted this as a reminder. we all get caught up in the excitment of going huntin and often forget to check our gear. be sure ya hit the range and check scope mounts before fillin a tag so you dont end up like us this year. thankfully it was just a yote.... happy huntin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 out of season here. good luck. now that the gun's on maybe you'll come back with something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4NRARU Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yeah we are headded back to the same area this weekend to take the Kids camping, maybe we can bag one than. It should give us more time to hunt in the am and pm, will keep posted from the spot when i get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Good luck hopefully you get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyprettier22 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 First Coyote Hunt of 2012 Thanks for the reminder better luck next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4NRARU Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Well its my friday, we are headed out over Dun glen mountain again to camp out tonight and be up earlie for the dogs. hope to get one this time - will keep you posted and share pix reguardless of kills. Been a long day at work so I think ill just crack a beer and enjoy the camp fire tonight rather than go out hunting . Have a good weekend everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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