Strut10 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Next Friday, Saturday & Sunday is the annual Mosquito Creek Coyote Hunting Contest. Last year we got a group of guys together and put on drives. We got two 'yotes. This year, me & a buddy are trying a new angle. We're going night calling as soon as I get home from work Friday nite. I spent most of the day yesterday shoring up permission from landowners and choosing the actual calling sites. Did some rangefinding, etc, too. A couple weeks back, I built a dual-CD electronic caller of my own design and got a couple discs. We've got our guns dialed in........ I'm taking a BPS 10 ga. with a fiber-optic ghost-ring sight and my partner's carrying a Rem. 721 in .222 Rem. with a red-dot sight. I'm pumped!! I've never tried this in the dark before. Oughta be a heck of a bunch of fun. Who knows?? We may even see something!! I do know we will be killing a ton of coffee!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting i have never tried hunting at night. (actually it is illegal in MO.) but it looks and sounds like a lot of fun. good luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwa Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting You will have a great time. Their's nothing like having those red glowing eye heading to you. Take some binoculars with you to help identify your target. You don't want to shot a deer or someones cow. Good luck and have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting Good deal Don. Be careful. I heard on the news the other day that there was a hunter killed in Ohio while hunting coyote at night. Make sure you're illuminated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting Well........ the hunt ended at noon today. Me and a buddy started calling Friday nite after I got home from work. We went until 4:30 in the morning. Our total effort netted one gray fox called in (I had the 10 ga. on him at 15 steps but held off the trigger.), one coyote howling back and one VERY large black bear walked up upon at 3:00 A.M. You wanna talk about an adrenaline rush!!!!! We got about 2 hours sleep Saturday morning then went driving with a gang but kicked out nothing. So we cam back home around noon, slept for a couple more hours then went calling right before dark, again. Nothing. Sure was a ton of fun, though. I wish we'd have picked a warmer weekend for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting Glad to hear you atleast got somthing. I love going after em at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting Sounds like you had a ton of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addct2hntng Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Re: Coyote contest.......first try at night hunting I been out night hunting 3 times had 2 close calls but no dead animals it is very exciting hunting at night !!! last 4 weeks I hooked up with a group of guys that hunt coyotes and fox hard every chance we get with good snow .we have permission to hunt them in like a 30 mile radious we find tracks and figure out what block they ion and we go in and get them last year they got 37 coyotes and 9 fox one coyote wieghed 57 pounds the dnr came and took some tests to make sure it wasnt hybrid it was pure coyote!! but to sum it up this predator is a ton of fun and if you get into there are many rewards good luck night hunting tomorrow night after work 3am Im stopping at a few spots on the way home maybe it will be my night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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