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Post by z7bowhunter on Mar 28, 2014 22:35:18 GMT -5
I have had several of our dogs disappear before, and i'm sure it was probably to coyotes or someone shot them. Last summer we came across a newborn fawn laying up in a brushpile in the field, and i could only imagine what 2 or 3 domestic dogs might do if they tracked that doe down and found that fawn. I know a lot of my friends will whack a dog that chases deer without hesitating. I really don't want to do that, but if people don't start taking care of their dogs someone else may have to do it for them. I will be planting more food plots this year and with the money I'm going to be spending i won't be putting up with it. Oh and the guy who owned the dogs, i think, confronted me one evening while i was coyote hunting on my gmas land near their property. I had been calling and had just shot a coyote when i turned around and saw him walking around on his side of the fence with a gun. Apparently the coyote saw him as well because it had stopped and was looking his way when i shot. He went on to talk to me a little and he just told me he heard a shot and was checking it out. Then I guess he didnt like me shooting coyotes because he walked up to the house and started shooting his 22 off rapid fire as fast as he could Haha. When i set up that evening I had determined if one of those dang dogs shows up I was just gonna whack it. It's a good thing his dogs didnt show up that day.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Mar 21, 2014 21:52:23 GMT -5
Do any of you have this problem? What's your opinion on it? 2 years ago we had a PACK of about 6-8 dogs who relentlessly chased the deer off our land. Ugly ones too., until the deer all left and they found somewhere else to go on their "hunt" I talked to the lady who was the mother of the person who owned the dogs and explained the problem and nicely asked her to keep them put up during hunting season. they didnt show for a few days but came back a few days later. One morning i got up extra early and climbed way up a tree and about the time first light came I heard a dog barking about 50 yards from me and they ran right past me hot on a deers trail.
Didn't have the problem last year. Saw tons of deer, several trophy bucks. This spring there has been 3 dogs back at it. Not sure who their owner is, but I was coyote huntin and had 3 dogs chase a bunch of deer through the woods and one right past me. I was mad as could be..i decided not to take any actions that day. With that being said, what do you think I should do? Are there any laws on peoples dogs trespassing or chasing deer on your land? With all the time and money I put into trying to increase the amount of deer in the area, it seems like it all gets erased as soon as someones dogs start chasing them away. Not to mention the stress it puts on the deer and pregnant does.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Mar 21, 2014 21:32:33 GMT -5
I didn't ask for permission to shed hunt where i normally do, this year. And haven't really been out much. Found a dead 8 point and took the rack. That's all for me. Everytime i visit my winter wheat plot i think there will be one laying in it, but i don't think there has been much deer around lately.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Feb 28, 2014 20:14:38 GMT -5
Greenedog, me and a friend were fishing at paynetown yesterday thru the ice. They were biting good and we manged to catch a few 10inchers and a bunch of smaller ones on beemoth and minnows. the Ice was 8" or more i'd say and clear. had a bunch of cracks in it and sounded like thunder all evening though haha. I'd say its safe but we stayed on the dock for the most part. I stepped out on it a little bit though. I was surprised how thick the ice was
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Post by z7bowhunter on Feb 28, 2014 20:03:27 GMT -5
They are gonna do this to all small game hunters? Squirrel hunting included? I heard about it but thought i heard it was only for coon hunting. This is ridiculous.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Feb 2, 2014 21:32:00 GMT -5
If you guys do another squirrel hunting challenge next year and you need another person, I will do it! I would have done it this year but i didn't even know about it. lol I do quite a bit of squirrel huntin in the early season even manged to whack a few with the bow while deer huntin hahaha
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jan 30, 2014 21:13:15 GMT -5
The other morning driving to school i saw two bald eagles sitting next to each other on the ice in white river. One had a white head and the other did not. I take it that the one that didn't have the white head was a juvenile eagle.. It was pretty cool I had to do a double take. I don't get super excited when i see them cause they arent really that rare around here but it was cool to see them pretty close and where i could get a good look at them out on the ice. the river is frozen all the way across in parts.. or it was
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jan 3, 2014 12:40:03 GMT -5
Coyote.. I'd shot it too.. I shot at a coyote that was really dark colored but not like this one. It was a really pretty one I wish I would have got him. Even if it was a dog I think people should be smart enough not to get a dog like look almost identical to a coyote. That's just common sense.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jan 2, 2014 15:42:56 GMT -5
I gave them to my friend who traps a lot. He did all the work haha he o gonna give me half the money for em when they sell. I just kill em and bring em to him since I'm not very experienced at skinning them and don't know how to flesh them and don't have the stretching board things and don't know where to send them to sell them so I just let him take care of that and I will still make a few bucks. Me and him and another buddy are entering a predator challenge Friday thru sunday. Gonna try to whack some dogs and maybe win a little money! Should be fun!
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 31, 2013 22:11:05 GMT -5
This one came in from downwind of me.. not sure how it didn't smell me but i did spray down before i went huntin and i had blood on me so maybe that brought him in or atleast was a cover scent??I kinda wonder about that i would think it would attract them if they got a whiff of it.haha
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 31, 2013 19:04:58 GMT -5
Just got coyote #2 of 2013 tonight! Ready for 2014! I'm on a roll haha I killed this one on my gmas where i missed that last one.. Nothing showed up to the first set. moved to the other corner of the property about 1/4 mile and setup on the edge of a little field. had the 12 gauge pump loaded with buckshot layin next to me and 222 on the shootin sticks. Played some "Bay bee cottontail" 20 minutes later i gave up on the cottontail and i played "Female coyote Long howls" let out about 3 howls. waited about a minute and played "coyote pup howls" two howls. Shut it off and was looking to my left because i thought i heard something. when i look back ahead of me i saw Mr.Coyote stealthily walking/trotting through the field. He stopped on the other side of a cedar tree about 65 yards from me. I got on him and decided to go ahead and shoot thru a little brush. let er rip and she was down like a rock. Shot her in the neck. Nice lookin female coyote! Wish i had it on video! gonna see if i can get some more at another spot in the morning. Man this is fun stuff! I love the rush you get when you first lay eyes on the coyote! Attachments:
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 31, 2013 13:16:42 GMT -5
Heres some pics Attachments:
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 31, 2013 12:52:27 GMT -5
I shoot a 222 with an old redfield (i think) 10 power scope.. not the greatest scope in the world since its so high magnification its hard to shoot close up stuff.....however.. This morning i managed to crawl out of bed at 7 30, almost went back to bed but i went huntin and went to the spot where i had seen coyotes in deerseason. Got setup and did the same rabbit/fox distress sequence and after 30 minutes nothing showed. The wind was good and it was blowin toward where i thought they were gonna come so I kinda thought it wasnt very smart to even try to call but maybe id get a shot off before they smelled me lol. Then i did some "coyote pup howls" and just let it do a couple howls and shut it off. sat there for 10 more minutes and packed up walked back thru the field to the truck, I walked 400 yards and looked up and saw what i thought was someones dog at first lol then i was like " HOLY CRAP ARE YOU KIDDING ME THATS A FREAKIN COYOTE!" lol immediately dropped to the ground took my gun off my shoulder and figured he already seen me , but nope, he kept comin then got behind a tree and stoopped i tried to get my monopod shooting stick out and did but couldnt get it adjust to the right length before he came out from behind the tree so i shot offhand. He finally saw me i got on him and smoked him. when i looked up he was laying on the ground feet straight up in the air. hahaha REDEMPTION!! It was a nice male coyote average sized had a nice coat on him. kind of blondish lookin. hopefully ill get some more down this week! ill put a pic up
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 30, 2013 19:04:07 GMT -5
Thanks, ill try. I dont use a decoy.. I have two other spots that i have seen coyotes and one spot is loaded wiht em but there is a guy down there still trying to hunt deer so im gonna wait til deer seasons over. and the other spot is hard to get to because the river is up over the road . i have seen coyotes out in that spot in the hayfield almost every night i went down there to deer hunt. Looks like a good spot for fox too.
I got a Johnny stewart call.. called in a red fox once to 10 yards of me and let him go since i hadnt seen many foxes and i wasnt very serious about it anyways. i just wanted to kill some coyotes. Thats the only thing i ever called in with it. other than owls and hawks. Also bout had my head taken off while blowing on a mouth call while coyote huntin one time..
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Post by z7bowhunter on Dec 29, 2013 16:42:48 GMT -5
Well santy clause brought me a new coyote call. ITs a Foxpro Spitfire.. I really like it. Came with 24 sounds on it ..sounds are very realistic. HAs 5 volume settings, 5 is pretty dang loud. Took it out christmas day along with my 222 and made a set looking over a hayfield. Started out playing some "Bay Bee cottontail" for a couple minutes then waited about 5 minutes and played it for another 2 minutes and immediately switched to "juevenile red fox in distress" and blasted it as loud as it would go. playued that for 30 seconds and stopped it for a minute or two and started playing "sreamin grey fox" 10 seconds into that i caught movement and sure enough there was the old dog he was running parallel to me going toward the woods.. I should have been more patient, but when i lay eyes on a coyote my first reaction is to drop everything and get on it and kill it. lol I had my gun on shootin sticks and i was not very experienced with this gun and i aimed at the top of his back and probably shot right over him... oh well hahaha Should have put it right on him!
I used that calling sequence because we are finding both grey and red fox killed by coyotes. I wanted it to sound like a fox caught a rabbit and then a coyote caught the fox. I think it worked!
Anybody else got a foxpro and know any good sounds?? Or just any tips about coyote huntin.. Im really just gettin into this pretty serious now that i actually have a good call that will actually call something in.
Me and a buddy also called in some crows with it and shot some.. thats a blast!! And we tried calling coons with the "fighting coons" sound but i think it was too cold after doing some research on it.. my buddies seem to be having a hard time finding any coons with their dogs too so they may be part of it too ??
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