First Coyote calling experience...

The Overfishin Condition · 03-18-2006, 08:15 PM

So I have a one gimp foot and was calling by myself today, so I decided to try and find a secluded, easily accessed clearclut to hunker down in and call. I figured out where I would go, parked, and snuck a couple hundred yards into the cut I was headed for. Too bad when I got there it was occupied by a dozen elk, none with headgear but a couple pretty light bodies. I would be surprised if there wasn't a least a would-be spike in the group. I casually bumped them accross the clear-cut and decided to sit and call anyway, I had nowhere else to go. I blew on my new little rodent/jackrabbit/cottontail call (depends which reed you use, but they all sound about the same to me, and they all sound a little like my deer bleat call as well.) I probably only sat for 20 minutes before I decided the elk had probably hurt my odds, but decided to get up and look for some bone as long as I knew the elk had been in the area. As soon as I entered the woods on the edge of the clearcut I kicked a doe, who I'm guessing came in thinking I was a bleating fawn. I blew the call to see if I could stop her, and then looked to my right to see a pair of low, light tan ears darting off through the brush... What I can only assume was my first called in coyote

I guess I need a little more patience and another set of eyes! I drove around for about an hour and saw four other deer and another 6 or eight elk. Nothing with antlers that I could see! Good day in the woods. TOC.

Flying Roast Beef · 03-19-2006, 10:11 AM

Very nice. Were you local? I'd like to join you next time if you want some company.

Hunt'nFish · 03-21-2006, 06:44 AM

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then looked to my right to see a pair of low, light tan ears darting off through the brush... What I can only assume was my first called in coyote I guess I need a little more patience and another set of eyes!

Uhhhhhhhg. Isn't that the .....(I'll save the mods the trouble)... petunias!
Oh well, ya gotta feel good that the call'n DID WORK!
Better luck next time.

Hunt'nFish

elkman49 · 03-25-2006, 07:03 AM

I had a big old doe charge me one day while I was coyote hunting. I was using a fawn bleat call , that had worked for me in the past. She came in on the run with ears laid back and looking really mad . We had a five minute stand off , with her glaring at me while she stomped her front foot . I even threw a rock at her and yell a couple of time , but she didn't leave until she was good and ready . I don't us that call any more unlees I have a partner along to watch my back .

gottafish · 03-25-2006, 11:05 PM

Might be a good way to fill a doe tag LOL

BrianMaguire · 03-26-2006, 01:52 AM

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I had a big old doe charge me one day while I was coyote hunting. I was using a fawn bleat call ,

I dang near got my arse kicked by a doe while turkey calling. I was all camoed up, she ran in reared up on her hind legs and started to deer punch at me. Damnedest thing I ever saw. If I was not genuinely fearful that she may actually hurt me I would have watched more before yelling at her.