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The Grendel smacked them down last night - Shivesy - 04-12-2012
A friend and I got together tonight to try our luck. Well Molly pulled out his hand call and called for 15 seconds or so. This female came walking down the dirt road just a minute later. She got to about 100 yds and sat down. I told Molly that this yote is doable but he wasn't so sure. Well I let the 123gr hornady a-max fly and it hit its mark right behind her shoulder. This was another AR that I built in .264 Grendel. I shot some deer with this rifle during deer season but hadn't taken a yote with it yet. I thought I would give it a try.
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Right around the 3am mark we had this coyote come to Molly's rabbit in distress hand call. It took me 4 shots to get this yote to drop. Long story short these critters are tough.
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After a little regrouping and a few more stands we had this mangie yote circling around us. It was about 4am. He was about 150 yards and would stop for a few seconds then go, Molly would stop him with the hand call. After 3 or 4 stop and go sessions I finally pulled the trigger. He bounced around for a second or two and down he went. He sure is ugly but he sure was fun to call up then shoot.
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The Grendel smacked them down last night - bwaites - 04-12-2012
Nicely done!
The Grendel smacked them down last night - louieprkr - 04-12-2012
Sounds like a great hunt! What part of Alabama or Georgia were you in. I have been coyote hunting in southeast GA for the past couple of months with very little luck. Seems like my stand dried up.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - LRRPF52 - 04-12-2012
I can't see the pics. It says they've been moved or deleted.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - bwaites - 04-12-2012
LRRPF52 Wrote:I can't see the pics. It says they've been moved or deleted.
Same for me now, but they were there earlier!
The Grendel smacked them down last night - Shivesy - 04-12-2012
I think the pics needed to be down sized. We will see how these hold up.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - Deezil - 04-12-2012
I see the pics
The Grendel smacked them down last night - Shivesy - 04-12-2012
louieprkr Wrote:Sounds like a great hunt! What part of Alabama or Georgia were you in. I have been coyote hunting in southeast GA for the past couple of months with very little luck. Seems like my stand dried up.
We night hunt and here is our bag of tricks.
1) Golf Cart...gotta be quiet, need to be moving and covering alot of territory
2) Good night vision optics. Gen 3 Night Optics D-760 scopes
3) Good IR light. Streamlight Tac IR light. You can see their eyes from 400 yds out.
4) Trigger Stick tripod
5) Cheap basic fox in distress hand call
6) Hunt 11pm to 5am. These yote let down their guard and are much easier to kill at that time.
7) Most importantly...Big Large tracks of open land. Farmers fields, Cow pasture, ect.
8) 2 Hunters back to back panning for no more than 15 min. Then move on to next spot. If they are there they are coming. We try not to get hung up on a spot if they don't show.
I would say we yeild on average a 50% success ratio per stand.
We were standing in the middle of large open bare fields last night. The moon was shinning a shadow on our silhoette. These yotes came within 70 yards of us. Go figure.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - LRRPF52 - 04-12-2012
Awesome pics and didn't even realize there was NV involved. That looks like loads of fun.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - kamrr4437 - 04-12-2012
the third one looks like the infamous chubacabra lol.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - JohnOD - 04-12-2012
Nice!
The Grendel smacked them down last night - ricsmall - 04-12-2012
looks like fun. My cousins boss has a thermal riflescope and 360 panning thermal scanner ordered to help "control" the coyote and hogs here in south georgia. Cant wait for that!
The Grendel smacked them down last night - Variable - 04-13-2012
Congrats! Good hunting!
The Grendel smacked them down last night - txgunner00 - 04-13-2012
I'm jealous.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - QuadCam - 04-13-2012
kamrr4437 Wrote:the third one looks like the infamous chubacabra lol.
that's what I was thinking, too.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - LRRPF52 - 04-13-2012
Right. That thing is straight out of a horror flick with bad special effects, which makes it even more creepy....zombie, the mangy coyote....or Attack of the Killer Sheep:
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The Grendel smacked them down last night - txgunner00 - 04-15-2012
You see quite a few of those in west and south Texas. Nasty looking bastards.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - louieprkr - 04-15-2012
Thanks for the advice! I forwarded the tips to my brother who made it out a couple of nights ago. They tried a new spot, but the same ole methods, and returned home with the same amount of ammo. He said they called a fox up though... too bad there out of season and after hours prohibited! I have wanted to get a fox for quite some time now.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - skyfish - 04-17-2012
That looks like a blast. Couple of questions: how far can you see with the 3rd gen night vision? Then add the IR light, helps how much?
Again, thanks for pics.
The Grendel smacked them down last night - usmc1371 - 04-17-2012
yote hunting is funnnnnnnnnn...