11-10-2012, 06:42 PM
With the first real snow of the season on the ground I set my alarm to 4:15 AM last night. Just before daylight this morning I was nestled up against a tree at a spot I call "Lone Tree". I discovered Lone Tree ~20 years ago. The first coyote I harvested there fell to a 6.5MM 120 Ballistic Tip fired from a 6.5JDJ TC Contender. Since then myself and several other close friends have taken dozens more at Lone Tree. I would say 95% of the times I've called there Coyotes come to the call... on time we had a five pack come in! I don't coyote hunt as much as I used to and for the last four or five years only hunt that particular spot once or twice a year. I'm convinced that the lack of pressure (along with good numbers of dogs) goes a long way to keeping Lone Tree as productive as it is.
Back to this morning I set the Fox Pro forty yards to the north and figured with a westerly breeze the coyotes would circle down wind like they usually do. It was not the case this time. This dog came in like he was on a string and by the time I was set up for the shot he was circling the juniper tree I had set the call in.
This time the 120 B-T was launched from my AR-15 Grendel. First shot was through the lungs and as he bit at his side I hammered him in the shoulder a second later with an unnecessary finisher. I Love Lone Tree
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Back to this morning I set the Fox Pro forty yards to the north and figured with a westerly breeze the coyotes would circle down wind like they usually do. It was not the case this time. This dog came in like he was on a string and by the time I was set up for the shot he was circling the juniper tree I had set the call in.
This time the 120 B-T was launched from my AR-15 Grendel. First shot was through the lungs and as he bit at his side I hammered him in the shoulder a second later with an unnecessary finisher. I Love Lone Tree