google varmint al...he has a lot of good bits...
sorry was on phone when posted...
http://www.varmintal.com/
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google varmint al...he has a lot of good bits...
sorry was on phone when posted...
http://www.varmintal.com/
Well I had a Bass Pro gift card burning a hole in my pocket. I downloaded the predator call apps to my galaxy and just ordered the scosche boombottle mini bluetooth speaker and the fuse realtree back-up battery.
Might get a decoy before I head out too.
30#s of gear, to call coyotes. Not necessary. A few hand calls, shooting sticks, rifle, camo clothing, and a butt pad and you're good to go. Fox Pro's are good, but if a guy learns to call them with hand calls first and gets to the point that he wants to up is game, then you can drop the coin for ecall. Lots of good used ones all the time on the predator hunting sites. I called for 25 years with hand calls, but when I want to kill numbers these days, I use the ecall. Hand calls are still part of what I carry, but I rarely use them any more. Just no way to compete with the variety of sounds that are available to put on ecalls these days.
Keep it simple until you're sure it's something you really are wanting to do, and after about the first hard charger, you'll probably make up your mind.
Well here's my first coyote. Shot her at 365 meters. Couldn't get her to come in closer. My speaker isn't loud enough. Anyway I had about 20 minutes to get calm and comfortable then took the shot in the prone. Larue stealth upper, bushnell elite 3-14x44mm scope, 55 grain 5.56 with aac sdn6 can. Pretty Fun!
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Nice! Good shooting. My girlfriend and I called one in last weekend, I wanted to let her take the shot since she didn't get anything deer hunting but she missed at about a 60 yrd shot. :)
How long did it take you to call it in??
I wish I could say it was my BA calling skills, but I spotted it in a snow covered pasture at about 800 yards, then closed the gap to 450ish, it moved a little closer with some jackrabbit in distress call but it definitely wasn't coming in fast. 365 meters and I decided to take the shot. The last few weekends Ive been practicing on 9x9" steel plate at 500 meters, so I was fairly confident.
congrats on your first, now don't stop.
In case you are interested in selling them, they are worth more this year than they have been for many years, although the window for quality pelts is closing quickly. I just sold 16 yesterday, frozen in the round, and averaged just over $25./ea., with 5 bringing $40./ea. I had two skanks that only brought $15./ea. that really brought down the ave.