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Posted: 9/13/2022 7:21:09 PM EDT
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I coyote hunt with a few buddies pretty seriously. Figured I'd start a thread to track my/our hunting this year.
Last year we put around 150 coyotes in the truck. This year is off to an earlier start and hoping we can do better! Coming from a 12" 6.5 Grendel AR with a Super Yoter on a Shadowtech tripod and Innorel ball head. Recently finished up a build on a new coyote rifle on a new tripod setup. 20" 22 Creedmoor built on an Aero M5 Receiver set with an AGM Adder 50-640. Tripod is a Two Vets The No Name with an RRS Anvil 30 head. Loving this setup so far! Attached File Went out this past weekend and put #3 and #4 for the season in the truck. Threw together a video for our social media. AGM Adder Coyote Hunting Episode 1 Will try to keep this thread updated throughout the season. Feel free to add your coyote hunting content to this thread! |
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Love to see it. What part of the country are you guys hunting?
I’m in Texas and just started predator hunting this year. Got lucky on a bobcat but haven’t seen a coyote yet. |
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Originally Posted By thatguybryan: Love to see it. What part of the country are you guys hunting? I'm in Texas and just started predator hunting this year. Got lucky on a bobcat but haven't seen a coyote yet. View Quote Thanks! We hunt several counties in Indiana. Usually travel once or twice a year for hog hunting. Nice! It's an addicting hobby. We're starting to get a lot of bobcats here. See them pretty often when we're out hunting but not legal to shoot |
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Good luck!
Hope I can get a few this year. I usually hunt by myself. |
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Originally Posted By DirtyHandsRob: Good luck! Hope I can get a few this year. I usually hunt by myself. View Quote Thanks, you too! We all do some solo hunts throughout the season but most of our hunting is 2-4 of us together. Hunt a lot of huge open fields, easier to cover 360 deg with multiple guys. We also get a lot of doubles and triples coming in, works out to have multiple shooters, each take a dog and count it down. |
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Love these threads.
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Originally Posted By ZW17: Love these threads. In! View Quote Wish there were more of them! Heading out tonight to see what we can do. The crops are finally starting to come down around here which will let us get back on most of our good ground. During the summer we have less than 1,000 acres we can hunt. Once the crops come down it's up around 120k acres. |
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Rough night last night. Lot of driving to a couple places we had requests from the landowner to take care of problem coyotes. By the time we got done there rain cut the night short. Still a fun night! Managed to put 1 in the truck.
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Thanks, you too! We all do some solo hunts throughout the season but most of our hunting is 2-4 of us together. Hunt a lot of huge open fields, easier to cover 360 deg with multiple guys. We also get a lot of doubles and triples coming in, works out to have multiple shooters, each take a dog and count it down. View Quote We use similar tactics up in the Northland. Only been out twice so far, both solo, with 1 dog down. Last year we got 57. Sub'd! |
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Attached File Here is #1 on the year. Going to give it a try tonight I think, probably solo again but that's the way it goes around harvest time. They've gotta hurry up to get all the crops out so we have those nice bare fields to hunt anyways! |
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Originally Posted By LeadBreakfast: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/481528/20220912_000851_jpg-2546703.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/481528/img_039_jpg-2546718.JPG Here is #1 on the year. Going to give it a try tonight I think, probably solo again but that's the way it goes around harvest time. They've gotta hurry up to get all the crops out so we have those nice bare fields to hunt anyways! View Quote Nicely done! What setup you running? |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Nicely done! What setup you running? View Quote Nothing fancy, a mid length FSB build in 5.56 with a Pulsar Thermion XM30 and a Dakota Silencer Varminter 4.0. Tried the same scope and can on a couple fancier rifles last year but decided to dedicated an older rifle to night hunting only, I feel no shame in abusing this one all year. ETA: I don't use a tripod, just a trigger stick (bipod version). A few of my buddies use tripods from time to time but they get ditched for trigger sticks a lot due to the bulk and weight. I'll probably still buy a tripod some day, just not a priority as anything that looks nice enough is also stupid expensive. Didn't make it out last night but I will tonight, bowhunting now and will go back to the truck to swap bow for rifle after sunset. Good excuse to stay out all night, Sunday nights are great because nobody is out messing up the hunting. |
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Originally Posted By LeadBreakfast: Nothing fancy, a mid length FSB build in 5.56 with a Pulsar Thermion XM30 and a Dakota Silencer Varminter 4.0. Tried the same scope and can on a couple fancier rifles last year but decided to dedicated an older rifle to night hunting only, I feel no shame in abusing this one all year. ETA: I don't use a tripod, just a trigger stick (bipod version). A few of my buddies use tripods from time to time but they get ditched for trigger sticks a lot due to the bulk and weight. I'll probably still buy a tripod some day, just not a priority as anything that looks nice enough is also stupid expensive. Didn't make it out last night but I will tonight, bowhunting now and will go back to the truck to swap bow for rifle after sunset. Good excuse to stay out all night, Sunday nights are great because nobody is out messing up the hunting. View Quote That'll do! Thermion series are awesome thermals! I can get you some tripod discounts through one of my sponsors if you're ever in the market, just shoot me a PM. |
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Originally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: I'll be hitting the field soon... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAxYTC7QXR4 View Quote Nice Look forward to seeing some after pics! One of the guys I hunt with is out in OK right now, did a little hunting with one of our sponsors. Hits on 5, only 2 recovered. The tall grass was a nightmare for them. Attached File |
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Tourney season is about to kickoff. Running our first one this coming Saturday, gonna be a long night
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Since the tourney was canceled, wound up doing a little hobby hunting with a buddy Saturday night. The other guys were tied up with deer hunting/guiding.
The night started off strong, spotted one laying in the field across from my house about 350y out. Soon as my buddy showed up we walked a couple hundred yards out, directly downwind of it. The instant the call came on it stood up and made a beeline for us. Let him take the shot, 204 Ruger 40gr V Max at 33 yards did the trick Attached File Shortly after that it started snowing and kept up for the rest of the night. Called some of our best spots over the next 6 hours and didn't see a damn thing |
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Hunting a local tourney this weekend. Been socked in with fog all week and thermal looks like trash. Still managed to put one in the truck last night. Hoping the fog will lift and we'll have better luck tonight.
She only had two good legs. Back left was there but locked up and pulled up against her body. Good part of her front left was missing with pads and claws growing out of the stub. Shot at 143 yards, 22 Creedmoor 75gr ELDM at 3,230. No exit wound. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: Oct 23rd kill... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/Bctwa6.jpg Nice thick male on 12-1-22... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/SZCVQv.jpg Damn work and other things have got in the way the past few weeks, ready to clear my plate now that I've limited out on deer and get busy on the coyotes. View Quote Nice! I feel that. Been tied up with tons of other stuff and haven't hunted as hard this year as I have in years past. What are you shooting them with? |
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What do you recommend for a good starter tripod. I hunt coyotes on my own but I need to get a thermal. I called 4 in last Sunday but it was after the sun went down and they were too far out. I decided not to teach them what a gun was yet.
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Originally Posted By harrymank: What do you recommend for a good starter tripod. I hunt coyotes on my own but I need to get a thermal. I called 4 in last Sunday but it was after the sun went down and they were too far out. I decided not to teach them what a gun was yet. View Quote Whats your budget and what gun would you like to put on it? Any rail space to mount an ARCA rail or a bolt gun where you can't mount anything? |
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Buddy threw a video together of the weekend.
Our First Local Tournament Of The Year |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Whats your budget and what gun would you like to put on it? Any rail space to mount an ARCA rail or a bolt gun where you can't mount anything? View Quote They all seam pretty expensive to me but I’ve never used one. A thermal scope is on my short list but I’m trying to build a house too. I shoot an AR when I’m hunting. |
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Originally Posted By harrymank: They all seam pretty expensive to me but I've never used one. A thermal scope is on my short list but I'm trying to build a house too. I shoot an AR when I'm hunting. View Quote Absolute base model entry level is going to be a BOG with a clamp. Will work OK as long as you have the rail space to clamp onto. Pretty good value, but they're heavy and nowhere near as versatile as a ballhead and ARCA rail setup. BOG Deathgrip Next step up is going to be something like a Slik 700 or a knockoff with a cheap Amazon ballhead. Gonna cost more but it's a better tripod and a much better shooting experience. Would need to add an ARCA rail to your gun for it. Shadowtech Slik copy Innorel ballhead ARCA rail Also available for keymod and 1913. I highly recommend the Slik or a copy and a ballhead if you want to spend the little extra. In my opinion it's worth the small extra cost over a BOG and clamp/saddle. If you want to get fancier than that you're going to be looking at carbon fiber tripods and higher end ballheads/leveling base/Anvil 30 and the cost gets ugly in a hurry |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: Absolute base model entry level is going to be a BOG with a clamp. Will work OK as long as you have the rail space to clamp onto. Pretty good value, but they're heavy and nowhere near as versatile as a ballhead and ARCA rail setup. BOG Deathgrip Next step up is going to be something like a Slik 700 or a knockoff with a cheap Amazon ballhead. Gonna cost more but it's a better tripod and a much better shooting experience. Would need to add an ARCA rail to your gun for it. Shadowtech Slik copy Innorel ballhead ARCA rail Also available for keymod and 1913. I highly recommend the Slik or a copy and a ballhead if you want to spend the little extra. In my opinion it's worth the small extra cost over a BOG and clamp/saddle. If you want to get fancier than that you're going to be looking at carbon fiber tripods and higher end ballheads/leveling base/Anvil 30 and the cost gets ugly in a hurry View Quote Maybe I haven’t looked in a while. I thought a decent tripod was 5 or 6 hundred. |
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What do you guys use for calls?
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Originally Posted By harrymank: Maybe I haven't looked in a while. I thought a decent tripod was 5 or 6 hundred. View Quote I guess it comes down to your definition of decent. For hobby hunting either of those should work fine. If you're going to be hunting a lot then I would consider 500-600 a decent tripod. Night Goggles Nightstalker Pro is an awesome tripod for the price. Comes with a ballhead but the ballheads do not hold up well in my experience with them. Two Vets, Fatboy are solid options in the 400-750 price range for tripod only. RRS SOAR tripods are about as good as it gets but you're looking at $1,200+. |
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Originally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: The tri-pod in this pic is from NightGoggles. Those deer were killed at 107 yards and 197 yards as measured by my laser range finder, from a kneeling position. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/MS02j7.jpg There are perhaps better ones, but this one has served me well. Shot this guy at about 225 yards from the below shown position. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/CbHuuZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/TUDeU6.jpg View Quote Great tripod for the price! Some guys love the adjustable center stalk and some don't. I used to run one and found I never used it. |
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Had a short night out Saturday before we got rained out, still managed to knock down a couple.
Weekend Coyote Hunt/ Rainout |
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