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My bud Dan came out to the ranch to shoot a deer. Didn't have any luck finding one on Saturday. This morning we drove to the south place to look around. While glassing my hayfield, we spotted a coyote out about a half mile. You guys that know me, know I'll shut down just about anything for a chance to whomp a coyote. Using round bales as cover, we made a sneak on him. The sumbish was fixated on a prairie dog mound (or so I thought....), and was totally unaware of his surroundings. When we got to the last bale at the end of the field, I got ready to drill him at about 200 yards. When I peeked around the bale to locate him, something didn't seem quite right. What I can't figger out, is why some bastid would put out a plywood coyote sillywet way out on the prairie, miles from any house? Sure fooled me...... It's been out quite a while as almost all the paint on it has peeled. Since there was no bullet holes in it, I don't reckon it was put out as a target. After a good laugh, we went to the north place and Dan kilt a deer.....
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Maybe Pat snuck down there and wired it up to mess with you. His are steel though. Nice buck too.
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Shoulda put some holes in it, Dandy buck
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It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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LOL. Reminds me of the time as a kid I stalked some duck decoys on a neighbors stock tank.
Nice Mulie !
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If it was a golf course, I'd say goose problem.
I'm thinking someone very patient is pranking you.
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whats with the chain on the fence?
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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We got bigfoots here. I haven't even got a hair offa one.
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whats with the chain on the fence?
Mike It is a twist stay. Barbwire fencestay that twists onto the wires to keep them spaced between posts
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I found out from the neighbor that owns the place, that he built the coyote to keep the prairie dogs on the other side of the fence from migrating over onto his place. He got a good laugh when told the story...
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Hehehehe I got somebody to prank. Thanks for the idea
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Told shorty we have a family project, get the saw from papaw hehehehehe
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ha ha. Great story. Thnx for telling us.
Reminds me of a friend & myself on a shorter scale. Years ago we hunted groundhogs every chance we had.
One day we saw (thot it was) a groundhog sunning in a small brush pile. We got in position and he made a great head shot —- to LOG. We both thot it was a groundhog. ha ha.
Congrats to UR friend on the buck.
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You get got then take it out on a poor deer. Hmmm.
Very nice buck!
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That's a great deer for your bud Don !
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look like that buck had 2 daddys. right side looks like a whitetail and left side looks mulie split. Big Ed
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I've been known to tie a dead coyote up to a fenceline in just the right spot, then drive around with a friend and scream "coyote! when we "happened" upon the coyote. Then the bullets would start flying. Did it a couple times to a rancher buddy while checking cows on his property. I was called an asshöle both times.
Good times.
Nice buck!
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Left one curled up on a hillside too, heard it got ventilated as well.
Funniest story though was a little buck I found dead, stiff as a honeymoon pecker. I managed to prop him up leaning against a tree, and headed for the truck. I barely made it a couple hundred yards, and a few shots rang out. I giggled all the way home.
The next day at work, a buddy told me about his dad shooting a dead deer someone had set up against a tree. I had a hard time keeping a straight face. I had no idea those guys hunted that woods, as it was an hour away for them, only 10 minutes for me, owned by a buddy's grandpa.
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