Ok,,,,, so when did you start, how old were you, and what Rifle, and Cal. did you use....... and what was your mode of transportation...... I'll start it off, with my stats..... 1963.... 13 yrs old... .25-35 Win. 94..... see attached. Horse Back..... 7,000 acre Cattle Ranch NW corner of Nev., not to far from Ft. Bidwell, N. Calif. Lj
And I've killed at least one every year since, except the year I got married. I reckon I'd rather stay to home that year and get pokes, instead of burning powder.....
2010. Been using a Stevens 200 in 22-250 close to 90% of the time. I have killed a couple with 223's and a 243. My 25-06 will see some action this year for sure.
Short walk from the house, Whitewater Creek in southern Cochise county Arizona
Hunted them every winter since that one many years ago, have killed well over a 100 some winters, others half that, just can't quit just yet. Getting ready to get back after them again as soon as it feels like winter again.
About 1973. First time was in the middle of a cold frosty night. Rem. 788 and a hand held spotlight. Plopped myself down and started blowing on the call. Stopped long enough to hear the pitter patter of something running in the dark. Scared the crap out of me because I thought it was a range cow charging me. Lit up a coyote fifty yards away looking at me.
He got away clean.
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I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.
Short walk from the house, Whitewater Creek in southern Cochise county Arizona
Hunted them every winter since that one many years ago, have killed well over a 100 some winters, others half that, just can't quit just yet. Getting ready to get back after them again as soon as it feels like winter again.
Do you still have this gun?
If my paternal grandpa wouldn't have spent six years in Joe Stalin's vacation camp I would say, it probably could have been his K98k before.
Probably around 1962, when I was 16. Used the '06 my folks gave me for Xmas when I was 14. Was driving my '56 Ford Fairlane down a country road near our farm. Still have that rifle.
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
Gee`s, shouldn`t even even mention this...1955 with my new fox call, both short range and long range, Burnham Bros. Marbel Falls, Tx., course was designed to attract both...which it did. Had a bounty on yotes then, $20 I believe..they were scarce and skidish. Called in many more red Fox. Sav. Mod. 20, 250-3000, 87 grns Winchester S.P. $3.85 a box. k2.5 3/4 Weaver scope, post and cross hair. Ankle express...had two primary dairy farms I hunted..both located about 5 miles from home. Can`t tell you how many times I got a ride out by Officer Posse. Never said it, quess he didn`t think it good idea walking through town at the time....but I always had to walk home. Fun..
The 1st one I ever called in was 1977 west of the USAFA, and I was lucky enough to watch it come in from a long distance along a snow-covered 2-track, and I got addicted right then and there. Had a Ruger 77V 6mm, and I missed the opportunity. The shot and encounter was detailed in Predator Masters Magazine many years ago now, entitled "Predator vs. Predator", and the article was the most overedited piece of trash I ever had published.,
1968 on a slow day deer hunting with a 257 Wby. I actually thought I would make a few bucks on the hide. 100 grain Hornady's going straight away. I didn't have enough big pieces of the hide to make 1 glove.
Still a fan of early Hornady Pre interlock bullets in any caliber between 243 and 308.
My first several coyotes were all taken south of Cimarron CO. I was pretty young and didn't know that some guys actually hunted for them. Most guys in that area shot them as targets of opportunity and hung them on a fence.
By 1970 we lived in Illinois and coyotes were there in very limited numbers, but rarely seen. Picture in the newspaper if you shot one rare.
By the time I had my drivers license in 1974 they were expanding their range and becoming a bit more common.Saw and shot my first Illinois coyote in 1975, with my .17 Remington. Was home on military leave in midwinter 78-79, and they seemed to be everywhere. I shot 2 coyotes and 5 fox while on that leave, IIRC. Today, you'll kill a dozen or more coyotes and feel lucky if you spot a fox.
