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Offline SAWgunner

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I have just recently married into a Ranching family,
« on: June 24, 2003, 03:43:36 PM »
That has a 10k acre Ranch outside of Chugwater, WY.  I have been hunting coyotes ever since I have met my wife a year and a half ago.  The only coyote I have killed was with a 12 ga. at about 50 -60 yards.  I now have a .223 and am working on getting a .220 Swift.  My problem is not the killing part, but the "I never see a damn thing" part.  Although the ranch has passed down through the family for years and years, and they all know where to hunt the coyotes, I can never find the damn things.  Anyone have suggestions.

On another note, their neighbors own the property that Willy Nichols was kille by Tom Horn on.
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2003, 02:22:12 PM »
:D You sound like the luckiest guy I"ve ever heard of. I'd be happy to come out and help you. I like to call coyotes. What are you doing now to see them? What methods do others  on the ranch use to see them? :sniper:
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2003, 03:32:20 PM »
Her Grandfather (the owner of the ranch) mainly just shoots them when he is tending cattle.  I can only hope to ever be able to spend that much time up there.  His sons use calls sometimes.  I mainly just ride out to a ridge overlooking the creek bed (which they slither through, and I have seen them in before).  I spent about every other weekend up there during calving season, and I never even saw one.  heh heh.  Usually that is the best time to see them, because they like the afterbirth and sometimes even the newborn calf when it first hits the ground.
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2003, 12:11:11 PM »
:D I've had some luck with the deer bleat and cow elk call. They are cheap and easy to use. It's a rubber band call. I got one in Gillette at the sporting goods store downtown a few years ago. Made by E.L.K. Inc..M
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2003, 04:21:34 PM »
I use a rabbit in distress when I call. The most luck I have had, is to go out very early in the morning to scout places I know they frequent. I have a friend that raises cattle, and when he has one die in the winter, he puts it in a place we can watch. We both use .22-250's, and have had a lot of success doing this. He used to let the coyotes be, but after losing a few calfs to them 3 years ago, war was declared.
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2003, 04:15:11 PM »
Well, just be ready when it comes time to put-up hay, muck stalls, feed cattle, process cattle (brand, innoculate, dehorn, etc), fix corrals, fence, barn, etc.. Born and raised on a working cattle ranch! Every now and then there's some time off for fun!. RKBA :-D  :wink:
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2003, 06:30:34 AM »
What kind of terrain is it, brushy,open, treed, flat, hilly? Each type of terrain is a little different.
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Re: Ranch
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2003, 09:48:02 AM »
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Well, just be ready when it comes time to put-up hay, muck stalls, feed cattle, process cattle (brand, innoculate, dehorn, etc), fix corrals, fence, barn, etc.. Born and raised on a working cattle ranch! Every now and then there's some time off for fun!. RKBA :-D  :wink:


     Ha hah hah!  Yeah, I have already done this numerous times.  Even when we were just engaged, Bubba (their nickname for me) had to come down for all that.  Good thing I enjoy it, huh?  heh heh
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2003, 09:52:56 AM »
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What kind of terrain is it, brushy,open, treed, flat, hilly? Each type of terrain is a little different.


     Well, it is a huge piece of land, so we have a little bit of everything.  Mainly the trees are around the two creeks and the resevoir.  The back of the property is compiled of very steep ridges, the rest is pretty hilly with a wide meadow in the House and 40 Bar pastures.  The front of the property (the rough section) is rocky with alot of brush and it overlooks a 30 mile wide valley (pretty up here).  The thing is that when we do see them, there is no one place that they stay put.  We see them everywhere.  I haven't seen any since last year, it must of been September because we were weening the calves.  Hope this helps, and you can help me.  heh heh
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2003, 06:39:37 AM »
Tom Horn didnt Kill Willy Nichols, he was framed!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2003, 08:17:34 PM »
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Well, just be ready when it comes time to put-up hay, muck stalls, feed cattle, process cattle (brand, innoculate, dehorn, etc), fix corrals, fence, barn, etc.. Born and raised on a working cattle ranch! Every now and then there's some time off for fun!. RKBA :-D  :wink:


     Ha hah hah!  Yeah, I have already done this numerous times.  Even when we were just engaged, Bubba (their nickname for me) had to come down for all that.  Good thing I enjoy it, huh?  heh heh


It do lose it's appeal when you started doing it about the time you could toddle out to the corrals and barn :?

I'd mix the calls up, too. Say a fawn bleat in the spring, jack rabbit in distress in open country, cottontail or wood pecker in the trees, open country you can use a howler, too. Dang coyotes learn faster than some people I've met so keep'em on their toes. Good luck! :D
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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2003, 02:52:36 AM »
Hey does your wife have any sisters????   Really though, pick up the video Bustin coyotes, or callin coyotes. The were made by Merv Griswald from Gillette Wyoming. He has a guide service there too. High Plains Outfitters. One of his guides Duke (Navaho) is in the video too. These guys know how to call them in. Check out the videos. I hunted with them in 2001 it was just a great time.
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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2003, 02:51:51 PM »
Off topic here a little, but did they let you keep the M249?? The wouldnt let me walk off with mine, boy, could slaughter some yotes with that! Was in 101st for 2 years as a Saw gunner.
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2003, 02:00:54 PM »
I lived in Gillette for years growing up. We called coyotes quite a bit. Use the jackrabbit and cotton tail calls. In the rocky area you were talking about; set up on top, but do not skyline yourself. Call into the wind, softly at first. If no response, on the next set get a little louder. Also put some emotion into it. Get jiggy :lol: with it. Coyotes out there are getting call smart. Keep trying, eventually it will all come together and they will be coming from all directions.
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