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A farmer's request.
« on: July 09, 2010, 07:08:28 PM »
I got a visit at the store today from a local farmer... he lives a couple miles away from me. Apparently he has a bit of a coyote problem and they are bothering his cows and calves in the fields. He has about 400 acres and about 1/2 of it is pasture land with grazing cows. He asked me if I had any varmint guns and would I want to come over and try to thin out the coyotes. I told him I just got a 22-250 and would love to come thin 'em out for him. ;D His only stipulation was... "don't shoot my cows" :D :D He even told me he has some round bales I could set up as a blind. I'm pumped about it... guess what I'll be doin' in my free time. ;)



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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2010, 07:16:02 PM »
Quote from: Spanky on July 09, 2010, 07:08:28 PM
I got a visit at the store today from a local farmer... he lives a couple miles away from me. Apparently he has a bit of a coyote problem and they are bothering his cows and calves in the fields. He has about 400 acres and about 1/2 of it is pasture land with grazing cows. He asked me if I had any varmint guns and would I want to come over and try to thin out the coyotes. I told him I just got a 22-250 and would love to come thin 'em out for him. ;D His only stipulation was... "don't shoot my cows" :D :D He even told me he has some round bales I could set up as a blind. I'm pumped about it... guess what I'll be doin' in my free time. ;)



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Awesome, coyotes are exactly what the 22-250 (22 Varminter) Remington cartridge was designed to solve.  Good luck and have fun.

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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2010, 11:54:50 AM »
Good luck with the Coyotes. Yep I would think a .22-250 would provide the right medicine to fix up said Coyote.

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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2010, 12:04:10 PM »
Sounds like I may need to come vist you instead of you visiting me. :o ;D I took my 16th Groundhog of the season today at 200 yards. Take care Dale
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2010, 12:47:13 PM »
There is a Santa Claus.

What's your plan to draw them in?
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2010, 06:38:03 PM »
Quote from: PowPow on July 10, 2010, 12:47:13 PM
There is a Santa Claus.

What's your plan to draw them in?

I'm gonna try using my electronic call and some kind of decoy.
I don't know much about huntin 'em but he offered so I'm gonna give it a try.



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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2010, 09:04:20 PM »
Well first off, go ahead and use a firearm, your truck doesn't look like it can take anymore.   ;D
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2010, 09:37:25 PM »
That sucks too... it was a good truck. :D :D



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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2010, 03:21:56 AM »
Here are a few things that worked for me, when I have tried to be intentional about coyote hunting, rather than seeing one as a consequence of deer hunting:

I bought a "quiver rabbit" for about $ 30; its basically a rabbit hand puppet sitting on top of an out-of-balance battery-powered motor on a stake that you stick in the ground. The motion catches their eye and they start easing in on it, and they are so fixed on it they don't see you. Its great for a high spot in a large open field, if the hay is cut down to about 8" or less.

I saw on some show where the guy called one in and it was trotting; he trained his gun on it and yelled "yip" like a pup; it stopped and popped its head up just long enough for him to get a still shot. I tried this and it worked. Apparently it doesn't have to be a very good yip, just a real one, not recorded.

Also, once I was sitting in a tree stand looking over a large field, and about 400 yards away some crows that had been gleaning in the field for an hour just took off all of a sudden and it caught my attention because I was hoping they wandered my way. The reason they took off was cause a coyote was walking by. So you might watch for some other animals reacting to a coyote's presence.
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2010, 04:04:45 PM »
take an old arrow shaft drill a hole through the knock and attatch a turkey feather with a few inches of fishing line. stick it in the ground about 75-100 yards out and any little bit of wind will cause it to move. The movement will catch thier attention
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2010, 04:27:45 AM »
Spanky....so what's happening with the coyote hunting at this farm so far? waiting to hear about your adventures.
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2010, 12:38:43 PM »
Does the shooting put the cows off milking or anything like that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kceO2LFrYs&feature=related cows hate guns



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8svs1DBbbY&feature=related  or maybe they don't care.
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2010, 01:18:35 PM »
It's best to partner up with another guy. Call em up wind and have the better shooter watch the down wind side. Often they try to wind you but if someone is a good long range shot the smart ones are dead before they smell ya. Also a pair is coming shoot the rear one first and start yelping sometimes the front one will pause.
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2010, 01:33:07 PM »
The old standby Circe dying rabbit call has worked well for me. They're cheap too!
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Re: A farmer's request.
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2010, 11:41:52 AM »
For Decoy I have used the Rabbit you can buy.  But one that is a lot les expensive is a cat toy you can get at Wal-mart or almost any per store.  It's a small pedistal with a plastic stick that stands about 18" high with feathers on top.

One day while watching a Coyote coming in, a second one that I did not see got to the decoy and ripped the feathers up.  So the next time I wanted to go out I glued some fake rabbit fur around a styro foam ball and stuck it on top.  Works just as good as the feathers did.
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