Thumper Dunker thread got me to thinking about this as I think it was Joe Ashton who says he has tried for 22 years to kill a coyote. I got extremely lucky and was just at the right place at the right time when a stupid one came by and let me put one through him.
So, how many belong to the coyote club and how many have you killed?
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This is one I squeaked up a 'couple' of years ago. I have missed a couple since then. This one was in my sweet zone (about 6 feet).
One for me, we just happened to cross paths when I was walking to my turkey blind and he was looking the wrong way! ;)
I shot one behind the house about 15 years ago with a recurve. I have missed several since then.
5 for me...two in one sit last year. Here is the biggest, purtiest :)
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I am assuming you mean 'yotes we've killed with trad gear.
If that's the case, then........zero for me!
I've killed several with other weapons but I've never even drawn an arrow on a 'yote.
I shot 8 coyotes with bow. Here is one from winter. Mike
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I shot 2 last year with a longbow, and have shot 2 previously. 1 with a Howard Hill LB, and 1 with a recurve. Both the ones I shot last year, I was on the ground, and lip squeaked them in for a shot.
I've killed two and they were about 60 seconds apart.
I need you Guys to pay me a visit to help out...I have the same Willey bastard swinging by every winter.
JL
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I've only "hit" one...but with a selfbow! It must have been a "dumb" one...
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I've only had one inside of fifty yards in my entire hunting life-
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ZERO. And I have tried hard. I've been very blessed at most other game, but yotes have my number.
I have shot around 8-10 in my time. Believe it or not I have missed three this year so far. I have never in my life had even three shots at them in an entire season let alone in one months time.
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I've got 5 with Trad gear. Missed many more, were infested with them.
I missed a grey fox last year, but haven't had a coyote in range. They're on my hit list, though!
I am up to 1. Missed a couple through the years too.
ive gotten 2 wth a bow quite a few have fallan to flintlock and rifle i dont like to give them the upper hand wth using a bow one of the most intel animals out there
It was a few years ago, but I have managed 1 with trad gear:
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I never shot one until last year.........I ended up shooting two!!!!!
16 in four years but missed or blown it on lots more. Took me two years trying with a bow to get the first. No clue cheating with a rifle.
one for me
Have given 2 now a really close shave of the armpit area :laughing:
I killed one a few years ago with my recurve. Missed one a couple weekends ago. Shot right over his back from a tree stand at 25 yards........
Its weird but I'm 30 years old and I have hunted my whole life and I have NEVER seen one while I've been hunting. I've seen a lot while i've not been hunting. So thats a big zero for me.
One for me. There seems to be more this year so need to try and call some this winter
Never actively tried to hunt em, just opportunities while deer hunting. Took 2 last year, and 2 others that I can think of with longbows.
Passed a lot of easy shots on em when I was trying to hunt big bucks... :saywhat: Never again! :archer2:
I have only had one shot opportunity at very long range. Muffed it.
Two here-Hap
None for me. High on my "to do" list!
I'm thinking they may be the Kentucky version of hog hunting. I'm going to look into getting some calls for after the season and work on killing me some.
I was on the ground sitting in a tangle of vines when I killed mine and wasn't making a sound. He was just "dying" to get shot! I've seen 9 total in the last 2 years of hunting. There was only one other one I may could have got a shot on and I was in my tree stand, and that was opening day this year.
Any call suggestions?
Some nice looking dogs in these pictures!
3 for me with my recurve in 31 years of hunting.
Head shot my first one on the milk river in 1998.
The dog was coming down a hedge row between 2 alfalfa fields. When it hit an opening 15 yards away I squeaked with my mouth. It stopped and looked at me, all I could see was it's face. I hit anchor and let rip, the arrow center punched it's left eye.
The second dog fell to an arrow in 2003 while deer hunting in Connecticut, very little hair and smelled awful.
The third coyote I killed a couple weeks ago sleeping in it's bed. I was scouting for deer in wind driven rain ( I mean really blowing) long story short. Saw her at about 60yards curled up in a ball facing away from me. Was able to get to about 20yards, she never moved a muscle, her head was down on her front legs like a dog sleeps in front of a wood stove. Hit her behind the shoulder, she jumped into the air like a cat that had been electrocuted. Ran less than 40yards and went down. Would not have believed it possible if I had not seen it with my own eyes!
4 over the years. All but one out west. This is one I took with a 150 gr. Thunderhead replaceable blade head.
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This was the last yote I took before moving out of AL.
Came into my hunting setup opening day of the season that year and I figured he needed to go.
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This one is what I call my pride and joy. I used the first recurve I built to take it.
As you can see it was almost black.
Sorry for the fuzzy pic.
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If I had pics of all the yotes I've taken I could fill a photo album.
Really love watching them spin and flip after being introduced to one of my meat missles.
Troy
Shot my first last year during the last season hunt .. had my gillie suit on .. shot him at 3 yds! What a rush .. I'm hooked .. tried a few more times but haven't called one in yet. Sorry no pictures .. wish I had taken a few.
Charlie, how were you able to take one in blue jeans and a home made camo sweater? I thought coyotes were real cautious with great eyesight.
QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
4 over the years. All but one out west. This is one I took with a 150 gr. Thunderhead replaceable blade head.
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love the picture. The old spray painted hooded sweatshirt and bluejeans. Just awesome.
I got one in Kansas last year. Squeked her in one morning from about 70 yards out.
The first moment he got in a position to see me, the arrow hit. Like most animals, movement is key to getting caught and a little cover goes a long way.
Anymore, they always seem to see me instantly.
Dang Charlie,
That must have been one noisy bow, with all those string silencers!
One for me. First trad kill other than a rabbit. Hunting turkeys and he came into my hen call, his buddy didn't fall for the same trick.
Mike Baker: He might have been dumb but he certainly was pretty. That's a trophy by anyones standards. Congrats. :thumbsup:
I have a question, are most shots taken while hunting other game or are you targeting them specifically?
I was deer hunting when I got mine---target of opportunity!
i've never purposely hunted them--but I've gotten 5 while deer huntging---only the 1 with bow though :rolleyes:
Pat... back then I figured several very light silencers was better insurance than two heavy ones.
That old Bighorn was one quiet puppy... even without the 5 pounds of silencer material.
;)
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I shot two on the same deer stand one morning, plus missed a third. As you can guess, the deer hunting wasn't worth a darn that morning, but I was OK with that.
I have taken 100+ with a rifle, never with a bow, much less a trad bow, still on my bucket list. I was looking at the pics, and some of my old pics from late 70's, 80's and early 90's, and the yote pics were all about the same size as seen in these pics. Last 10 years I have been shooting huge dogs, #35-45#!! Recent study has found that they have inbred with gray wolves, and bred the Southern red wolf nearly into extinction. The grey wolves here on the eastern seaboard, have been tame ones, folks have turned loose, got loose ,and mingled with the yote packs, acording to some F&W and Nat. Geographic DNA studies. I know they are getting harder on our fawn crop, F&W thinks they and other predators are taking %40 of fawn crop.
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nice.
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Great thread! As for myself I see them all the time but I have never got close to one to try my longbow or recurve at. We have a big population of them now in my area so I will keep at it and if I get lucky one-day I can join the club.
I have only taken one with a longbow, but 4,000 plus now with a rifle and other means.
Hoping to join this club soon....no luck yet!
I have caught 100+ with steel traps have never had an opportunity with my bow. Maybe some day one will wandered past.
got one with wheelie bow but no chnaces yet with trad equipment
All mine fell by accident while I was deer hunting.
Got my third last nite.
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The most with a bow in one season was 12.
Shot three from stand one morning and have shot two in day several times.
I have a hard time not sqeeking at them from deer stand when I see them and when they walk by I try my best to shoot them .
I usually get a shot at one every season. Over the past 3 seasons I've been seeing bobcats from the stand.
This was my third encounter with a coyote while deer hunting this fall. The first two were from tree stands and the coyote won those rounds. This morning I was tired of being bounced in the wind, so I decided to still hunt from my stand back to the truck. I was easing through a bedding area and not seeing any deer. Then I found out why. I had the wind in my face and this young female was hunting the same area about 40 yards ahead of me. I managed to get to about 30 yards and a deadfall meant I'd either have to go around, crawl over or take the shot. She was quartering away, so I opted for the shot. The Zwickey Delta hit in back of the ribcage and angled through the liver and off side lung. She ran about 30 yards, laid down, and died pretty quickly. I'm pretty confident with my Orion recurve!
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I'm smiling on the inside. :rolleyes:
NICE SHOOT"N 30 Coupe :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
This is the only one with a bow. We didn't use to have coyotes around here.
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I wish I still had my old Jeep Scrambler
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Here he is mounted
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That's a nice-furred dog Ron!
Good shootin'!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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I've taken two with recurves over the last about eight years. Both in the evening while thinking it's getting about time to put the quiver back on the bow and climb down.
I've taken two with recurves over the last about eight years. Both in the evening while thinking it's getting about time to put the quiver back on the bow and climb down.
Ron, nice big coyote.
I am lucky to still have my scrambler, they are great hunting rigs.
I shot one a few years ago trying to steal my turkey decoy.
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Congratulations to all who have taken a Coyote with a bow especially a trad bow. They are not a gimme even with a rifle! I have yet to have the opportunity with my bow.
3Arrows, I'd like to have seen that 'yote trying to steal your Turkey decoy, bet that was funny!
Frank
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My first coyote on the Milk River. Shot in the eye.
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My second coyote. Mangy and stinky.
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My third coyote taken this year, sleeping in its bed. I sure wish I had this one on film.
One with a wheel bow 30 years ago,, Missed a gimme with a recurve on a spot and stalk sleeping dog one year
I missed one at 8-10yds once. He was sitting down perfectly still but came through behind my tree. When I shot, my bottom limb hit the tree, the arrow went about two feet over the yote, and he busted out of there laughing at me.
I really want a bust mount of a coyote to go opposite the bust mount of the bobcat that I shot a couple years ago.
It will have to be luck for me as i do not do any real predator hunting. I just catch them moving through once in a while when I am deer or turkey hunting.
Bisch
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I missed a long shot on a coyote while hunting hogs in Texas a few years back. I saw two a few weeks ago while deer hunting but I rarely see them. I should have tried squeaking at them, never thought of it. :banghead: :dunno:
Took two last year with a recurve. Haven't seen any this season.
Missed one 2 years ago in the eastern township area.We've moved in the High Laurentians last year and during last winter we could ear them during different nights we've found many victims until spring.I promise to give it a try this winter! ;)
My first trad kill was a coyote 10 years ago or so. I was flinging some arrows at some round hay bales after a morning hunt when one came along up the field edge I was in. He was limping pretty bad, something wrong with one of it's front legs. I hid behind the hay bale figuring no way... when it got to 20 yards I stepped out and put it out of it's misery.. VERY lucky..
alright a club i qualify for my first kill with trad gear was a yote bout 20 minutes after i missed a spike :banghead: he came by at about 75 yards and i squeeked at him on the back of my palm and he came over and i nailed him clean!