ShaunM

I finally got some time to actually hunt. My uncle has been losing chickens and a lot of them. He has lost 10 or 11 in the past 2 weeks or so. He is tired of keeping them in the pen. He has personally seen 3 of the chickens get taken by coyotes throughout the weeks. Since I was headed to Perry County anyways I decided to bring all my coyote gear with me. After spending some time with family, I drove over to his house to do some calling. I set up in a field behind his house were he has been seeing them the most. I pulled out my TC coyote reed made a few howls and went right into my DSG cottontail distress on my fox pro. It played through 2 sequences and out came this young male. He ran right up to my caller and 50 or so yards later he layed within 2 feet of it. My total set up to the shot was less than 8 minutes. I called for a little longer but had no more takers. Equipment used: Howa M1500 Ranchland 243 Catridge: Hornady Superformance 58 grain V Max Calls: TC coyote pup diaphragms and Fox Pro Wildfire Sounds played: Young coyote pup howl, DSG cottontail and Coyote pup distress Stands made: 1 Coyotes seen:1 and 1 shot Oh and don't mind my blue tennis shoes. I forgot my boots at home. At least I didn't wear my crocs lol. Thats also my dog Jack in the picture. He tries to re-kill the animals I bring to show him.

99% of the time I use my ultra light rig when I wade the creeks.

Not sure on the salt water reel but Shimano reels are awesome. I have had the same reel now for 15 or so years and it still works great. If they make an ugly stick for salt water you may look into one of them. They are pretty tough rods and cost less than most.

I fish the Greenway off of Medical Center Parkway. Walk down to the dam and fish below it. I use Zoom speed craws and spinners. I cast right at the dam just below were the water comes around it. I usually let the current take it then work the lure back to you. I have caught several really nice bass there and crappie.

This time of year try using pup howls and pup whines along with the distress sounds. I have been really busy with work and summer vacations but I plan on hitting the woods in the next week or so. With the tempetures being really hot they will be more protective of water and food supplies.

Yeah thats a big buck.

Howler has some very good points. If you have a creek bed look there. Coyotes love to travel down fence rows as they will urinate on fence posts to mark their territories (I actually watched a coyote do this as he was coming into my call). I like to setup near isolated thick cover, coyotes will bed in these areas. Right know coyotes are in dens as most have pups. Remember coyotes don't den year round, only during breeding season. Howler pointed out about maybe seeing pups and I would have to agree with him. Pups are stupid and have not yet experinced real fear from humans. Most pups will be out and on their own by late August.

Remember buckshot is not legal.

As far as shotgun ammo, I use Winchester #6 high velocity. I can get a great pattern and knock down power at 40 yards. I have had no problems with it. Other ammo I use is T shot. It can be expensive though. I use a kicks choke. I have used the Carlson choke and it is just o.k in my opinion. I use a 243 shooting hornady 58 grain vmax. Any of your rifles will be plenty enough to kill it dead 3 times over. Just make sure you obey the laws if hunting them. Also just because he seen a coyote doesnt mean the coyotes are killing the chickens. 1 racoon can cause a lot of damage to.

I use shorts and tennis shoes during the summer.

I thought about getting back into archery. Kinda miss it.

Love Ted!!! Guess I need to find the magazine.

My daughter shoots a bow and she loves it.

Hope everyone had a great season.

I told him to be very thankful for that big tom.

It was awesome seeing the look on his face once the trigger was pulled.

I'm just happy for my friend Kevin getting his first turkey.

Gonna try and get out again before the 13th.

Thanks.

It has been a tough season at least for me. I got one on the 2nd day of season and thats been it. Well today my hard work and patience paid off. I have been taking a really good friend of mine with me showing him how to turkey hunt. He has been dying to get one. Since the weather has been warm we decided to go out and try and get him one. For some reason I decided to wait until 10 before hitting the woods (No I wasn't being lazy, actually got up before sunrise). As soon as we hit the first property we seen 2 good toms 1 was strutting. We eased in and set up. I began calling and immediately they responded. I called for at least and hour and a half before he finally committed. My friend Kevin was so nervous as he came strutting in. Once the turkey hit 40 yards I told him to hammer it and he did and down it went. He jumped up and screamed yes. I was just as excited as he was. We go over and man what a turkey. Ended up being 22 pounds with a 10 1/2 inch beard and spurs were 1 1/4 inches. Not bad for a guys first turkey lol. Well we tagged him in and put the bird on ice. We traveled 40 minutes to another property. We set up at a trail head and I started calling. 30 minutes later we have another big tom down. I shot him at 15 to 20 yards. He was 21 pounds 10 7/8 inch beard with 1 inch spurs. He was an old bird. There was another with him and it was a nice bird also. I had been hunting this bird all season with trail cam pics and I finally got him. I had my video camera but the battery went dead on me. Picture of Kevin's Turkey Picture of my turkey Picture of both turkeys

I had a pond that got over run by snapping turtles. I built 5 boxes with a ramp. The turtles would crawl up the ramp and fall into the box and get stuck. Took me almost 2 months but I got the pond undercontrol. Turtles can be good but to many is very bad.

Try plastic zoom speedcraw texas rigged.

Awesome videos!!! Congrats.

Here lately I havent had time to do anything. My wifes car broke down so I have been fixing it. Finally got it fixed, one new water pump later. Hopefully my schedule will allow me some outdoor time.

That dude has some hooks!!!