Sunday, December 8, 2013

Luxurious Coyote Calling

                 With a new baby girl in my family, and coyote season in full swing, it has become extremely difficult to post once a week as I originally planned.  Anyways, let's get down to business.  I went on a weekend hunt with my buddy Jessie and changed some things.  First of all, he lent me a Harris 24" bi-pod to replace my mono-pod.  This is conducive to calling with an e-call because it frees your hands up to be in a ready position with the rifle.  The 24" part is important because at 6'1'' I need a tall setup in order to sit on my butt and get the rifle up to eye level.  These bi-pods allow each  leg to be independently set to specific heights and swivel in place to follow the target.  Then we took self-cling camo tape and the gun wrap (burlap) that came with our gillie suits and decked out our rifles.  This takes away all of the glare that the sun creates off of the rifle and the glass on the scope.  This cling wrap is amazing!  It doesn't leave a residue on your toys, it is reusable, and it works great!  It costs about 20 bucks per roll through Black Wolf Emergency Prep.  The next piece of gear we added was a stadium seat.  These are designed to clip onto bleachers for sporting events or concerts, but are great for coyote hunting because they allow you to sit flat on the ground and still have the luxury of a backrest, arm holders, and even a cup holder (extra mags?).  These seats fold up, are light weight, and sling right over your shoulder going in and out of sets.  Last but not least, I was spoiled with Jessie's 4-wheeler set up.  This allowed us to park the truck on the county road, drop the trailer gate, and cruise into the deep pastures. We used a camo cover to throw over the machine, walked over the next hill and called in dogs. Jessie's home made hitch basket on the front made taking fur back to the truck a breeze! This allowed us to do several more sets without getting tired walking in and out.  We saw six 'yotes in two days, but only got two in the truck, which leaves plenty of room for improvement.  Jessie called yesterday and registered us in the Midwest calling competition in the sniper class, I suppose we better up our game now!

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