Pre coyote warm up

I had to get home by 2:00pm so we had to hunt fast.
Got the 140 miles out of the way in the dark, we where sitting on the crest of a coulee as the sky lit up .
Calling in the twilight is cool. You can see through the scope but not with the naked eye. We had coyotes howling in every direction.
No one came in to play but it's still quite a rush to hear.
We did about 4 more same results. The fifth was much better. Two showed them selves but would not get closer then 660 yards.
As we where sitting working them the boy caught a flash out of his eye behind us. YUP Mr. sneaky. To bad for him my son is as flexible as a willow branch. In a flash he was twisted around and the 17 hornet popped the dog dead center in the lower neck.
We hunt 300/400 yards apart and use two ways to keep in touch. I didn't even turn around the sound said , Hey dad I just killed the first coyote of the day.


A short drag back to the truck.


Then relieved him of his fur coat.



Another Blank set and then the last one before we had to go.
This one was a good producer in the past and wanted it for the end. Went out set up like normal 400 yards apart and looking different directions.
About 15 minutes in I kinda relaxed and figured we would be blanked and go home.
The all of a sudden there was a coyote running past me, WHAT?
How the heck?
I was scrambling to get the gun in the right direction ,and , It stopped squatted down to pee.
Don't know where it came from and why it was running and why did it stop in all the commotion to pee.
It turned out some bird hunters down below us must have busted it out and was just running by.
It must have been one of its sent markers and it could not run by with out adding a little ...
Who knows?
By the way I missed the coyote at 150 yards stopped standing broad side....Peeing !






d

Edited by d4570

BEAR,! The coyote was peeing

squatter!

Ok!
but where we where hunting is over a 100 miles to the north

I have read some people eat coyote.
I have never tried it. I have had bear and Mountain lion and it SUCKS. I would think any of the predators would be bad news for my tummy.
You do know that even coyote doesn't eat coyote.
Only thing I know of that does is birds of pray and magpies. Maybe a wolverine would?

"CROW CASSEROLE   

1/2 dozen crow breasts
1 qt. sauerkraut
1/2 dozen strips bacon
1/3 c. chopped onion


In skillet brown the crow breasts, then place them on a 1 1/2" layer of sauerkraut in bottom of a casserole. Cover each piece of meat with a strip of bacon and sprinkle the onion over them. Cover the breast with another layer of sauerkraut and pour sauerkraut juice over it. Bake two hours in oven heated to 350 degrees. "


Cook crow

People eat " crow" all the time I found one for coyote ...
"Instructions: Throw all the ingredients in a crock pot and let them cook for about 8 hours. After it's done, feed it to your mother-in-law and tell her it's venison. Cut meat into chunks and brown in oil. Add wine, onions, garlic, salt and pepper and your other favorite spices"

Well D,

When ya gotta go, Ya gotta go.

Another great adventure.

Wing master

I've had black bear steaks. Some were good, some were OK
and once one from a boar that was tough and unsavory in
flavor as in No more for me, not even another bite.

A fellow from Alabama told me that when they trapped
wild pigs they would castrate the young males and let
them go and when they were shot later in life they were
OK to eat.

Ducks, ring necks-woodies-blacks-mallards here in Maine
taken over inland fresh waters are mostly very good but
later in the season when they are feeding on salt water
"stuff" they take on a strong fishy-liver taste. Edible
but not as tasty as those in fresh water eating plants,
seeds and acorns. But interestingly the eider sea ducks
whose main diet is bivalves, produce a large steak sized
1/2 filleted breast meat that fries up just fine and
dandy.

bear meat gotta have all the fat off to be good eating.

My nephew brought some Bear sausage patties on this years hunt. Fried them up with some eggs and hashbrowns,toast and marmalade with a big cup of hot black coffee...Breakfast fit for a king!

Edited by varmintcaller