My first Coyote with a bow!

[Hoytgirl]

Well, I had good luck calling a coyote in this a.m. I went out to my Dad's land today to try my luck. It has been bitterly cold here for weeks and Don said it should be good calling as the extreme cold, coupled with their breeding season right now, usually works well. I have watched Don do it plently of times, so I thought I would give it a whirl by myself. I setup in a Double Bull blind in a field edge 50 yards from where I parked my truck, and began to call. I was using Primos's Randy Anderson series mouth calls. I started off with a coyote howl and then 5 minutes later, I went to an animal in distress call. 10 minutes later, this coyote appeared at 50 yds. I lip squeaked softly and he came in and stopped at 10 yds. I hit him with my muzzy broadhead and he ran off and fell over 15yds later. Cool as heck, I was shaking when it was all over. Don was impressed with me, to say the least, and jealous that he could'nt go because of his broken ankle as most of you know. I changed my hair back to it's natural color and apparantly it brought me good luck! Here are some pics.

 

[DOR]

Nice work! I bet 99.9% of men haven't accomplished that feat. I know I have not. Congrats.

Oh, FWIW, I like the dark hair better.

 

[Hoytgirl]

Thank you!

 

[NebraskaWhitetail]

That's something to be proud of, Sarah!

(...and I'll second DOR on the dark hair

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[203ntyp]

That's quite a feat, hats off young lady! I ditto the hair color too, gives you that killer instinct look. Apparently it works on all male species

 

[gersdorf]

Nice!

 

[JNRBRONC]

Congrats on a GREAT accomplishment! Tough to draw down on those guys, at least in my experience.

 

[Shovelbuck]

Congrats. I've never been fortunate enough to get one with a bow and I've been bowhunting 32 years.

 

[Hoytgirl]

The whole thing was pretty awesome! I still can't believe it. I could not have done it without the knowledge my husband has on predator hunting and hunting in general. And luck!

 

[Shredder]

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That's something to be proud of, Sarah!

(...and I'll second DOR on the dark hair )

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Congrats on the harvest. Great job

 

[blake]

Congrats Sarah.

 

[Earl E. November]

That is to cool, admire anyone shooting predators with a bow.
Interested to hear more on the DB setup. Obviously the truck didn't bother him.. You said it was on a field edge.. Curious about how much cover it takes to make it work.

 

[jjohnson]

Sweet. I killed one last night with the .17. Always wanted to try a bow but it's hard enough with a gun. Congrats.

 

[koba]

NICE KILL!! NICE LOOK !!

 

[Hoytgirl]

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That is to cool, admire anyone shooting predators with a bow.
Interested to hear more on the DB setup. Obviously the truck didn't bother him.. You said it was on a field edge.. Curious about how much cover it takes to make it work.

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I setup right in a fence line on the edge of a field in the property. I honestly did not think I would even see anything. I set up the matrix DB and sat on a chair inside. I did not even brush it in. I know that I was very lucky. The land my dad owns is used for commerical purposes so animals there are used to new things being introduced into their enivironment. They are used to loud noises, and vehicles.

 

[Kat]

Way cool!
I've tried to draw on one when I was in a treestand but got picked off before I moved an inch. Anyway, congrats on the yote.

PS. Your hair looks great!

 

[Benny]

 

[Skully]

That's a hunt to be proud of! Congrats on getting it done!

 

[DOUBLE LUNG]

 

[Jethro]

A great accomplishment!!!