The HunterByDesign team Was able to finally get out and predator hunt a piece of land that I’ve been wanting to get out on for some time now. This property is set up great for coyotes complete with many draws, large open areas, and a lot of cattle nearby.
We arrived at the land about an hour before dark and quickly moved to get set up. We were just getting to a clump of trees that overlooked a large draw when I spotted a coyote approx 250-300 yrds away just before he slipped into the brush.
We quickly sat down and after a few minutes and I began the rabbit squealing both from the Primos Catnip call, and the Verminator Tweety call. Our patience was rewarded about 15 minutes later as the dog cautiosly stepped into an opening in the brushy draw about 80yrds away. The Remingtion R-15 ,223 was already in postion on the shooting sticks. I was shooting through a briar bush was made me a bit squeamish with a .223, but my cousins couldn’t see him so I took my chances by putting the hammer down. The coyote never took another step, it went straight down – not bad for a lung shot!
This is a great time of the year to get after the predators as most regular seasons for deer, and waterfowl are starting to close up. This can be a great way to keep enjoying God’s creation and scratch that hunting itch that most of us diehards have year round! Best of luck!
Coyote Down in Southwest MO
Great Start to the New Year!
Had a great hunt this morning with my best little hunting buddy and two great friends. We were hunting a big pond that both geese and ducks frequent so we set out our spred with ducks on one side of us and geese on the other. I’ve been very successful with this layout as both geese and ducks will usually come right into the hole between the two groups.
We had 4 big honkers come and sit down about 25yrds in front of us – the only problem was that it was 10 minutes before shooting time
They slowly swam away and there was nothing we could do but watch. We didn’t have to wait long. About 25min later we had a group of about 30 geese do a half circle, they locked up about 150 yards out and sailed right into our faces! I gave the “take’em” when they were about 3 feet off the water with their feet dangling. The pic pretty much tells the rest of the story! We were still in the process of reloading and taking care of some stragglers when a group of about 20 gadwall came sailing in. Unfortanately we weren’t completely reloaded so we only managed to bring 2 out of that group.
We stayed put for about 20 more minutes only to watch two more geese sail right in to us, but we were limited out so once again, we had to just watch them swim away! We decided that it would be best to clear out so they could come back in if they wished and give the pond a break. It’s been an extremely mild winter up to this point and we really don’t have many migratory birds in the area. It’s in these times when scouting is of utmost importance as there aren’t necessarily a lot of opportunities. Thankfully, we made the most of our opportunity today and ended the morning with a great bag of geese and even a couple of ducks!
Happy New Year to You All!!






