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My son Zeke and I met up with Chief down outside of Sierra Vista for a quick juniors javelina hunt on Friday, 1/26. He was kind enough to drag his trailer out to give us a warm place to sleep and to show us around the area.
We arrived about 12:30 or so and found Chief in his usual position - sleeping...laziest SOB I've ever met
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Actually, he was making mango salsa to go along with the evening's supper consiting of grilled salmon w/salsa, salad, and asparagus.
We chatted for a while and headed out in hopes of calling a coyote. There were quite a few people in the area running bird dogs (hopefully what I'll do on my next trip down that way) and we didn't have any luck. We tried a couple of stands hoping for the stray coyote and looking for javelina sign as well.
We headed back shortly before dark and Chief worked his kitchen magic..Dang, was supper good :shock: We had a couple of drinks, good conversation, and hit the racks for the next day's hunt.
We finally dragged Chief out of bed around 0700 or so :lol: , had a quick cup of coffee along with a scotch egg or two, and headed out.
We arrived to the area Chief suggested would be good, and had probably gone about 350 yards or so from the truck, side hilled along a ravine and topped a little rise. A ridge topped out about 300 yards or so in front of us, and we saw a couple of coyotes. We looked at Zeke, and asked him if he wanted to give it a try. He knelt down, took aim as I watched through my binoculars, and fired. Coyote down
! Zeke was a little excited and didn't think to shoot at the second one which ended up getting away. We walked up and found a perfect shot on a young female coyote weighing about 20 pounds or so. I'm not exaggerating, but the shot was every bit of 250 yards and probably closer to 275. He was so excited and I was so proud!
Part 2 tomorrow if anyone's interested......
We arrived about 12:30 or so and found Chief in his usual position - sleeping...laziest SOB I've ever met
Actually, he was making mango salsa to go along with the evening's supper consiting of grilled salmon w/salsa, salad, and asparagus.
We chatted for a while and headed out in hopes of calling a coyote. There were quite a few people in the area running bird dogs (hopefully what I'll do on my next trip down that way) and we didn't have any luck. We tried a couple of stands hoping for the stray coyote and looking for javelina sign as well.
We headed back shortly before dark and Chief worked his kitchen magic..Dang, was supper good :shock: We had a couple of drinks, good conversation, and hit the racks for the next day's hunt.
We finally dragged Chief out of bed around 0700 or so :lol: , had a quick cup of coffee along with a scotch egg or two, and headed out.
We arrived to the area Chief suggested would be good, and had probably gone about 350 yards or so from the truck, side hilled along a ravine and topped a little rise. A ridge topped out about 300 yards or so in front of us, and we saw a couple of coyotes. We looked at Zeke, and asked him if he wanted to give it a try. He knelt down, took aim as I watched through my binoculars, and fired. Coyote down
Part 2 tomorrow if anyone's interested......