Late Night With Lewand

I started out late as I took my son to a hockey game and then drove 1 hour to my calling destination.

The first farm produced 3 fox at once and an unidentified predator.

The second farm was great as I had a coyote instantly bolt across the field after 1 lone howl from my Lohman howler. He would not stop and I could not pull the trigger. In a huff, I played coyote pup distress and was delighted to see two pairs of eyes racing in. I blasted the lead dog, at eighty yards, before he got to my scent cone. I let the Fury play, and did some “barks” with my mouth, and scanned for the other dog. He raced back up the hillside and I quickly found him in the scope. His head was bouncing up and down. I found him on the up swing and hit him!

I walked over and found both dogs laying down touching each other!!  As I took pics, another dog was scolding me from the woods below. I decided to leave and return in the morning – I left the coyotes right there, as well.

I missed a coyote at another farm.

At 6:00 AM, I returned to find the scolding dog. Sure enough, he started challenge barking at me as soon as I made my way across the field. I actually saw another coyote run – at mach speed – across the field in front of me. I paid no attention to it as I wanted to set up on the howler.

Upon reaching the hedgerow, I set up and howled once. That set the coyote into a barking and challenge barking frenzy that lasted for a solid hour. I was tracking the coyotes position from his non-stop barking and howling – just like a turkey hunter listening to a gobbler sound off.

Every 20 minutes, I would emit  a couple of barks from the Fury.

At 7:15 AM, I noticed the coyote trotting inside the woods. I barked once more and then the coyote made his was to the edge of the woods. The sun was just glistening on his chest and I wasted no time taking the shot, which was at a distance of 240-300 yards (I’ll go back to verify). I walked over and found the 38 pound reddish – looking coyote!

This is how I found the two….

As I pose, another coyote is barking at me!

I borrowed the farmer’s sled to haul them out – 32 & 33 pounders here…

One more look at all three…

For more information on predator hunting, check out Andrew Lewand’s Bark at the Moon Coyote Club.