Chasing yotes
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Where y'at?! I shoot hogs and coyote on a Regular basis here in South Louisiana. LdWF actually encourages it here
South Georgia we kill everything lol.
They been hiding for 6 months, the hogs. Not a single pic on camera's since August.
Got a head count of over 100 Tuesday night.
I didnt see any, guys next door shot 20 or so last night.
Ive got coyote here with me mostly. Wind is wrong, keep sneeking up behind me.
Did get to see few 8 pointers some 4s and spikes that survived the season.
Got up 11pm last night & didnt have it in me to be cold, went back to bed. Figured thats when they all came out to play.
They been hiding for 6 months, the hogs. Not a single pic on camera's since August.
Got a head count of over 100 Tuesday night.
I didnt see any, guys next door shot 20 or so last night.
Ive got coyote here with me mostly. Wind is wrong, keep sneeking up behind me.
Did get to see few 8 pointers some 4s and spikes that survived the season.
Got up 11pm last night & didnt have it in me to be cold, went back to bed. Figured thats when they all came out to play.
This guy is either 1 BAD MOFO or a total bitch and REAL FAST
This guy is covered in scars, backside looks like he had the pox lmao
Both of them walked by me within 10feet.
Coyotes will go 300yds out of my way and pop up just out of range
This guy is covered in scars, backside looks like he had the pox lmao
Both of them walked by me within 10feet.
Coyotes will go 300yds out of my way and pop up just out of range
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My coyotes are also very clever at keeping a distance. I can see them lurking around the edges of my property with the thermal on my hog rifle. Just outside my perimeter. They seldom enter my DMZ, which is roughly a flat, open space between 50-75 yards all around the house. That's the Dead Zone for anything that enters it - that isnt supposed to be there. I have motion detectors and can illuminate it like a high school football field in Texas.
I don't shoot the coyotes because they do a great job of eating varmints and keeping that population in check. In the spring and summer the rabbits are smart enough to stay out of my garden because the coyotes are waiting for them. There's a pack of them. I have seen as many as 4-5 including the young-uns. I think they devote most of the time to eating other people's chickens.
I don't shoot the coyotes because they do a great job of eating varmints and keeping that population in check. In the spring and summer the rabbits are smart enough to stay out of my garden because the coyotes are waiting for them. There's a pack of them. I have seen as many as 4-5 including the young-uns. I think they devote most of the time to eating other people's chickens.
I hear chicken is pretty good Bongo. Lol
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I have resisted the temptation to get chickens. I really like fresh eggs. Problem is... once you have chickens you can never go anywhere. We have nobody nearby who can care for them if we go out of town. The other reason is my wife will adopt them as pets and give them names. Then we will never again eat chicken. Guaranteed.
A co-worker of mine years ago had a big property in upstate New York. He bought a young steer to raise for meat. The kids and his wife made it a pet. When it was fully grown, the time came to butcher the steer. The kids and wife became upset. They named him Mac. There was crying for days.... Daddy please don't kill Mac!
Those who didn't grow up on a farm or never hunted often cannot accept the reality of where meat comes from.
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Yeah my wife wants chickens and a couple pigs when we buy our house/property later this year hopefully. I say good, it helps the grocery bill. She says no lol
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The guy I mentioned... he kept that steer for ten + years. It got sick and had to be put down. They buried it on their property like you would a dog or other pet. They had to bring in an excavator to dig the hole and move the carcass.
Crazy.
Crazy.
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We name our bull calves with everyone knowing that they will be butchered. We've had Big Mac, Junior (bacon double cheeseburger), Beef Nugget (my grandson named that one). The next one is going to be Steak-Umms.
Don't name the chickens as they all look the same to me. I know, a little bit of species profiling there. But definitely love the fresh eggs.
The only pigs we had were half wild boar and were just the "three little piggies".
Don't even want to talk about the goats and headaches they caused. Coyotes ate them before we could. Then I took up coyote popping for a couple years and haven't had a problem with them since. The last one was about 10 years ago at 40ish yards right between the eyes with a 22. Same spot in my woods that I have taken 4 beautiful bucks since.
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If I did not have an uncle who was an avid hunter and outdoorsman kind of guy who took me under his wing I would never have been exposed to how meat gets on the table. I spent a lot of time with him when I was a kid. Pheasant hunting, duck hunting, deer, and shooting varmints.
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Its scary and very sad how far removed from reality people are when it comes to their food.
Lady up the road is prime example. Keeps getting chicks for meat, has ??? 30 chickens and they all have names.
Doesnt really give me grief over it, but is distressed we lay waste to hogs & coyotes.
Then asks me to help make her coup hog/ coyote proof.
Im pretty sure her thinking is we have coyote & hog problem because "We hunt them". Like some how they come around because we kill them.
Lady up the road is prime example. Keeps getting chicks for meat, has ??? 30 chickens and they all have names.
Doesnt really give me grief over it, but is distressed we lay waste to hogs & coyotes.
Then asks me to help make her coup hog/ coyote proof.
Im pretty sure her thinking is we have coyote & hog problem because "We hunt them". Like some how they come around because we kill them.
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There are many who simply cannot kill an animal. Can't do it. The most principled among them go vegan or vegetarian. I have no issue with them. The rest eat meat but prefer someone else handles getting it to the grocery store. There's an obtuse group within that bunch who object to hunting and raising animals for meat. Yet they eat it. These are the kinds of people who hate Trump but cannot come up with one reason why.Its scary and very sad how far removed from reality people are when it comes to their food.
Lady up the road is prime example. Keeps getting chicks for meat, has ??? 30 chickens and they all have names.
Doesnt really give me grief over it, but is distressed we lay waste to hogs & coyotes.
Then asks me to help make her coup hog/ coyote proof.
Im pretty sure her thinking is we have coyote & hog problem because "We hunt them". Like some how they come around because we kill them.
There are a lot of people who for whatever reason always seem to want to object to something. Those who are always waiting to be offended. Most are liberal, some are conservative, but they are both crazy.
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Lmao- you see them when I start a necropsy when trying a new hunting projectile.
Checking stomach, intestines for pin holes from fragments etc. Lung, liver & heart damage. Alllllll laid out on the floor.
Lmao
Of course thats why I do neck shots primarily with SST rds. Fragments badly
Checking stomach, intestines for pin holes from fragments etc. Lung, liver & heart damage. Alllllll laid out on the floor.
Lmao
Of course thats why I do neck shots primarily with SST rds. Fragments badly
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I admit that I have not dressed a deer or elk myself for a very long time. I dont do much hunting anymore. Just hogs. Beasts from Hell that need to be killed.
Elk, I paid the guide to handle it. He would have someone pick up the carcass and process it. We were always so far out in the boondocks that hauling an animal that size isnt practical. Even field dressed, a meat cooler is too heavy to schlep over difficult terrain. Especially at high altitude.
Deer, I take them to a local processor. Half the time, I donated the meat anyway. My uncle who introduced me to all kinds of hunting taught me how to dress a deer. I was pretty grossed out the first time I watched him do it. I was around 11 or 12. Not long after that it was my turn.
My grandfather taught me how to skin a rabbit when I was around 5. He shot it then put it on a plank and pounded a ten penny nail thru its head. He made a few cuts and peeled the skin off in one piece. My mother was furious when I got home and told her what me and grandpa did that day. The lesson was mainly... if you let the rabbits eat all the food in your garden, you go hungry. To this day I still enjoy hasenpfeffer.
Elk, I paid the guide to handle it. He would have someone pick up the carcass and process it. We were always so far out in the boondocks that hauling an animal that size isnt practical. Even field dressed, a meat cooler is too heavy to schlep over difficult terrain. Especially at high altitude.
Deer, I take them to a local processor. Half the time, I donated the meat anyway. My uncle who introduced me to all kinds of hunting taught me how to dress a deer. I was pretty grossed out the first time I watched him do it. I was around 11 or 12. Not long after that it was my turn.
My grandfather taught me how to skin a rabbit when I was around 5. He shot it then put it on a plank and pounded a ten penny nail thru its head. He made a few cuts and peeled the skin off in one piece. My mother was furious when I got home and told her what me and grandpa did that day. The lesson was mainly... if you let the rabbits eat all the food in your garden, you go hungry. To this day I still enjoy hasenpfeffer.
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Dont have any grip strength to go pulling on hides of bigger animals anymore. Got a gantry tall enough to do deer, working on a anchor.
The bigger 1s go straight to processor to be made to sausage and smoked & cured for 7 days +. Helps with gamey of those swamp donkeys.
We always threw the guides kids/ local kids $$ to handle the Dove,ducks and geese. Way easier & better job than Id have done lol.
For extra $20 the older kids would proof everything and remove any pellets. That steelshot is HELL on your teeth.
99% of the wild hogs are so wormy, they just left to rot & I feel good about it too.
We got a community feather thang we built to remove feathers out of an old dryer. Only thing I throw in it are unruly chickens though.
ELK are FKN ENORMOUS!! Be like dragging a steer cross country while staying ahead of a angry bear. NOPE lmao.
I dont eat ANY store bought meat, fast food or ANYTHING. I do like Campbell's Chicken noodle once in awhile.
60yrs old, 2 pack aday, dont drink and I take a asprin 1x aday. Aside from being busted up and glued back together a few times. Im in fair shape.
Truly believe the absence of store food, fastfood is why.
Even when I traveled, I would find a local bucther or Farmer. Just lucky with that I guess. The islands were always an experience.
I imagine wild game & produce taste to most what grocery store food taste to me.
The bigger 1s go straight to processor to be made to sausage and smoked & cured for 7 days +. Helps with gamey of those swamp donkeys.
We always threw the guides kids/ local kids $$ to handle the Dove,ducks and geese. Way easier & better job than Id have done lol.
For extra $20 the older kids would proof everything and remove any pellets. That steelshot is HELL on your teeth.
99% of the wild hogs are so wormy, they just left to rot & I feel good about it too.
We got a community feather thang we built to remove feathers out of an old dryer. Only thing I throw in it are unruly chickens though.
ELK are FKN ENORMOUS!! Be like dragging a steer cross country while staying ahead of a angry bear. NOPE lmao.
I dont eat ANY store bought meat, fast food or ANYTHING. I do like Campbell's Chicken noodle once in awhile.
60yrs old, 2 pack aday, dont drink and I take a asprin 1x aday. Aside from being busted up and glued back together a few times. Im in fair shape.
Truly believe the absence of store food, fastfood is why.
Even when I traveled, I would find a local bucther or Farmer. Just lucky with that I guess. The islands were always an experience.
I imagine wild game & produce taste to most what grocery store food taste to me.
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