Not sure. I went out and found where it had crawled around, trying to get up. Most have died in place but I've had a couple crawl off and die away from where it was hit. I haven't seen any buzzards over my property, so I assume it crawled off. I've seen a big boar pig (on camera) for several months randomly passing through my place as well as a good sized bobcat. I wouldn't put it past the pig, but I doubt a bobcat would go after a yote.
I don't want to go with a larger caliber as I only have 4 acres and neighbors all around.
A hog may have moved it/ate it. I'm sure they would they eat everything else. A .22lr will kill one if you hit it just right. They're tough animals but if you get one in the brain,throat or lungs they're done for.
I remember when my brother was about 13 or 14 he shot a coyote with a Remington pump action .22 at around 100 yards. He hit it in the lung and it did the death run and piled up. It's all about where you put that bullet.
Shot one at 15 steps this evening. He ran in and bit the call and stood there looking down at it. He couldn't figure out what that plastic contraption was. But I didn't give him very much time to think about it either. He tilted his head to the side in confusion just as a Hornady 52 grain BTHP was gaining speed.
31, killed 3 in the snow wednesday afternoon. Wish I could have called that night we would have hammered them. Called up 4 in 5 stands and seen 2 more out messing around just driving between stands. That snow hunting sure is fun though. Almost made me jealous of you folks up north that get to hunt in it all the time.
31, killed 3 in the snow wednesday afternoon. Wish I could have called that night we would have hammered them. Called up 4 in 5 stands and seen 2 more out messing around just driving between stands. That snow hunting sure is fun though. Almost made me jealous of you folks up north that get to hunt in it all the time.
Same o should have at least 2 more but never got a shot off on a doubly I called in. Came from crosswind side.
31, killed 3 in the snow wednesday afternoon. Wish I could have called that night we would have hammered them. Called up 4 in 5 stands and seen 2 more out messing around just driving between stands. That snow hunting sure is fun though. Almost made me jealous of you folks up north that get to hunt in it all the time.
It's sure easy to see them coming in over snow. It's a good time to call them over open ground they won't cross in daylight. It's kind of funny you hardly ever see them on plowed up ground up here but once snow covers it they'll go across it like they would any other field. Right after or right before a snow storm is my favorite time to go callin.
Any kind of bad weather though really. A few years ago my brother and I called in 12 in one day right before a bad ice storm.
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