Lazy man hunting

  • Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13475
    February 19, 2011 at 6:25 pm #208886

    I wasn’t feeling too good this morning when I got up. So instead of hooking up the boat and going to the pond(Lk MI), I set the fox pro up in my wood pile, grabbed a cup of coffee, the 22-250, and sat back in a lawn chair. Really only expecting to watch the sun come up. Took about 10 minutes and this gal trotted in from about 600 yards away. She was in a field across the road from me. As soon as I increased the volume to about 3/4, she stopped and looked in my direction for about 30 seconds. Then it was a steady trot along a brush line, across the street, through my back yard, and right up to the fox pro. I reduced the volume steadily as she came it. Shot her 2 feet away from the fox pro. If anyone ever questions the quality of sound from a fox pro, this is as good as it gets.

    Now I wonder if the trout bite would have been as easy this morning

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 19, 2011 at 9:03 pm #100639

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    February 20, 2011 at 3:08 am #100654

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    February 20, 2011 at 3:27 am #100660

    What a great story! Congrats Randy!

    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    February 20, 2011 at 4:30 am #100663

    What an awesome way to start a day!

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
    Posts: 3524
    February 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm #100730

    Nice job Randy …What were you using for a call?

    coppertop
    Central MN
    Posts: 2853
    February 22, 2011 at 12:33 am #100741

    Hope you didn’t spill your coffee! Nicely done!

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13475
    February 22, 2011 at 1:40 am #100748

    Quote:

    Nice job Randy …What were you using for a call?

    Fox Pro Firestorm / squeeling cottontail

    No, I didn’t spill my coffee. Thermal mug, neatly set down on the deck, while I knelt down along side my grill so I wasn’t seen. Woke my wife up since the Master Bedroom window was directly above me.

    muskybones
    Posts: 372
    February 22, 2011 at 9:29 pm #100828

    What is the best time to call them in if you cant get out at night.

    travis_eckman
    Trempealeau County, WI
    Posts: 424
    February 23, 2011 at 5:46 am #100860

    Sweet story Randy! Congrats!

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    February 23, 2011 at 8:13 pm #100904

    I’m super jealous…nice coyote and no SNOW!

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13475
    February 23, 2011 at 9:27 pm #100908

    Quote:

    What is the best time to call them in if you cant get out at night.



    I do very well at the first light just before sunrise. Evenings, just as its getting dark. I get a few daytime dogs, but not many. They’re pretty tight to their den areas during the day around here

    LOL – we have snow again, along with a few inches of ice. we got pounded with the slush storm when you guys got the additional foot up there

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