-20 headed out for my first sit

Wondering if the dogs will be hungry this AM? I guess time will tell. Lots of tracks around my sister’s farm.

Give ’em hell.

Dang, even at -20, I wish I was there. Bustin’ yotes makes me feel good!

Grouse

Did 2 sits this AM. Both were in areas with lots and lots of tracks, but no dogs spotted. Kind of noisy walking in the 2-3 inches of snow, so I’m not optimistic I’ll be able to get in their bedroom. Just hoping I can find a dumb one or two….

Didn’t take long for the face to freeze this AM, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. 45 minute sits are about a max though.

Good effort Kooty Keep after them, they gotta eat

Headed out for an Xmas yote! Hope Santa thinks I was good this year.

Good Luck! I gave a decent 8pnt in the back yard a Christmas pass about an hour ago. Girls were arguing over who would get to shoot it from the deck. Figured he was only 3yr old and not mature enough. Deer sure are active around here this morning.

Gotta be a yote here.

A perfect xmas gift to me. Stoned this big male at 100 yards. Took me longer to walk in than to call him in. He was with another but it took off on the shot.

AWESOME THE ONLY GOOD YOTE IS A DEAD YOTE!!!

John what kind of caller do you have? Do you have a link to a post where you have talked about it in the past?

Nice job!!!

It’s a Primos Alpha Dog. Got it last year. So far I’m really happy with it. I’ll elaborate more when I’m back at a computer. Typing on the phone stinks.

Way to go!!!! Nice thumbhole stock btw!

Nice job Kooty!!! One more deer killer down is a Christmas bonus indeed Sweet set up too

This is the first kill with the new stock installed. I really like it. It’s a little heavy and I won’t be carrying this rifle a lot for offhand shooting, but off the bi-pod or bench it’s fine.

Distress or howling?

Nice work!

This sequence started with an interogation howl, pup answer howl/bark then moved into cottontail distress.

Nice yote Kooty. There’s just nothing like it is there?

Great job.

Grouse

Ya, I’m finding shooting yotes may be my favorite thing in the world to hunt. I’ve come to appreciate turkey hunting more and more also. When I think back on it, this is probably why I’ve always love waterfowl hunting also. It’s the interaction with the critters. I’m a very social person by nature and this seems to be right up my alley.

When I looked down the fence line I was sitting in and saw the yote my heart started racing, yet I felt the calmness of being in the zone. I felt like I did everything perfect short of making a better shot. I believe if the dog laid dead and I didn’t blast away worthlessly the 2nd yote certainly could have come in. I never did investigate where I hit the dog because I was running short on time being Xmas morning. But really, I knocked it off it’s feet and it walked 20 yards from where I shot it and died. Maybe I should have had more confidence in my shot but I couldn’t let a wounded dog walk off knowingly.

I’m headed back to central SD in mid-January. I simply can’t wait to get out there! I’m waiting for that magical double or triple. All my friends have that story, I want mine. One of my friends out there went 6 for 9 a couple Saturday’s ago. That’s a pretty darn good day… So jealous!