A'Huntin'We Will Go.

[Wholley]

Two nights ago a pack of coyotes killed two minature horses on the Johnson farm,These things are becoming a real pain also having killed seventeen of my neighbors chickens(Not to mention driving my dogs nuts)
So,Sheriff's Office to the rescue.
Signed out an AR-15 and me and some of the other lads are going hunting tonight.

[going grey!]

Don't forget your beef jerky!!

[Wholley]

Beef Jerky!
Already in me M-58 Pattern.
It's actually been there since deer season
Along with a crumpled pack of Dorals and something I can't quite describe

[going grey!]

Don't forget the gaiter aid.

[longrifle]

Leave the "whahte likker" at home!

A bunch of North Carolina boys out after dark with automatic weapons. This could get ugly if Elvis flies over in a UFO.

Ah'uz raised in 'em parts. Ah've knowed 'bout thangs lahke 'at all mah lahfe.

[going grey!]

Try going out with some virginian red neck's, very scary

Any luck wholley?

[Wholley]

raaaght Ya'll
We'ms North Carolina boy's done did git a few.
Done got three meself(Three rounds,Before you sniper wannabees start)
Body count was 13.
Now I just have to cremate the f@#k

[going grey!]

I luv the smell of burnt coyote's in the morning!

[longrifle]

Smells like.....victory.

[myss]

raaaght Ya'll
Now I just have to cremate the f@#k

Dyamnnn. If you catch any live ones, there's a farm over here with the odd one or two chickens that need shifting http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story ... 43,00.html

[JoJo82]

Get yourself one of those australian sheep dog cross dingo thingys, they will have those pesty vermin that are at the horses!!!

Failing that, a rabid pitball will do!

[Wholley]

Jo Jo.
I have two Chow's and a border collie.
Bastard'Yotes dont come to close to the house and stable.
But I hear them the whole time.
Some farking Yankee thought this one up.
"Lets introduce'Yotes into North Carolina,Then I'll f@#k off back up North and hug a tree or ten"


Wassa pitball btw?
Anyfink like a Pitbull terrier?

[harry hackedoff]

I thought she meant spitball there musky

[Wholley]

A Rabid Spitball?
There's some food for thought.
Can it bite?
Hows your winter going H?

[anglo-saxon]

I bought a decent howler the other night. Played around with it for a while in the house (the collie went nuts!), then took it outside at about 01:30. I called in a few 'yotes. Closest was about 100m away and he never clocked me. Too bad the bulb was gone on my spotlight or I'd have had one or two for sure. My new .223 is zeroed for 150m and I'm putting some pretty hot loads though it, so no need to aim off on a coyote-size critter anywhere between 50m and 250m. Must get a new bulb, though!

A friend of mine took me out to the local Hutterite colony a couple of weeks ago. For those not in the know, Hutterites are descendants of German immigrants. They dress and (largely) live like they did 150 years ago and live on colonies. They are worth a bob or two as well. This particular family group (20 families in all, who share everything in a pool as it were), own over ten thousand acres, plus a few thousand leased Indian reserve acres for grazing. The idea here is a little quid pro quo. I give them free firearms safety courses so they can legally get their guns and ammo and go hunting, they let me hunt year-round on their land. Hell of a deal. There's some pretty wild land out there. Great for spooking up a few 'yotes. "Billy", my German Shepherd cross, is really coming along nicely. I bought a video the other day about using digs to hunt 'yotes. I couldn't believe my eyes. This guy had a couple of American Curs. Those dogs would chase after the coyotes and turn right around and run back towards the shooter. The 'yotes would be all excited and lathered up about these strange beasts being on their turf and would chase after the dogs out of curiosity. It worked every time and all the guy had to do was ambush the critters as they came in towards him. On a couple of occasions, because the terrain was pretty rugged, the 'yotes actually go too close for him to shoot from the prone and he had to stand up to get them. Litterally, they were 15 feet away and didn't even know he was there. On one occasion, a wounded coyote clamped on the end of the nose of one of the guy's dog's. It was yelping like a bugger and couldn't get away. The guy runs down into the valley and whacks the 'yote through the boiler room at point blank. Next the damned silly dog goes running after a critter into some brush only to come out with its face full of porcupine needles. Holding that dog still while he pulled those quills out of its face with a set of Gerber pliers looked like a hell of a task! I've had to pull them out of a cow's face (while the cow was in a head-chute, thakfully). It's face was allinfected as the dirty quills had worked their way in their over a few days at least. Real smelly and unpleasant. Cows are very, very dumb!

I'm thinking my next purchace will be a mid-range ($) night scope, so I don't have to use the spot light at all. It'll make for better accuracy and less fustration, feeling cack-handed. On a decent moonlit snowy night, though, no illum or light gathering is required. A decent scope will collect plenty for the shot.

I was about to borrow an AR-15 with a night scope from a buddy, but he got back from his bahama cruise with his Mrs got snagged right away for another three months in Iraq. Oh, well. Next time.