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<blockquote data-quote="geo4061" data-source="post: 1372352" data-attributes="member: 81625"><p>I was excited when I got permission to hunt 600 acres two and a half hours north of Amarillo. The main reason why is that a friend told me it had a prairie dog town. I had always heard that coyotes always hung around prairie dog towns. I couldn't wait. I got up early and got there just as the sun was breaking. Could not have been more disappointed. This place looked like a pool table. No cactus, no mesquite, no vegetation, no character, and very few prairie dog mounds. We had been in a drought. The property had been over grazed and the prairie dogs poisoned. Well now what. I pulled the truck over to the side of the dirt road grabbed my gear and walked to the middle of the devastated dog town. I sat down and put the bi-pod down on the 22-250. The sun was coming up on my left. I was facing a small ravine a mile in front of me. Off to my right was a farm house miles in the distance. Everywhere else was flat and feature less. I cranked out my best dying jack rabbit rendition on the old wooden mouth call. Waited a few minutes and then tried again. I caught movement out of the corner of my right eye! It was a young coyote coming hard. He had me nailed. I couldn't move. He kept coming right behind me until I could no longer see him. I thought I could hear him breathing. I sat there motionless till I just couldn't stand it any longer. I swung the 22-250 from the hip. BANG! The coyote was less than two feet away. Fur flew from the belly of the coyote as he launched himself straight up. He hit the ground in high gear with a swarm of angry 55 grain hornets right behind. A couple of lessons learned here. Always carry a shotgun and do not be afraid to call in wide open spaces.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geo4061, post: 1372352, member: 81625"] I was excited when I got permission to hunt 600 acres two and a half hours north of Amarillo. The main reason why is that a friend told me it had a prairie dog town. I had always heard that coyotes always hung around prairie dog towns. I couldn't wait. I got up early and got there just as the sun was breaking. Could not have been more disappointed. This place looked like a pool table. No cactus, no mesquite, no vegetation, no character, and very few prairie dog mounds. We had been in a drought. The property had been over grazed and the prairie dogs poisoned. Well now what. I pulled the truck over to the side of the dirt road grabbed my gear and walked to the middle of the devastated dog town. I sat down and put the bi-pod down on the 22-250. The sun was coming up on my left. I was facing a small ravine a mile in front of me. Off to my right was a farm house miles in the distance. Everywhere else was flat and feature less. I cranked out my best dying jack rabbit rendition on the old wooden mouth call. Waited a few minutes and then tried again. I caught movement out of the corner of my right eye! It was a young coyote coming hard. He had me nailed. I couldn't move. He kept coming right behind me until I could no longer see him. I thought I could hear him breathing. I sat there motionless till I just couldn't stand it any longer. I swung the 22-250 from the hip. BANG! The coyote was less than two feet away. Fur flew from the belly of the coyote as he launched himself straight up. He hit the ground in high gear with a swarm of angry 55 grain hornets right behind. A couple of lessons learned here. Always carry a shotgun and do not be afraid to call in wide open spaces. [/QUOTE]
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