…With Berger out of the market and no longer providing the required J4 jackets to the custom makers, finding 30’s on J4’s is mostly a game of buying up old stock… So, when I heard from Montana Mize recently that he had worked up a new 30 gr. flat base design, I was definitely interested! I got him on the phone and ordered a couple hundred of them to play with.
This year, I had one day that I called in seven coyotes. But, I went back again to that spot just recently, and got skunked…
Calling has been slow so far this year. The slow calling hasn’t tamped down the fire in my belly to just get out there though!
It’s late summer, August, and I’ve been making a few coyote scouting trips lately. Now, I’m always scouting for coyote,…
Coyote camp is a very special place for me. There is just nothing else that matches the freedom of wandering…
…the topic of what factors/variables create success and which factors/variables lead to failure is probably the most relevant and least understood topic of all within the coyote calling discussions…
Many .17 shooters have long considered the 30 gr. Gold that Todd Kindler of the Woodchuck Den used to make as “the” bullet for coyote with large capacity .17’s. But a few years ago, Todd stopped making his fantastic bullets. The dies along with a supply of J4 jackets of the correct length for making the 30 Golds are back in production and the 30 Gold is available again!
…hours from pavement, some of the least traveled public land dirt roads in the entire United States. About halfway between nowhere and nowhere else… Two coyotes within 30 yards now and closing fast. The anticipation and adrenaline flowing at maximum. This is what I dream of when I sit down with my shotgun…
…to this particular coyote, the scent of where I had just been did not pose nearly as big a threat as the much fresher scent of where I actually was… Not only can coyotes sort out fresh vs aged scent, they can sort out the scent of individual humans…
When ADC men who work with coyotes 365 days out of the year get together for a b.s. session, most of the coyote conversation centers around coyote behavior. It doesn’t matter where they are, coyotes will eat, they will be somewhat territorial, they will breed, they will raise pups, they will do what they have to to survive, and they will be attracted to their own kind. From that point on, coyotes will adapt this behavior to fit their environment and that’s where it can get complicated…
