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A whirlwind day and a half hunt!
My rancher friend has a business partner who brings his son out to hunt every year. This was my third year guiding for him so I had high hopes. 

Our goal was to get this Axis Cull Buck...
....and a whitetail doe.

....and a whitetail doe.
Day 1
Thursday evening, we sat in the stand The above pic was taken as that seemed a regular haunt of the buck. He was mostly a morning visiter, but I figured it was still our best chance.
Then, we got thrown a bonus. Soon after getting in the stand, the young man says, “Hey, there’s a coyote!”
I look out the window and see it trotting across a sendaro about 150 yards away.
I look out the window and see it trotting across a sendaro about 150 yards away.
So, we try hot and heavy to kill the yotes on the ranch as they decimated the fawn crop a couple years ago. Daylight opportunities are rare.
I asses the situation.......hunter still looking with binos.......yote trotting across sendaro.......bad direction for hunter........I reach behind him.........grab his rifle leaning against the wall......stick it out the window.......and drop the yote at 137 yards........all in about 5 seconds.
“Holly crap! That was fast!”
”Sorry dude, I couldn’t risk losing him.”

It didn’t totally ruin our hunt. We saw a bunch of deer afterwards, but no axis. We got down and walked over to the yote.
”Sorry dude, I couldn’t risk losing him.”

It didn’t totally ruin our hunt. We saw a bunch of deer afterwards, but no axis. We got down and walked over to the yote.

It was the mangy buggar I’d been getting pics of.


Interesting how his dying act was to bite his own leg.

Showed the pic to a buddy and he said, “That’s his ‘Son of a.....’ pose.”


Remington 700
6.5 Creedmoor
147gr Hornady ELD-Match

6.5 Creedmoor
147gr Hornady ELD-Match

"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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"The Un-Tactical"
Never been able to pass up those target of opportunity shots at a coyote...and it never screwed up a deer hunt. I suppose it had a lot to do with the fact that the deer where I hunted heard gunfire all the time..
We got back in the same stand early Friday morning and waited for enough light. Soon we were seeing whitetail bucks and does. But, I still wanted to wait on the doe until after we got the Axis. A doe should be easy.
Well, Wide Load and the Axis heard that and got spooky. They were looking around nervously and started moving off.
That really sets the Axis off and he Grotts forward down the sendaro.
“You better take him.”
He stops, quartering away.
”TICK!” The hunter flips off his safety and the buck locks onto us with a “Got’cha!” stare.
His butt drops as the bullet impacts.
For the evening hunt, I decided to throw up a makeshift blind around the well engine and put corn along the road through the pasture. Deer feed there regularly as we always put corn there. They are well trained. 😁
Supposed to pick it up from him later this month when I pass through Houston.
Mike
N454casull
"The Un-Tactical"
Oh, and as for the 700 Varmint...you're gonna hate the stock (and you already knew that), but it's an easy fix, of course. No way, I'd be unhappy with it.
"The Un-Tactical"
"The Un-Tactical"
Setting the snare a week ago.
Not worried about a deer getting snagged?
:popcorn:
"The Un-Tactical"