Coyote Hunting, kind of, not really, more of a hike.

[Ugly Sauce]

Coyote is open here, but I didn't want to shoot one, didn't plan to shoot one, but went "coyote hunting" anyhow. So actually, just needed a day to get away from the world, the chores, the projects, people and etc. I was hoping to see one, but no cigar.

So me and my Little Badger, (.22LR) and my .50" Plains Pistol took to the woods. Didn't go to the mountains, just the State Land, about 4,000 acres three miles from my house.

Ammo load-out for the Badger was 30 CCI "Quiets", and 20 Agulia "Interceptors", plus twelve rounds in the ammo carrier in the stock. For the pistol, one patched ball over 60 grains of 2fg in the barrel, and seven "quick loads", ball in a paper cartridge, ball end dipped in wax, and 60 grains 3fg.

The wet/snowy/soggy conditions was perfect for some bush-craft practice, so I took my flint and steel and did some adverse-conditions fire starting. Took an MRE, cooked my coffee on the fire, and a book, which I never opened as it was just too enjoyable sitting by, and feeding the fire. Every once in a while I'd take a short walk in different directions and read the signs. Dang! There's enough Moose around. Some deer tracks, and plenty of Coyotes. Never saw any of them.

It was a perfect day, thanks for listening.





Did you know Badgers can climb trees?

 

[garandsrus]

Looks like a great day to me!

 

[sparkyv]

That looks awesome. Old school flint/steel and BP pistol, you got some skills! I'm more of a firesteel and S&W DA N-frame revolver kinda guy.

 

[tominboise]

Looks like a perfect day to me.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

That looks awesome. Old school flint/steel and BP pistol, you got some skills! I'm more of a firesteel and S&W DA N-frame revolver kinda guy.

Thank you.

I try to "rotate" my different firearms on my days in the woods or wilderness. If I have a powerful rifle, then I'll take a low-powered pistol. Maybe my Airlite .22LR, (it goes often as it's proved a dependable grouse-getter) maybe a .38spl, such as my old "Victory" model. (does not have the "V" prefix, but same pistol) Sometimes I'll take Grand-dad's Luger. Or my "Bulldog" .44spl makes for a light load on the pistol belt. Or often a black powder revolver.

If the long-gun is weak, like a .22LR rifle, then I'll pack more punch on the belt, depending where I am, anything from a SBH, or .357mag, or often my "El Patron" in .45 Colt. That pistol is a nice balance between power and weight and goes often.

But I do tend to favor the Plains Pistol more and more, as it's powerful, accurate and reliable. And so simple...nothing to go wrong. With my paper cartridges and a capper, it has a surprisingly fast rate of fire for what it is. But mostly the "cool factor". !!!!

But, nothing wrong with a S&W DA/N frame. I have a Highway Patrolman that will be going along one of these days. But 75% of the time, it's the Plains Pistol, the Airlite, my Remington New Model Army in Navy caliber, the 1862 Pocket Police, or the El Patron. Those are my "regulars". But I try to give all the pistols a turn once in a while.

 

[buck460XVR]

Coyote is open here, but I didn't want to shoot one, didn't plan to shoot one, but went "coyote hunting" anyhow. So actually, just needed a day to get away from the world, the chores, the projects, people and etc. I was hoping to see one, but no cigar.

That is something I did often when I was younger.....need to do more of it now. Was always good to get out of the house mid-winter and check on how Ma Nature was treating the woods. Great time to scout for deer trails for next fall and for early Spring turkey flock may still be come opening day. I remember my high School days when I would go "Fox" hunting with my Ruger 10/22, a battery operated cassette caller and one of my mom;s old white bedsheets to blend in with the snow. To this day I still vividly remember the few times I peeked out from under the sheet after a series of calls to find a 'yote or a fox standing there looking at me. Never got one that way till many years later, but those early experiences embedded the idea that it was about the hunt....and not the kill.

 

[Archibald Stanton]

I go "coyote hunting" all the time. That's what I tell the Game Warden anyway when he asks why my rifle is loaded. Open season all year on coyote...

 

[jmr40]

You know I do something similar quite often anymore. I call it hiking with rifle. After deer season, and prior to turkey season, I'll often take a 22 rifle, or my 20 ga shotgun and just spend a few hours walking around. There is a 20,000 acre WMA only about 15 minutes from the house. Lots of room to roam, and I have it to myself at this time of year.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

The state land near me is deserted before and after hunting seasons. Kind of my own private reserve. Our chunks of state land here and there are only about 4-5,000 acres. Up North about 70 miles away it turns into mountains all the way to Canada and beyond.

I call it "sneaking around the woods with a rifle" and I'm thankful we can still do that in this country anytime of the year. In some countries if they catch you with a knife longer than 5" you go to jail. (Germany) !!!!

 

[Archibald Stanton]

You know I do something similar quite often anymore. I call it hiking with rifle. After deer season, and prior to turkey season, I'll often take a 22 rifle, or my 20 ga shotgun and just spend a few hours walking around. There is a 20,000 acre WMA only about 15 minutes from the house. Lots of room to roam, and I have it to myself at this time of year.

That’s what I do but again, the game wardens around here don’t have much to do this time of year so they want to know why I have a loaded rifle so I just say coyotes. I should tell them “as you know, a guy just killed a big bear right where I like to go walk and sleeps in the woods…“