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PPHA Current Events => PPHA Events => Species specific hunt 2014 => Topic started by: Bowman66 on October 19, 2014, 09:45:48 PM
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This year the officers decided to do a species specific hunt. There are 4 categories.
Coyote, Gray fox, Red fox, and Raccoon. There will be a first place prize awarded to each of the categories at the end of the season. It goes off of the most amount harvested in a season.
Rules.
Must be killed in Pa.
Must be called.
All PGC rules apply
You must be a member to participate.
Check-in rules:
You must post a picture of your animals within a week of harvest. A time stamp must be in the photo, either written on a piece of paper or on the camera. Either is fine. You must have the animals posted within 7 days of harvest to be considered for the hunt. You must also have a sign that says PPHA species specific hunt 2014 on it.
Hunt starts at 12:01am October 25, 2014 and ends 11:59 pm February 21, 2015
All animals harvested must be posted by noon on February 22, 2015
Prizes for each of the categories to be announced
coyote---
gray fox---
red fox---
coon ---
Anyone can win multiple divisions. So we could have one winner for all four species. please post a three digit number in case of a tie it will go off of the Feb. 22nd evening daily number.
Thank you and good luck. Any questions please let me know.
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I'm in
423
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I'm in. 401
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371
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I'm in 871
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017
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228
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I'm in.....367
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I'm in 350
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608
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517
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204
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600
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243
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172
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700
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628
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284
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583
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117
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327
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466
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I'm in 570
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In.....007
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On the boards for the species specific hunt....Finally
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I thought the readers might be interested in the "background" of the Kills. The red fox was killed using a Bee's O'Brien Super Birdie mouth call. It came in on a string after about 2 minutes of calling. He never stopped until the 17 hornet struck him in the head at about 50 yards. I was using one of Ernie Wilsons headlights and one of his Carnivore shoot lights. The gun was sitting on a Tri X shooting rest. As stated prior, I was using a Savage 17 hornet with factory Hornady 20 gr ammo.
I made a second set at a diffrent location using what I considered red fox bird distress sounds. After about 20 minutes of no eyes, I gave up on any red fox coming in. I knew I was in an area that held coyotes, so I turned on the Fox Pro and left out a female coyote submissive howel. I immediately got a howel back from about 150 yards out. I waited for about 10 minutes, scanning with a red light the entire time. After no further response, I sounded off with some female whimpers for about 10 seconds.....and waited. About another 10 minutes went by and I left out another female submissive howel from the Fox Pro. Immediately after that last howel, I picked up the eyes of a coyote about 80 yards away. I was hunting a powerline, and the yote was inside the woods about 30 yards standing at an angle quartering towards me. I turned on the Carnivore Shoot light, looked throught the Leupold VX II and had no problems identifying my target as a coyote. The shot wasn't ideal due to all the thick brush from the edge of the powerline, but it was the only one I had. It looked like I had a small hole I could shoot through, but I knew it was going to be tight. Still using the Savage 17 hornet, I knew I had to take a head shot. I leveled the cross heirs right between his eyes and squeezed. The gun went off, and the front of the gun filled with a cloud of smoke.....The suspense was killing me. It seemed like an eturnity until the smoke finally cleared. When it did, I looked through the scope again, and comfirmed......Coyote Down! It was a perfect head shot. The female coyote never took a step. She dropped in her tracks and never knew what hit her.
Many thanks to our sponsors, Bee's O'Brien and Ernie Wilson for the hunting gear and calls I used to make this hunt a success.
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Great Job bud, sorry I couldn't be there to share the excitement!
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Awesome details congrats!
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WTG jake!!! Thanks for all the details. Hopefully more pics to follow.
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Thats awesome...nice to see a yotee up on the board..congrats! That a York Co. coyote??
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Yep .... It was a York County dog.
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Congratulations Jake.
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Another season has sadly come to an end. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Species Specific hunt!
The winners are:
Raccoon: Quattro
Red Fox: Quattro
Grey Fox: CRFurtaker
Coyote: MisterJake
Congrats gentlemen!
Your prize is a headlight from EWCalls and a call of your choice from Bee's O'Brien game calls!
Winners Please PM me your address.
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Sweet!!
congrats guys!
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Congrats everyone.
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Thanks guys, it was fun. And thanks to those of you predator killing machines on here that for one reason or another didn't partake and let a weekend warrior like me have a chance!...thanks again to all involved.
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You earned it Quattro. Everyone in the club has the same opportunities and chances. You just have to get out there and put your time in the woods and post the results on the boards!! Congrats toeveryone!!!
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Congrats to all the winners!!
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All prizes for the Species Specific Hunt have been shipped.
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That was quick !!! Thanks
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That was quick !!! Thanks
Sure was. Thanks again and thanks to those that put up the goodies. I'm diggin the charger.
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Not a bad win for going out and having fun !!!