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Title: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on October 30, 2013, 01:47:31 PM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: nortpete on October 30, 2013, 02:02:41 PM
you putting up 5 fox in the first week is going to make it pretty tough on the rest of us :'(. good job on them!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on October 30, 2013, 02:12:04 PM
Thanks, NorPete. 

Heading out tonight but won't be fox hunting the first week or two of November.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: predator77 on October 30, 2013, 02:46:53 PM
That's amazing. Congratulations on your early success.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on October 30, 2013, 06:50:34 PM
Hell of a start to the season, congrats bud!
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Post by: Brushwolf on October 30, 2013, 08:08:16 PM
Very good start!!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on October 31, 2013, 12:43:49 AM
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Maybe by the end of the contest I will get this picture thing down better.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on October 31, 2013, 07:17:35 AM
Congrats killer! I'm having a hard time with posting pics myself!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: BedfordQDM on October 31, 2013, 11:56:49 AM
Holy smokes! I better get on it!  ;D

Good job!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: uncle buck on November 01, 2013, 11:42:00 AM
Congrats!!!Keep up the good work!!!!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: shortmagger on November 01, 2013, 06:01:23 PM
Way to hammer them,seeking
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Post by: Grass Stain on November 03, 2013, 07:01:29 PM
Wow,  fantastic  work there, lol
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: zekedogg on November 05, 2013, 02:57:38 PM
Mike that's a fantastic start keep stacking that fur bud.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 17, 2013, 11:01:21 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 17, 2013, 11:04:29 AM
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Shot a second but picture is not tasteful...wanted to try a .223 on fox and my factory 55 grain soft point ripped it in half.  Back the the .17 ::)
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: zekedogg on November 17, 2013, 12:03:38 PM
Mike nice job
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Post by: Misterjake23 on November 17, 2013, 05:40:59 PM
Nice Job !
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Brushwolf on November 17, 2013, 08:48:11 PM
Keep hammering them!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 23, 2013, 01:08:58 PM
Looking forward to the moon gradually fading away the next two weeks...

This fox was shot at 200 yards off a Tri-X stand rest with a .17 Fireball.

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Sorry for my crummy pictures...I'm not real good of photographing myself at 3 AM.   ???



Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 23, 2013, 01:13:29 PM
Killed these two last night while it was still overcast.  Once the moon was out it was zippo.  Fox 187 yards and coon 75 yards...thanks to the Tri-X stand rest.   8)  Gotta give credit where credit is due.

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on November 23, 2013, 03:17:14 PM
Nice shooting man!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Brushwolf on November 23, 2013, 07:45:40 PM
Wtg
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 24, 2013, 12:49:49 AM
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Fox in front was my biggest of the season so far... 13.50 lbs.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: BedfordQDM on November 24, 2013, 04:06:27 PM
Nice...!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on November 24, 2013, 04:15:19 PM
Your a killing machine bud, congrats again.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 24, 2013, 05:37:57 PM
Thanks Bowman and Bedford.  37 more fox to go (fingers crossed  :) )...gonna be tough with all the trapping going on...already see a significant decrease in fox numbers.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on November 24, 2013, 06:21:59 PM
Even the trapper on the farms I have been hunting hasn't done that well. Seeing one here and there but not like last season.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: nortpete on November 24, 2013, 07:02:44 PM
The fox numbers in the northwest corner seem to be pretty good, but not good enough to keep up with your numbers. Great job! :)
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 24, 2013, 09:46:51 PM
We are very blessed with a high population of red fox in the Southeast.  Very few coyotes around me and no grey fox though except for maybe one a season.  Someday I would like to hunt further southeast as it gets even better I think in Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware counties.  Maryland too.  I'd bet these areas have the best red fox hunting in the country. 
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: BedfordQDM on November 24, 2013, 10:19:28 PM
Thanks Bowman and Bedford.  37 more fox to go (fingers crossed  :) )...gonna be tough with all the trapping going on...already see a significant decrease in fox numbers.

I have seen a definite decrease in fox numbers, starting last year. This year has been tough. And, more and more coyotes showing up in southern York Co...
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 25, 2013, 10:50:35 AM
I called in two coyotes fox hunting in Berks county this year where I have never seen a coyote before, so maybe that is an indicator too.  There seems to be a lot of feral cats this year too.  As a cat owner, I would never let my cats out to be a menace to birds and such.  That really frustrates me when people do that without any thought of how destructive they are to native wildlife.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: wfo204 on November 25, 2013, 11:55:15 AM
What part of berks are you hunting.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Cskypup on November 25, 2013, 04:26:16 PM
Very well said concerning feral cats. While I am not a fan of cats I respect peoples
choice to keep them as companions. If and its a big if they keep them responsibly.
When they refuse to do so that's when I feel its my responsibility to rectify this heinous
problem they've introduced into the ecosystem. Feral cats are a huge problem
and at every chance I take it upon myself to help right this wrong. I could go on and on
about this topic. When I was much younger and lived in Fayettenam city folk
thought dropping of their beloved fido out in the country was also ok. I can't even
count the number I personally seized by bullet. While its sad its also
necessary. If these a**hats only understood what they were doing.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on November 29, 2013, 02:24:56 PM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: wfo204 on November 29, 2013, 04:07:39 PM
Congrats on more fur on the ground.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 01, 2013, 10:35:25 PM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Brushwolf on December 02, 2013, 08:43:31 PM
WTG!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: uncle buck on December 02, 2013, 08:45:11 PM
Congrats.. hope your selling all your fur!!!You can get yourself something nice with the money!!  Keep up the good work...
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: a bolt on December 05, 2013, 05:13:26 PM
Keep whacken them .
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 05, 2013, 07:29:00 PM
Thanks guys...gotta get back to the foxing and quit chasing the yotes...
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 08, 2013, 11:33:16 PM
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Largest of the year so far.  Went out in the rain...nothing.  When it switched over to snow I called in this 14 lb. male and another that I did not take a shot.  I have poor luck in rain but good while snowing.  Who knows...  ::)
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Musky73 on December 09, 2013, 06:45:33 PM
Wow! That's a big one!
Nice job.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 12, 2013, 04:17:24 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 13, 2013, 02:47:52 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on December 13, 2013, 04:09:06 AM
Way to rack em up man. I don't know that I've even seen 20 fox this year! 
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 21, 2013, 02:12:30 AM
I hate snow and bright moons...  >:(
Just getting eyes is tough on these nights for me...

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on December 21, 2013, 07:31:51 AM
You are the man!!!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 26, 2013, 04:42:05 PM
Merry Christmas Fox

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on December 27, 2013, 01:00:23 AM
I think you have this contest in the bag!!!   Keep up the good work.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 27, 2013, 10:54:46 AM
This is the first year I have entered this contest.  Usually keep most of my kills quiet.  Too much picture taking for me so I probably will not enter next year but I do appreciate PPHA, FoxPro,  and others who offer contests.  Killed a few that I did not take pictures of due to pelt damage experimenting with different 223 bullets.

You are very welcome to come up and hunt wirh me Misterjake.  It would be fun.  Just dont keep track of my misses ;#)
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on December 27, 2013, 05:00:52 PM
Great job killer!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 28, 2013, 01:31:27 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on December 28, 2013, 05:33:35 AM
Either you're single or you have the best wife / girlfriend in the world that allows you to get out in the woods as much as you do......Does she have a sister???   LOL

Way to rack em up !!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 28, 2013, 10:16:54 AM
 ;) Actually, I did not start predator hunting until after I was divorced.  I used to sit on the couch feeling down then decided I'd be happier hunting so that's how I roll now.  Even lose a few pounds in predator season.   :)
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 29, 2013, 09:40:04 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on December 31, 2013, 12:45:17 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 02, 2014, 02:22:22 AM
Happy 2014!

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on January 02, 2014, 06:22:58 AM
You're starting the year off with a Bang!
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Post by: Bowman66 on January 02, 2014, 09:18:21 AM
Congrats again Seeking! You could stop now and we still wouldn't catch you.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 02, 2014, 12:40:41 PM
Thanks guys, having to much fun!   :)  I don't like hunting in the snow so that will probably put me on the couch a few nights. 

I was actually coyote hunting last night and didn't expect a fox.  This large male came charging in directly upwind to the call.  I wish coyotes would make these kind of mistakes.   >:(  Man the .243 really does turn off the lights fast as lightning.  Did have a coyote at 200 yards but it was on the top of a rise with no backdrop in farm country so opted not to shoot for safety reasons.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 16, 2014, 01:18:26 PM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on January 16, 2014, 06:24:55 PM
Thats a pretty Red !!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 17, 2014, 12:56:48 AM
Thanks, Jake.

Unfortunately, I was coyote hunting and decided to hit a fox spot near home.  Shot her with the .243 at 35 yards...  Was nice hunting...hadn't been out in over a week. 

Headed out tonight but headed right back after two sets...way to bright tonight.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 20, 2014, 12:36:20 AM
Missed one at 100 then shot this guy at 255 with a .223 Rem. handload...go figure.   Didn't realize he was past 200.  :D

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on January 20, 2014, 01:11:57 AM
Now thats some nice shooting!  Looks like it was a head shot....
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: shadowchaser on January 20, 2014, 10:55:53 AM
What handload?
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 20, 2014, 05:16:58 PM
Playing with a 75 grain Hornady match at 2,200 fps.  I am not a .223 guy but borrowed a buddies to see if I could come up with a good fox round that would be enough for a bobcat/coyote as well.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 21, 2014, 12:21:00 AM
Shot this mated pair with the .223 tonight and it wasn't bad in fur damage.  Need more to draw any conclusions.

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on January 21, 2014, 12:59:12 AM
Thats a nice looking pair of fox.  You definitely hunt hard brother!!   Ther results are evident.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Deadeye on January 21, 2014, 01:40:16 PM
Man you are just a hunting machine!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 25, 2014, 11:56:30 PM
Wayne County Red...Mating Barks.

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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Misterjake23 on January 26, 2014, 12:51:39 AM
Keep putting the fur down!!  Awesome season !!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Brushwolf on January 27, 2014, 02:44:24 PM
Lay them down!
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 27, 2014, 07:56:19 PM
Taking out some buddies Wednesday and Thursday for a couple hours...hoping they score!  Gotta do some scouting tomorrow.
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: shadowchaser on January 27, 2014, 11:55:19 PM
Wow a red in Wayne County...times have changed. :D
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Seeking_Coyotes on January 28, 2014, 07:36:42 AM
Yes, I couldn't believe it.  We have reds galore in SE PA so I drove all the way up there to hunt bobcat or coyote.  Couldn't believe I ended up with a red.  I swear they follow me.   ;D
Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: Bowman66 on February 02, 2014, 09:32:14 AM
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Title: Re: Seeking_Coyotes 777
Post by: a bolt on February 02, 2014, 12:03:06 PM
wtg looks like fun