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to stick around long. When he stopped I held a couple of inches into the wind and squeezed the trigger. Boom, whop! And he was down, going nowhere. Oh, man! How cool was that. Two stands and two dogs. Man, this is liv- ing. Mike walked down to me and once again I was jumping around, spitting all over myself, telling him just how cool this was while he looked at me like I had a screw loose. I guess Mike figured that every time you toot on that call a coyote just comes in. No big deal, right? Right! I couldn’t wait to get back to camp. At least those guys will realize what a great coyote caller I am. Well, Mike wanted to go again the next morning as well as two other fellows in camp. I also told them that I was not their mother so they had better be ready or I would go without them. In the morning the only one up and ready to go was Todd Wildt from Homer, Michigan. He was pretty excited, espe- cially after hearing over and over about the previous morning’s hunt. Now, I have to tell you a little about Todd. He is a well-known farmer and he and his family are real outdoorsmen. He is one of the best wing shots I have ever seen. He probably has shot a semitrailer load of southern Michigan deer. To preserve as much meat as possible, he shoots his deer in the base of the neck, or right be- hind the ear. He is a real shooter. Todd was carrying a Cooper 22- 250 with Leupold glass. I asked Todd where it shoots and he quickly replied, “One inch high at a hundred.” Good answer. This would be Todd’s first time calling. At the crack of daylight we set up in a huge cow pasture. No cover at all. The area was wide open, looked flat, but there were rolling hills and valleys. We had a long valley in front of us, running from left to right. Across the valley was only about 150 yards with a flat area on the other side and more valleys beyond. It was very still and the air was heavy with moisture. Through the mist we could see about 400 yards or so. The light breeze was from left to right. We sat next to each other maybe 15 to 20 feet apart.
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I ripped off six or eight squeals at medium volume, waited 10 to 15 seconds, and hit the call again. I blew about medium volume. We sat quietly for a minute or two and I let go with
another short series. Only a minute or two later I could see a dot on the hori- zon straight out front. Before I looked through my binocular I knew we had a customer. I whispered to Todd that we had company. Through my binocular I could see there were two coming in at about half throttle. Todd also could see them coming. When they disappeared into a valley, Todd, being the killer that he is, folded up his bipod and laid down prone, preparing for the potential shot. Going prone never crossed my mind but thinking back, that was a very good idea. Shortly the dogs popped up across the valley about 250 yards away. They stopped and stared at us for a moment, then continued toward us, slowing down a little. The trailing dog began to circle to the right toward the downwind side. The lead dog stopped across the valley about 125 yards away, pretty much broadside. I knew Todd was about to shoot so I slowly reached up and plugged my left ear. I knew this dog had eaten his last pheasant. Boom – whop, and down it went. I turned and got off a running shot at the other dog but missed it just before it dropped into a low spot and disappeared. Todd was really pumped. He was as excited as I was. I congratulated him on his great shot and he stroked my ego, telling me that I was a good caller and such. We walked to the coyote, a really nice male. Looked like a young of the year, no mange. I was surprised when I noticed that Todd had hit the dog about ¼” from dead center between its eyes. I always shoot for the ribs as it just makes sense to me. I figured everybody does the same. I started to say that his shot was off by about 16” but caught myself. Not wanting to hurt Todd’s feelings or make him feel bad, pretending I was impressed, I simply said, “Wow, you hit him right between the eyes.” He looked at me like I was a dummy and said, “Well hell yeah, he was looking right at me.” I had to laugh out loud with that. I guess I didn’t know you’re supposed to shoot ’em between the eyes if they’re looking at you. I was really impressed! A 125-yard shot and he was only ¼” off. Todd and I called three more locations that morning with no luck, but it was a great morning anyway.
This next story involves my wife,
Gail. We were dating at the time and she said she would like to go calling. Living
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