Shoots100

Buy an electric UTV and never worry about making noise or needing another pair of wool pants again. I actually hated to go deer hunting with my family when I started to hunt, as everyone made me wear Woolrich clothes and I'm allergic to wool. There are so many different offerings of pants made in every type of material today, you should be able to find something to replace your pants. You proved that they don't make em' like they used to and after spending that much money on a pair of pant's, only to have them fall apart in less than a year's time, I wouldn't try them again, unless they sent me a new pair for free.

You'd better pack some of your heavy gear in another truck going to the cabin, as your going to need a loaner to replace the loaner your driving after you tear off the undercarriage !

Me too,. If I said I wouldn't own a truck or car manufacturer ever again because of it breaking down, I'd be going to work on a skate board ! A couple of years ago, I had a friend that bought a top of the line ford truck for his plow business. Almost $60 grand after it was all said and done. Put all of the plow truck crap in/on it and it blew the engine driving out of the plow shop. It didn't have 50 miles on it. Crap happens. Hopefully you get it taken care of without to much out of pocket cost.

I was told very early on in my hunting life, that there's no recipe for horns in any cook book. Fill the freezer first, then get picky, as you can keep the horns from a buck and give the meat away, if you don't have any more room in the freezer. If your just horn hunting, I'd pass on all of those bucks.

Same here. I had a Brit and a Gordon setter at one time, now I'm left with a 13 year old Gordon. He's got a grey muzzle, is deaf and I have to limit his time afield, but he still looks beautiful when he goes on point.

In the early years of thermal technology, I would agree with your ID issues, but with the newer thermal vision sensor technology, ID'ing isn't an issue, unless your shooting very long range. I like to keep my shots within 100 yards, but after using thermal for a long time, I can ID animals by their mannerisms from a pretty long ways away. It's always better to be safe than sorry. Healthy kids go for big money now a days, so I would be looking at the N vision Halo instead of the Trij !

Looking at the video clip in slow mo, you can see the coyote that was to my left, running away to the right at the 2 second mark.

All weekend, coyote packs were calling to each other from the tops of the mountains and I couldn't entice them off with my calling. So after sleeping a couple of hours, I decided to take the fight to them and hike up a mountain at four pm, taking my sweet time, planning on getting to the top around six. That would give me a couple of cough free hours. I found a ridge that I glass during deer season, that offer's a 100 yard 360 view, deer all over the place. Finally it got dark and the moon came out. The deer bedded down around 60 yards away. I started with a female long howl after hearing the pack sounding off in the distance. When the wind died down, I hit the call again. Scanning with the thermal, I noticed the deer were on alert( same as the earlier stand), looking to my right side. I could then hear movement and saw a couple of coyote tearing ass in my direction. I set the tripod up and reached for the rifle, but I inadvertently set one of the tripod legs through the rifle sling. I usually take the sling off when I get on stand. Once I get it untangled and set the rifle on the tripod, the coyote are literally standing yards away, looking at me. We were both in disbelief and I knew that wasn't going to last long. I fired, as the second coyote to the left started to run away. It ran downhill about 50 yards and crumpled. Scanned around, but never got a glimpse of the second one. It was Big female. I edited the video to 37 seconds, as it might give viewers a seizure after me forgetting to stop recording while moving the rifle around searching for the other coyote. https://youtu.be/NKCh0_sWqFE

This hunt started with me seeing a lot of deer around and no coyote all night. Being I would get around four hours time cough free after taking a mucinex, I was at the three + hour cough free mark when I saw all the deer looking in one direction. Low and behold, I saw it coming in and got set up for the shot. Then it disappeared for five minutes, then the deer got nervous and ran over a rock wall. I saw it trotting about 100 yards away, moved to a better position and whistled before taking a shot that hit it mid length. I was going to take another shot, but it wasn't needed. It was a decent sized male. https://youtu.be/k4xqrd5WbsY

I'm still alive, but a couple of coyote didn't fare as well as me.. Covid sucks and while I was doing some hunting, I'm not 100%, have a persistent hacking cough and I fatigue easy. Coughing isn't so good when hunting and after checking + doing needed maintenance on some deer stands, I was down for the count. I mean sitting down in a chair, then waking a few hours later fatigue and coughing till red faced sometimes. I get a couple of cough free hours after taking a mucinex, but only after Coughing my lungs first. Once the coughing started again, my hunt was really over. So while I'm lucky to have mild symptoms compared to others, Please try to stay Covid free. Videos to follow.

Great optic. Should tip the odds in your favor now. I see a super hogster in your future, as going from thermal to a NV scope is going to get old quick.

Well, I pushed my luck and got Covid, luckily with very mild symptoms(stuffy head and some taste loss), but I need to quarantine from my wife, who tested negative this morning. Loaded some more ammo for the 20 practical and am squared away in every other aspect. So tomorrow, I head upstate (to me) to camp out in an isolated area and start my covid quarantine coyote hunting adventure. Hopefully, I'll have some more video for all to enjoy when I return.

What's the dope on the thermal scanner ? Thermal is sure a game changer and worth every penny knowing that after you look through it and see something/nothing there, you know there's something/nothing there. Hope you drill some holes in some fur soon.

One of the many gaffe video's of Ol' Joe. Come on Man !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQAbF33gFM

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking at the 16" tall Lynx snake proof boots. I'm not to concerned with waterproof claims, as I waterproof every pair of boots I have anyway. I do however walk through hill and dale, so I would hope the laces would keep me from having to wear ankle support, like I do with my slip on boots. I found a decent review from a woman on u tube and the ankle support looks pretty good. I guess I'll have to order them and find out.

I've been using all sorts of pull on boots for scent control and staying dry for decades. During my upland adventures last year, I got plain tired of pulling my calf muscles getting them off my feet, even with the boot pullers. I also wear ankle supports with them too, as I got tired of limping home because of the lack of ankle support. I ripped a pair of two year old irish setter boots right above the "heel grip" before a coyote hunt and that pissed me off. I decided to look into some alternatives and found side zip boots. Being I have many pairs of rocky boots, I looked into them first, but would like to know of anyone that has, have used or knows someone that uses another brand of zip on boots before buying them. I also looked into the Chippewa searcher boots, but would rather have the lace option for better ankle support. SJC

I just checked and both of those zones had the exact same amount of coyote in them, until the catskillkid made 4F one less last weekend. Whatever zone you go to, do your best and have fun.

I just bought a rhino 75 off Egads for $60 shipped. The lightest blind out there and perfect for quick set ups, plus it's pretty well built. The fist thing I do is take out the shoot through screens and spray it down with scent and UV killer. I'd advise you to use some type of tripod for holding your type of weapon above the bottom of the window, as it sucks when you try to rest the weapon on top of the window and make all sorts of noise. You'll need to clear out all the debris from inside the blind after you set it up and before you open the windows, to minimize the noise. Some type of folding chair and a seat cushion, plus bring some type of dark jacket + face covering, so you can match the inside dark color of the blind. Your face will stick out like a sore thumb otherwise. Remember to make sure the windows behind you and to any area you don't plan to shoot are up, as you'll be seen plain as day moving around inside and you might as well not even use the blind. I usually zip up those windows till it's just a slit, and leave it so I can just pull it down with a finger to check out things if needed.

Welcome to the new world of hunting. Better late than never. Fortunately, there's plenty of state land around open for bow hunting in lower NY state. Unfortunately, most of that land is crawling with lyme infested tics and diseased deer now. Harvesting game is only one aspect of hunting , you also need to have a plan with what your going to do with your kill afterwards ? Gutting, dragging and transporting a deer to a processor or home is mostly overlooked when contemplating deer hunting. Hopefully you can find a mentor to guide you, but if you have any questions, I'm available. SJC

Obviously, Mr Kelly doesn't know any Liberal politicians ? Can you also remind Mr Biden that he's running for president and it's 2020, AGAIN ? What a shame that the party of "bold new ideas", has a sick geezer as it's candidate. At least he'll get the help he needs after he scurries back to his basement on the 4th, but who am I kidding, as the libs will let him rot, like they do with anyone they suck dry for their political gain.

Well, did you sell a body part and buy a thermal spotter ?

Buy another trail camera and a POS sacrificial/broken camera for bait and use this mount for the good camera. https://www.spyhighmounts.com/ I had almost the same issue with a neighbor on my land upstate and a picture is worth a thousand words. I borrowed one of my brothers satellite cameras and knew exactly when the other camera was screwed with and had all of the photos on my phone, incase the main camera was detected and taken too. Some people just don't abide by the rules and you tried to do the right thing.

That's why I go right to the 35 Gunner after bow season ends. One nice feature about the Pulsars, is their ability to have it sighted in for a couple of rifle profiles. I have a QD mount and mine is set up for the 35 G, 9mm PCP and the 20 Prac. I use a 34 grn HP nosler in my 20 practical and keep my shots within 200 yards. I've pushed it further, but like you, I don't like wounding animals, even a coyote.

Excellent hunting. The .204 has it's limitations, one being lost prey when not hit perfectly. Nature of the little beast, but I'll bet it died later on.

Thanks. It's funny, it was headed to the right side and when I switched from my spotter to the scope, I lost it and then found it had cut back to the left down a trail we cut with the brush hog. Thermal has it's limitations, but as you know, it has many advantages and I feel like I'm hunting blind when I only go out with night vision, even Gen 3 NV. I did introduce one of my brothers to the joy of driving at night with the PVS7's in his new Tracker EV. I had to make sure it was packed away in my bag before heading home !