This is a guest entry by Mike Healy from his home in Idaho. Carl, his son and hunting partner, is thirteen.
The following video was created by merging still photos and actual footage from a two-day coyote hunt in the summer of 2011. We called, and shot, 5 coyotes.
In this video you’ll see one coyote taken on the run and another dropped by a head shot at approximately 140 yards.
Regards and good calling,
Mike Healy
This is a guest entry by Mike Healy from his home in Idaho. Carl, his son and hunting partner, is thirteen.
When Mark and Adam Grinstead invited Carl and I to a recent duck hunt, we jumped at the opportunity to go. The Grinsteads have hunted ducks for many years and are happy to share their knowledge with others. I’ve never called anything other than predators, so I was looking forward to seeing ducks respond to the call and trying to film the action.
Earlier in the week, Mark and Adam each took their limit of ducks. They spent two hours breaking a large hole in the ice so they could place decoys on open water. Once the decoys were floating on the water, they waited patiently for the sun to come up.
Here is Mark with the harvested ducks.
Mark Grinstead with ducks -- 2011-11-21
Here is Adam with the harvested ducks.
Adam Grinstead with ducks -- 2011-11-21
Zeus is Adam’s duck dog. He’s eight months old and retrieving very well for his young age. With maturity, experience and additional training he’s going to be a fantastic duck retriever.
Carl and I met the Grinsteads at the hunting area at 6 a.m. on Black Friday (no Christmas shopping for us!). We walked to the blind and got situated. Due to warm weather, the pond wasn’t frozen and Adam had an easy time dispersing 30 decoys.
Here are the video highlights from our hunt.
Thanks for reading.
Regards and good calling,
Mike Healy
This is a guest entry by Mike Healy from his home in Idaho. Carl, his son and hunting partner, is thirteen.
Carl and I were on stand and had been calling for approximately 15 minutes with no results. Suddenly, I spotted a single coyote cresting the low hill across from us. From 350 yards out, it proceeded to run straight into our setup.
My Wildlife Technologies electronic caller was situated well below us on the hillside and we had good cover against some large boulders. The wind was also in our favor.
Glancing to my left, I could see Carl’s rifle leveled out and he was leaning into the scope. Good — he had seen it also.
While easing my rifle into position for a shot at the incoming coyote, Carl fired his rifle. Hearing the shot, the coyote I was watching pivoted and ran sideways at full speed. Carl fired at it a couple of times and missed as it ran away. I fired once and also missed.
When the dust settled, I stood up and said, “It got away. Why didn’t you wait for it to come closer and stop moving before firing?” Carl got a funny look on his face and calmly replied, “Dad, this stand was a double! There’s a coyote on the ground out there. My first shot took it out. Didn’t you see it?”
Oops! I hadn’t even seen the other coyote. Better get my eyes checked.
We walked out and searched the brush for a few minutes. Sure enough, a coyote was down.
I laser ranged back to the rock pile where we were sitting to be certain of the distance — 252 yards. Nice shot Carl!
Idaho Coyote, September 2011, Remington R-15 VTR Carbine with AR Gold trigger
Thanks for reading.
Regards and good calling,
Mike Healy
