Out for some yotes

Even though I wish I did it more I usually don't find the time between other things to go out coyote hunting.  I won't get into it too in depth but I had picked a spot out to go...somewhere where I had actually seen some coyotes while out bird hunting.  When I pulled over to where the draw crossed the road a pickup came by and parked just up the road from me and the guy jumped out, grabbed his gun and took off down the draw.  Needless to say I was fairly pissed, but I blew it off and moved on to plan b which was a few miles down the road.  I walked back over a ridge and set up and started doing some calling, but I never was able to call any yotes in.

It seemed like a pretty good spot, but being a novice coyote hunter...who knows.

Last hunt of the season

Chukar season this year seemed to show very low numbers of birds out in the hills, at least for me anyways.  It was cold but I thought I would try and get out one more time with the pooch to see if we could kick up some birds.  First things first though was getting her all geared up with her boots.  I'm not sure I know how lucky I am sometimes to have such a submissive dog.

We put on quite a few miles, but we never did come across any birds.  I did come across this fresh deer bed though.  I must have kicked him out of his bed...I never did see him.

Pretty cool picture I was able to capture of a hawk perched.  He didn't pay us too much attention, and we kept our distance.