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Old Alpha Male Coyote

Tex — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:26:35 +0000

Opie and I headed up to the north country of Michigan for a long weekend of predator calling! The weather has been absolutely spectacular with bone chilling temperatures and light snow periodically throughout both days we’ve been up here so far. We set out this morning into the frozen tundra on snowshoes ready to hone our calling skills and challenge ourselves physically with the demanding terrain ahead of us.

We didn’t have any takers on our first set and it wasn’t long before we located another calling location several hundred yards away. Opie and I settled into our calling sequence, taking turns playing our Rare Earth Red-F (Bird Distress) calls. Opie hopped on his HSB at about the 8 minute mark playing some light cottontail distress and that’s when I noticed a coyote working towards us at about 100 yards. I got on my rifle just in time to see the coyote stop to take another look in our direction. I passed on the first shot opportunity as I wanted to see him work in closer to our location. There was a slight hill in front of us and when the coyote closed inside of 60 yards we were not able to see him until he crested the hill at 30 feet. My heart was beating like crazy when I lost sight of him and I still wasn’t sure if Opie had seen him closing in on us. I quickly got back on my rifle and waited in the location I thought he might show in. The coyote stopped at the top of the rise and gave a look right at Opie, allowing me to make my final adjustments and let the 22-250 bark.

This is a beautiful large male coyote with scads of battle wounds and a busted up face from fighting. One of my largest coyotes to date and one heck of a trophy from the north woods. We still have a couple days of hunting left, tons of predator sign and we are going to get back after em!

Tex

Tex Hands Out a Powder Nap

Tex — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:09:58 +0000

Opie wasn’t able to hunt today so I spent the day in the woods solo. First few sets were cold but I was seeing good sign on most all of my properties. On the last set of the afternoon I called in a double at the 10 min mark. I saw them flashing through the brush at about 150 yards, they held up at a little over 100 yards behind some brush and I just couldn’t get a clear shot. After about a minute of them milling around I gave them a little bit of coaxing and had one coming in hard. I waited for a clean shot through the CRP and let the Model Seven rip. Dead Coyote! I wasn’t able to get a shot on the second coyote as it retreated back into cover right after I shot the first. All I used was my Rare Earth Howler and a little poke at the HSB a few times. Heck of a day in the woods today and a lot of fun! Gotta give a huge thanks to Yotehead Ed and Bob at Rare Earth Predator Calls. They are both great guys and amazing predator hunters who have taught me a great deal! Thanks guys!!

Tex

Chasing a Red Fox

Tex — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:23 +0000

Chasing a red fox at the cabin in a total blizzard! I can’t think of any other place I would rather be right now. Life is good!

Tex

Predator Calling Seminar

Tex — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:43:26 +0000

Amazing eastern coyote calling seminar today put on by Rare Earth Predator Calls and Bob Patrick! Stay tuned for a future DVD produced by Team FLG and Team Rare Earth!

Tex

FLG Roadtrip: Chasing Some Moon Dogs

Tex — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:26:04 +0000

Heading north for the weekend to chase some coyotes with the boys under a full moon!

Tex

It’s Almost Time

Tex — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:09:55 +0000

Just received these new custom calls in the mail from Bob Patrick at Rare Earth Predator Calls, just in time to get them warmed up for predator season! These are the most amazing predator calls on the market today with superior sound quality and several world championships to their name! It’s time to kill some dogs and paint this fresh white snow red!!

Winter Predator Hunting

admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:24:56 +0000

Well us Team FLG boys have been having a blast this winter chasing predators throughout Michigan. Tex piled up this nice coyote that came in with another yote the other day. Always nice to get some fur on the ground.

Check out the video below as Tex recaps the story.