The FOXPRO Podcast

Ep. 61: Talking Coyotes and BIG Bucks with Gage Bohannon

Episode Summary

FOXPRO’s Jon Collins and Gage Bohannon talk big bucks and coyotes in this episode. Gage shares the story of his recent harvest of a massive Kentucky buck he’s calling "Mega Moose." Then, they dive into the coyote hunting scene, revealing which sounds have been most successful in bringing in predators lately.

Episode Transcription

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guys on this episode we're going to be

 

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talking coyotes and big bucks since it's

 

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November we'll discuss what we've been

 

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seeing out the coyotes while calling

 

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over the past few weeks and then we're

 

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going to hear a big buck story from Fox

 

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Pro staffer Gage bannan Gage just closed

 

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the chapter on 190 in monster white tail

 

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and you heard me right 90 in of antler

 

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on a buck at Gage called Mega moose love

 

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that name but Gage congratulations again

 

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buddy and welcome back to the fox Pro

 

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podcast thanks John I appreciate the

 

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heck out of it buddy yeah you had a you

 

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had a a pretty big weekend didn't you

 

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man it uh it honestly was it was the

 

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best thing I hate to even say it was a

 

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little bit relieving to be honest it's

 

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been a long tough season

 

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buddy well you've uh you capped it off

 

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in in Grand fashion that's for

 

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sure yes sir I mean that yeah all come

 

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together and I'm so so thankful man yeah

 

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well tell we might as well start off

 

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with that you know I I love a good

 

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hunting story anyway uh let's uh let's

 

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talk about you Buck and how it all came

 

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to be and then we'll get into some

 

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coyote talk but uh how how long have you

 

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did you know about that deer how long

 

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did you know that sucker had been around

 

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at have you had some history with him

 

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over the past few years cuz you you're

 

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usually tagging a buck every year and

 

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you've killed some great bucks over the

 

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last three four five years but how long

 

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did you know that this Buck was in

 

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existence so as far as knowing the buck

 

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existed it's technically this would have

 

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been the third year but I've only been

 

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hunting the farm uh last season and this

 

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season okay um and then last year he was

 

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practically a ghost early season and so

 

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I didn't even purum and I ended up

 

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killing that real crazy buck that I

 

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killed there behind the house yep yep

 

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and well so the year went on and we

 

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tried to get my wife on him a couple

 

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times last year and uh just never came

 

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together I mean he was a ghost man to

 

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the point where like You' get him on a

 

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cell cam at the other end of the field

 

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you were set up on and somehow uh at

 

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that time about 17 inch deer would sneak

 

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past and had no clue man so he was kind

 

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of a ghost and that's why it kind of

 

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made this season so important I was I

 

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kind of had a beef pick with him right

 

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and so finally this year um the first

 

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time he actually showed back up on

 

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camera that you could tell it was him

 

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this year was June 6th okay and okay

 

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yeah I mean he was already he was always

 

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an early developer man like last year

 

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when I really started like yeah I need

 

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to hunt that deer we were turkey hunting

 

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and saw him the last day of turkey

 

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season and he was already kind of that

 

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growth out past the ears and I was like

 

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man that's that's going to be a sh like

 

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like you're talking about in April he

 

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was out past

 

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like end of April right there you know

 

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what's the ending date of our turkey

 

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season I forget when it is but it was

 

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the last day of turkey season so so like

 

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first week first week of May then yeah

 

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first week of May I think it was and he

 

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was already bowled up real good and this

 

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was last year um and so I was like yeah

 

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probably ought to hunt this deer ended

 

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up picking it up for bow hunting

 

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permission and stuff and it you know

 

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last year didn't worked out so this year

 

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I was real pumped and like I say about

 

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the same time frame it was June 6th got

 

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the first picture of him and man he was

 

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already looking like he was going to be

 

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something but at that time of year you

 

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really don't know U then July 4th rolled

 

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around and I got a picture that kind of

 

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honestly my jaw dropped it was one of

 

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those just like man that deer is gonna

 

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be special well he's a he's a he's a

 

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jaw-dropping specimen that's for sure

 

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and and for you guys that's listening

 

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just so you guys can get some

 

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perspective if you want to see the buck

 

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go to the Facebook Fox Pro Facebook page

 

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or gages page you'll see it I mean it's

 

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one of the most impressive 190 in Deer

 

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that I've ever seen and I did get to

 

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hold the racking person went up there to

 

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see guge last week and uh it's uh it's

 

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everything that the the pictures make it

 

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out to be it's it is extremely

 

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impressive so go to the fox Pro Facebook

 

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page you'll see this Buck 190 it's

 

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actually what aund the green score on it

 

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is

 

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190 in and 4 190 and 48 in with a broken

 

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brow time right yeah he broke it off

 

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October 5th if he hadn't broke it we're

 

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talking about 195 inch

 

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deer yes sir he uh he was special and

 

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like I say I I was honestly really

 

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surprised it didn't come together in

 

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September because August man I keep a

 

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calendar it's got every day that he ever

 

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cited I mean I've got to the time where

 

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he was on the farm everything in August

 

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the daytime pictures I mean was at least

 

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twice a week he was daytime and

 

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somewhere um but most of the time by the

 

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time he got to like the stand I had hung

 

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on a corn poile that time it was after

 

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dark and so kind of threw a plan

 

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together early season I was going to try

 

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to kill him on a there's a road that

 

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kind of went out through the crop fields

 

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that he was really fond of using right

 

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and I decided that I was going to hang a

 

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stand on that road and try to catch him

 

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in transition just so everybody knows

 

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Farm Road Farm Road not Highway yeah

 

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yeah yeah now just a little dirt two

 

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track it went in between a corner and a

 

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beanfield yeah and um open the night was

 

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fortunate enough to see him I had him a

 

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daylight at about 300 yards and then at

 

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the end of that night um he actually

 

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ended up coming down dang near to the

 

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base of the tree right as right after

 

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dark it was after legal shooting light

 

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um which scared me I was afraid I was

 

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going to bump him out of there and then

 

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almost did the exact same thing the next

 

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night and from there it was a cat and

 

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mouse game like I've never played before

 

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man he started uh following me out on

 

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like different accesses I'd go in and

 

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hun stand and use a different access and

 

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I'd have cameras obviously all over this

 

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farm and and then i' a couple hours

 

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later you'd get him on that same access

 

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I left oh man and so he he had got to

 

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playing me as much as I was playing him

 

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and when he started doing that I really

 

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wasn't too too confident I was going to

 

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get to put arrow in him right and so

 

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then October rolls around man and I have

 

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three pictures of the deer well three

 

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nights of pictures the whole month of

 

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October the rest of the month was a no

 

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show um and the before he came back on

 

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November 1st he had been gone 15 days

 

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completely off the

 

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farm and uh I was man I was getting

 

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nervous you know that's after early mule

 

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oder season and so I'm thinking well did

 

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he get killed is he gonna come back have

 

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I bumped him off the farm making too

 

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many moves whatever um but I had went in

 

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and done kind of a hanging hunt around

 

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the uh around the 10th and put a stand

 

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on a a newer route from last year that

 

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he used a lot to get in and get out of

 

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the farm and it's just a big gully that

 

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runs up in between two standing

 

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cornfields and I kind of decided that

 

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with all these north and east based

 

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winds we were having that that was going

 

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to be my best beted and I would just

 

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hunt it trying to catch him either

 

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coming home or leaving the farm again

 

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right and um finally the night of the

 

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first man um I was down and out uh was

 

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having a bad week and hadn't seen him

 

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and uh thank God my wife could put up

 

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with me well but um I was kind of just

 

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distraught about the whole situation you

 

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know with gun season coming up this

 

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weekend I was getting really nervous

 

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right and um so November 1st at like

 

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9:50 that night man he showed up on a

 

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scrape camera and I was like man he's

 

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back and he was kind of in the core of

 

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the farm and I was like how did he how

 

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in the world did he Dodge the cameras

 

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had set up on that holler hey you know

 

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let's let's pause right there we're

 

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going to pick right back up there again

 

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here in just a minute I got a couple

 

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questions leading up to that I want to

 

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ask you you you mentioned that you had

 

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him at at last Light once before how

 

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many times did you actually see this

 

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Buck on the hoof with your own eyes but

 

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leading up to the day that you killed it

 

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leading up to the day I killed him the

 

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day I killed him would have been time

 

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four or five I want to say it was four

 

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though uh had him uh scouting beanfields

 

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in August and then hunting wise um

 

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opening night and then the second night

 

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of the season I saw him both those times

 

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with my own eyes and then um I saw what

 

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I thought could have been him later in

 

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September but it's it's one of those you

 

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know I can't guarantee that that was a

 

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sighting and then the day that I

 

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actually saw him and this is going to

 

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sound crazy was the first time that I

 

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had ever seen the dear and person hard

 

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horn right okay okay okay and and I'm

 

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sure people are sent here wondering it's

 

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listening to this um wondering what

 

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state this is this is Kentucky it's we

 

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uh this is a Kentucky Buck uh it's crop

 

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country Kentucky Buck it's about all we

 

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going to tell you we ain't going to send

 

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you all the coordinates or nothing but

 

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this is a Kentucky Kentucky white tail

 

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so you've seen him that many times um

 

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you know on the hoof with your own eyes

 

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and you you've hunted him through

 

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September through October and now you're

 

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you're going into sit number 35 trying

 

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to kill this Buck right yeah it was 35

 

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when I finally got him killed and you

 

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were and and you're this is this is the

 

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buck you're killing you're either

 

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killing that buck this year or you're

 

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not not tagging anything I mean you're

 

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hunting just this one single Buck which

 

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of course if you got 190 inch deer

 

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that's you know you're probably only

 

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hunting that buck but I'm assuming

 

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that's what your sites were set on there

 

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wasn't nothing else that could have come

 

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by that that would have that made you

 

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waiver to put arrow on it you were after

 

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his H you were after megamos what you

 

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called it that was it yeah that was it I

 

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mean I actually passed a 155 160 inch

 

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deer on September 9th yeah um that would

 

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I mean was a giant I had him yards just

 

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uh made some hard passes there was

 

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another really good deer I ended up

 

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getting killed on the farm next door on

 

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the 21st um that I was really nervous

 

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that was kind of one of those man I hope

 

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I don't cross pass with him because

 

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he's he's big as well and uh I was

 

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really worried about it but no I mean I

 

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I really I sunk every everything I had

 

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into this deer man I I put a lot of

 

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stuff on the back burner just to try to

 

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get this deer killed let's let's pick

 

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right back back up with the hunt story

 

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let's tell us what led right up to to

 

0:10:51.399,0:10:57.480

you getting on him for the final time

 

0:10:53.639,0:11:00.079

and tell us how it went down so um I got

 

0:10:57.480,0:11:01.680

that picture uh the Friday night that

 

0:11:00.079,0:11:05.360

first we actually had done trick-

 

0:11:01.680,0:11:07.480

or-treating that night uh had a rain out

 

0:11:05.360,0:11:10.000

you say you just messed

 

0:11:07.480,0:11:13.320

up well you just telling everybody where

 

0:11:10.000,0:11:17.519

you at yeah I hear you it'll be all

 

0:11:13.320,0:11:20.680

right hey we'll bleep it out there you

 

0:11:17.519,0:11:22.560

go but no man my they canceled our

 

0:11:20.680,0:11:24.480

trick-or-treating that night and so we

 

0:11:22.560,0:11:26.639

had to do it the next night for the kids

 

0:11:24.480,0:11:28.760

and I figured I'd missed about as much

 

0:11:26.639,0:11:30.200

family stuff as home as I needed to so I

 

0:11:28.760,0:11:33.440

probably should take my kids Tri

 

0:11:30.200,0:11:35.600

treating right and um we went and that

 

0:11:33.440,0:11:38.279

night like I say I got home and was kind

 

0:11:35.600,0:11:41.120

of in a awful mood to be honest with you

 

0:11:38.279,0:11:42.720

and um he ended up showing up at 9:54 I

 

0:11:41.120,0:11:45.120

think it was on a scrape camera that

 

0:11:42.720,0:11:47.240

night and he was kind of in the middle

 

0:11:45.120,0:11:49.560

of the farm which was surprising it was

 

0:11:47.240,0:11:52.040

like man how did he get past quite a few

 

0:11:49.560,0:11:53.720

cameras to get to that point but he was

 

0:11:52.040,0:11:55.760

good at it man I'll give it to him if he

 

0:11:53.720,0:11:58.160

found a camera he was good at avoiding

 

0:11:55.760,0:12:00.279

it um unless it was on a bait site early

 

0:11:58.160,0:12:04.120

season he did everything he could to

 

0:12:00.279,0:12:06.279

avoid it right but um but anyway um I

 

0:12:04.120,0:12:08.200

went in and hunted that next morning I

 

0:12:06.279,0:12:11.000

had only hunted one other morning all

 

0:12:08.200,0:12:13.240

season and so I'm not a big morning hunt

 

0:12:11.000,0:12:15.240

guy a lot of my Farms the way they lay

 

0:12:13.240,0:12:17.480

you do a lot more bumping of deer than

 

0:12:15.240,0:12:18.920

you do of helping yourself but I knew

 

0:12:17.480,0:12:20.880

that he was in the center of the farm

 

0:12:18.920,0:12:23.760

and I was honestly thinking he might try

 

0:12:20.880,0:12:27.199

to slip back out that morning and so got

 

0:12:23.760,0:12:29.760

in climbed the tree well before daylight

 

0:12:27.199,0:12:31.480

um got set up and I had to actually

 

0:12:29.760,0:12:32.880

leave that morning really early I was

 

0:12:31.480,0:12:34.839

only able to sit in the tree for about

 

0:12:32.880,0:12:38.760

two hours because my kids had a soccer

 

0:12:34.839,0:12:40.959

game and um so I left my bow binos and

 

0:12:38.760,0:12:42.680

everything hanging in the tree because

 

0:12:40.959,0:12:45.320

when it finally got daylight I pulled my

 

0:12:42.680,0:12:47.480

phone out to text my wife and I got a

 

0:12:45.320,0:12:50.959

picture notification and he was only on

 

0:12:47.480,0:12:53.440

a camera about 300 yards from me and so

 

0:12:50.959,0:12:55.519

I was nervous I was on pins and needles

 

0:12:53.440,0:12:57.680

I knew I only had about an hour left to

 

0:12:55.519,0:12:59.440

hunt I was scared that I was going to

 

0:12:57.680,0:13:02.800

miss him leaving you know what if he

 

0:12:59.440,0:13:05.000

came by later in the morning um but

 

0:13:02.800,0:13:07.440

still just kind of relying on faith left

 

0:13:05.000,0:13:09.519

my bow everything hanging in the tree I

 

0:13:07.440,0:13:11.480

went to soccer we went and had lunch and

 

0:13:09.519,0:13:12.199

then I basically headed straight back to

 

0:13:11.480,0:13:16.360

the

 

0:13:12.199,0:13:18.079

tree um got in the tree uh it wasn't

 

0:13:16.360,0:13:19.839

super early I mean I was running a

 

0:13:18.079,0:13:24.000

little bit behind we kind of had a later

 

0:13:19.839,0:13:27.199

lunch and uh it was probably around 330

 

0:13:24.000,0:13:29.160

350 when I finally got in the tree and

 

0:13:27.199,0:13:32.639

um this you know obviously was before

 

0:13:29.160,0:13:35.000

the daylight savings time switch and um

 

0:13:32.639,0:13:36.800

got set up and it was a super slow kind

 

0:13:35.000,0:13:38.199

of early part of the night you know

 

0:13:36.800,0:13:42.639

cameras were kind of dead I wasn't

 

0:13:38.199,0:13:44.399

seeing much and at about 550 6 o'clock

 

0:13:42.639,0:13:46.600

um I had a little six-pointer come down

 

0:13:44.399,0:13:49.480

the holler exactly from where Mega ended

 

0:13:46.600,0:13:51.880

up coming from yep but that deer he

 

0:13:49.480,0:13:53.519

walked right up the bottom of that Gully

 

0:13:51.880,0:13:56.639

that I was telling you about that he was

 

0:13:53.519,0:13:58.759

using to kind of avoid those cameras and

 

0:13:56.639,0:14:00.639

watched him walk from 100 yards up the

 

0:13:58.759,0:14:02.199

creek all the way up under me and around

 

0:14:00.639,0:14:04.320

me and I was like man if anything tries

 

0:14:02.199,0:14:06.680

to slip up that Creek he you know he's

 

0:14:04.320,0:14:10.000

done I I can do that I can see him in

 

0:14:06.680,0:14:12.240

plenty of time well I thought that was

 

0:14:10.000,0:14:15.720

the case at

 

0:14:12.240,0:14:17.759

6:15 um well a little bit before 6:15

 

0:14:15.720,0:14:20.040

was actually Timeless shot but couple

 

0:14:17.759,0:14:23.199

minutes before I hear footsteps coming

 

0:14:20.040,0:14:25.360

up that Gully and I kept kind of

 

0:14:23.199,0:14:26.959

Rubberneck and honestly there was a tree

 

0:14:25.360,0:14:29.440

kind of right next to me on that Creek

 

0:14:26.959,0:14:31.320

Bank to where I couldn't see about 70

 

0:14:29.440,0:14:33.839

yards to about 20 yards on that Creek

 

0:14:31.320,0:14:35.839

you can't see and so I'm looking out cuz

 

0:14:33.839,0:14:39.040

you can tell by the steps and how it's

 

0:14:35.839,0:14:41.880

moving it's a deer I just can't see it

 

0:14:39.040,0:14:45.199

and so finally um I go to lean back in

 

0:14:41.880,0:14:46.480

my stand and I hunt out of hang on and

 

0:14:45.199,0:14:49.320

so the back you know kind of got a

 

0:14:46.480,0:14:51.240

little give to it yep and I leaned back

 

0:14:49.320,0:14:53.959

and I saw the left beam that's got the

 

0:14:51.240,0:14:57.160

two kickers off the three and I said oh

 

0:14:53.959,0:14:59.959

my God it's him

 

0:14:57.160,0:15:02.320

and I can just imagine imagine the the

 

0:14:59.959,0:15:05.639

adrenaline dump it was already starting

 

0:15:02.320,0:15:07.959

to happen well man like when I saw him

 

0:15:05.639,0:15:10.079

we're talking 10 12 yards yeah I mean

 

0:15:07.959,0:15:11.759

he's already he's already on top of me

 

0:15:10.079,0:15:14.920

jum jump out on top of me if you wanted

 

0:15:11.759,0:15:16.920

to yeah exactly and so I grabb my bow

 

0:15:14.920,0:15:18.800

but that's an off it's to my right so

 

0:15:16.920,0:15:21.079

I'm right-handed it's my offhand shot

 

0:15:18.800,0:15:24.079

I've got to turn all the way around well

 

0:15:21.079,0:15:26.600

as I stand up uh I couldn't put the seat

 

0:15:24.079,0:15:29.519

up he catches me standing up just throws

 

0:15:26.600,0:15:32.920

that head looks straight up at me yeah

 

0:15:29.519,0:15:34.639

everybody been there oh yeah and you

 

0:15:32.920,0:15:37.639

know it was me I was moving big but I

 

0:15:34.639,0:15:39.880

mean he was already so close and uh I

 

0:15:37.639,0:15:41.759

moved big he caught me and I said you

 

0:15:39.880,0:15:43.399

know oh man he's gonna bust I don't know

 

0:15:41.759,0:15:44.759

why my mind instantly went to he's

 

0:15:43.399,0:15:46.480

leaving so I just went ahead and clipped

 

0:15:44.759,0:15:48.480

my release on my bow and went ahead and

 

0:15:46.480,0:15:50.959

finished turning around we had a tree in

 

0:15:48.480,0:15:53.839

between both of us and I said man I just

 

0:15:50.959,0:15:56.279

need two more steps that's that's all I

 

0:15:53.839,0:15:59.319

need is two more steps and I've got him

 

0:15:56.279,0:16:00.920

he's gonna be right here and it you know

 

0:15:59.319,0:16:03.319

it was only about a minute and a half

 

0:16:00.920,0:16:06.319

I'd say if that but it felt like 10

 

0:16:03.319,0:16:08.519

years and um he finally took a step

 

0:16:06.319,0:16:10.440

forward and then he took a hard step to

 

0:16:08.519,0:16:13.279

the left to go up the bank on the other

 

0:16:10.440,0:16:15.279

side of that Gully and um it was a

 

0:16:13.279,0:16:18.240

slightly quarter and two but it was an

 

0:16:15.279,0:16:21.319

eight- yard shot and it was perfect man

 

0:16:18.240,0:16:25.120

uh he kind of looked back up at me as I

 

0:16:21.319,0:16:27.240

went to full draw and when I shot he dug

 

0:16:25.120,0:16:28.639

up that Creek Bank ran about 30 yards

 

0:16:27.240,0:16:30.880

and He piled up right at the edge of the

 

0:16:28.639,0:16:33.480

corner field man he was done in 15

 

0:16:30.880,0:16:36.920

seconds and it was the greatest hunt of

 

0:16:33.480,0:16:40.600

my life awesome awesome

 

0:16:36.920,0:16:43.199

and awesome awesome season to have have

 

0:16:40.600,0:16:47.519

a few encounters and scout out one

 

0:16:43.199,0:16:50.079

particular buck and hunt him smart and

 

0:16:47.519,0:16:52.120

finally you know finish it off with with

 

0:16:50.079,0:16:55.839

notching you tag on him with

 

0:16:52.120,0:16:59.040

10948 inch Kentucky white tail during

 

0:16:55.839,0:17:01.519

archery season freaking awesome

 

0:16:59.040,0:17:04.720

yes sir it was uh like I say I mean

 

0:17:01.519,0:17:06.319

there was you know most people well you

 

0:17:04.720,0:17:09.000

take that last that other big deer I

 

0:17:06.319,0:17:11.439

killed in 22 I mean we talked about him

 

0:17:09.000,0:17:13.280

and I mean that was just a kind of a not

 

0:17:11.439,0:17:15.880

a dumb look I mean it was hunting smart

 

0:17:13.280,0:17:17.439

but it no history you know he showed up

 

0:17:15.880,0:17:20.520

went in there with a good plan and

 

0:17:17.439,0:17:23.319

killed him right and this was the exact

 

0:17:20.520,0:17:26.839

opposite I thought I thought I had every

 

0:17:23.319,0:17:29.120

plan every stand location was perfect

 

0:17:26.839,0:17:32.120

this was great that was great and this

 

0:17:29.120,0:17:33.640

deer outsmarted me every single step of

 

0:17:32.120,0:17:37.600

the way well and that's one of the

 

0:17:33.640,0:17:41.200

things this is this is not Gage's first

 

0:17:37.600,0:17:43.960

190 inch Buck now I guess technically

 

0:17:41.200,0:17:45.880

the other one was 189 in but that's

 

0:17:43.960,0:17:49.039

close enough to 190 in for me I'm

 

0:17:45.880,0:17:51.960

calling him 190 so pretty pretty

 

0:17:49.039,0:17:53.799

impressive stuff Gage and and you guys

 

0:17:51.960,0:17:56.720

go go look at the pictures you're going

 

0:17:53.799,0:18:01.480

to see why he called him Mega moose he

 

0:17:56.720,0:18:04.360

is a monster and talking about that like

 

0:18:01.480,0:18:06.799

that name Mega moose this Buck I held

 

0:18:04.360,0:18:09.640

this buck in my hand the antlers and it

 

0:18:06.799,0:18:11.120

is super impressive just to hold it's I

 

0:18:09.640,0:18:13.799

think you were telling me and you can

 

0:18:11.120,0:18:16.960

see it I mean it's very visual it's

 

0:18:13.799,0:18:19.919

smallest Mass measurement at its beam

 

0:18:16.960,0:18:22.400

was still over five inches right yeah

 

0:18:19.919,0:18:24.880

every it had almost 50 inches of mass

 

0:18:22.400,0:18:27.440

every Mass measurement all four on both

 

0:18:24.880,0:18:29.840

sides were over five inches that's crazy

 

0:18:27.440,0:18:31.679

that's crazy awesome well

 

0:18:29.840,0:18:34.480

congratulations again

 

0:18:31.679,0:18:36.080

Bud yeah thank you John and like I say

 

0:18:34.480,0:18:38.840

the funny thing about that name you're

 

0:18:36.080,0:18:41.480

talking about megamos U when I first saw

 

0:18:38.840,0:18:44.760

him I said I sent it to you remember

 

0:18:41.480,0:18:46.799

Luke you met him yeah yeah yep yeah I

 

0:18:44.760,0:18:48.840

sent it to him and said I sent to him

 

0:18:46.799,0:18:52.320

and Jake and I said man this deer is a

 

0:18:48.840,0:18:56.280

mega and it kind of stuck and the land

 

0:18:52.320,0:18:58.000

owner called him Bullwinkle like moose

 

0:18:56.280,0:19:00.159

yeah just Mega moose was kind of what

 

0:18:58.000,0:19:03.559

stuck and that's how that came to be

 

0:19:00.159,0:19:05.559

awesome well I know uh we got a lot of

 

0:19:03.559,0:19:08.320

deer hunters here that's that's Coy

 

0:19:05.559,0:19:10.039

Hunters as well so uh they got to hear a

 

0:19:08.320,0:19:11.480

little deer hunt story but I know

 

0:19:10.039,0:19:13.200

everybody's probably chomping at the bit

 

0:19:11.480,0:19:15.080

to get get to the co so we're going

 

0:19:13.200,0:19:18.120

that's enough of the deer talk

 

0:19:15.080,0:19:20.799

congratulations Gage awesome book

 

0:19:18.120,0:19:23.919

congratulations on that but uh as

 

0:19:20.799,0:19:26.000

everyone knows Gage is a fantastic

 

0:19:23.919,0:19:28.000

coyote Coller as well and I know you

 

0:19:26.000,0:19:29.200

have done a little bit of coyote calling

 

0:19:28.000,0:19:30.679

this year and you you haven't done a

 

0:19:29.200,0:19:33.679

whole lot this fall because you've been

 

0:19:30.679,0:19:35.720

after Mega moose but you have found time

 

0:19:33.679,0:19:37.039

to make a few stands and uh I think you

 

0:19:35.720,0:19:39.559

just made a stand here over the last

 

0:19:37.039,0:19:41.240

couple weeks and and and had called some

 

0:19:39.559,0:19:42.520

coyotes you want you want to tell us

 

0:19:41.240,0:19:45.039

about that I think you had a little

 

0:19:42.520,0:19:46.480

mishap but yeah yeah you're going to rub

 

0:19:45.039,0:19:49.360

it in on me Ain you you're G have to

 

0:19:46.480,0:19:52.120

tell everybody well yeah so I guess it

 

0:19:49.360,0:19:54.640

was actually Monday before I killed him

 

0:19:52.120,0:19:56.799

um I made a couple stands I guess I made

 

0:19:54.640,0:19:59.760

one that Friday and then one that Monday

 

0:19:56.799,0:20:01.960

had cow interactions on both but the

 

0:19:59.760,0:20:05.039

Monday it called him up just as pretty

 

0:20:01.960,0:20:07.520

as could be 110 yards 120 yards just

 

0:20:05.039,0:20:10.400

standing I mean like you wrote it up on

 

0:20:07.520,0:20:12.799

a script and I whiffed big

 

0:20:10.400,0:20:15.440

time yes I was focused on deer a little

 

0:20:12.799,0:20:18.440

too much caught it up close right you

 

0:20:15.440,0:20:20.159

say it was like it was Chip Shot yeah I

 

0:20:18.440,0:20:21.760

mean it was a 100 yard just I mean

 

0:20:20.159,0:20:23.559

pretty as could be everything you ever

 

0:20:21.760,0:20:25.480

wanted he checked up on his own didn't

 

0:20:23.559,0:20:28.080

have to stop him nothing I mean it was

 

0:20:25.480,0:20:30.559

your I mean your textbook call in and I

 

0:20:28.080,0:20:33.159

just messed all up just a single Coy

 

0:20:30.559,0:20:34.559

call in yeah yeah just call in a single

 

0:20:33.159,0:20:38.200

what what do you what did you call him

 

0:20:34.559,0:20:39.799

up on uh so those Coy interactions I was

 

0:20:38.200,0:20:41.880

talking about called those up they were

 

0:20:39.799,0:20:43.360

just too thick to see I was in some pip

 

0:20:41.880,0:20:45.720

stuff there but the coy that actually

 

0:20:43.360,0:20:48.080

called up ended up missing I had started

 

0:20:45.720,0:20:49.679

off with just some uh General prey

 

0:20:48.080,0:20:51.240

distress I actually think I kicked the

 

0:20:49.679,0:20:54.480

stand off with

 

0:20:51.240,0:20:56.760

um it probably was Mrs motton pill or Ki

 

0:20:54.480,0:20:58.760

I can't remember exactly and then I'm a

 

0:20:56.760,0:21:00.559

big bird guy so you always catch me me

 

0:20:58.760,0:21:02.200

going in and probably throwing some fly

 

0:21:00.559,0:21:06.320

catcher some yellow Hammer something

 

0:21:02.200,0:21:08.480

like that yeah um I I tend to throw that

 

0:21:06.320,0:21:12.080

this time of year and then I rolled into

 

0:21:08.480,0:21:13.679

some just hals different new mfk hals

 

0:21:12.080,0:21:16.600

and what I actually ended up calling the

 

0:21:13.679,0:21:18.600

KY out on was uh played a little segment

 

0:21:16.600,0:21:20.600

of girl fight and then rolled into table

 

0:21:18.600,0:21:23.360

scraps yep

 

0:21:20.600,0:21:25.440

yep and that uh that actually was kind

 

0:21:23.360,0:21:27.640

of what got those cows the Friday before

 

0:21:25.440,0:21:30.520

riled up as well was that kind of

 

0:21:27.640,0:21:32.799

transition in between those two uh those

 

0:21:30.520,0:21:34.799

two fight sounds there and that seemed

 

0:21:32.799,0:21:37.480

to be what hit like I say a lot of our

 

0:21:34.799,0:21:39.480

CS here around the house they've got

 

0:21:37.480,0:21:41.559

more than enough pressure put on them

 

0:21:39.480,0:21:43.000

this past year and uh they've been a

 

0:21:41.559,0:21:44.960

little bit tougher to call so it was

 

0:21:43.000,0:21:46.960

actually later in both stands when both

 

0:21:44.960,0:21:48.400

coyotes came out but that seemed to be

 

0:21:46.960,0:21:50.720

the sounds that triggered them up pretty

 

0:21:48.400,0:21:52.320

well yeah you know and I've kind of

 

0:21:50.720,0:21:54.320

noticed that I've done quite a bit of

 

0:21:52.320,0:21:56.720

coyot calling over the last few weeks

 

0:21:54.320,0:22:00.840

and uh it seems like the coyot vocals

 

0:21:56.720,0:22:02.039

are really what has been hot um I've

 

0:22:00.840,0:22:05.360

actually hunted a couple different

 

0:22:02.039,0:22:08.120

states now when we were in Wyoming we

 

0:22:05.360,0:22:10.720

hunted Wyoming a few weeks ago uh called

 

0:22:08.120,0:22:11.960

in several coyotes think called in I

 

0:22:10.720,0:22:14.039

can't remember it was like eight

 

0:22:11.960,0:22:15.600

different coyotes or something like that

 

0:22:14.039,0:22:17.880

and they came a little bit of everything

 

0:22:15.600,0:22:20.600

you know call some in on social stuff

 

0:22:17.880,0:22:22.080

prey stuff and pup to stress stuff now

 

0:22:20.600,0:22:23.600

the interesting thing is we didn't call

 

0:22:22.080,0:22:26.520

in the first KY didn't have the first

 

0:22:23.600,0:22:28.080

reaction to a fight which I thought was

 

0:22:26.520,0:22:30.600

interesting and we probably called most

 

0:22:28.080,0:22:33.840

of them in on pre distress and we were

 

0:22:30.600,0:22:36.080

using bird quite a bit out there uh we

 

0:22:33.840,0:22:38.400

did kill one for sure remember killing

 

0:22:36.080,0:22:41.120

one on bird and then the bulk of the

 

0:22:38.400,0:22:43.640

colins were actually two rabbit and and

 

0:22:41.120,0:22:47.279

social sounds and pup distresses some

 

0:22:43.640,0:22:48.840

reason uh fights just wasn't wasn't

 

0:22:47.279,0:22:51.640

doing it out there but the prey and

 

0:22:48.840,0:22:55.799

social sounds and and your lighter P

 

0:22:51.640,0:22:59.120

distresses were now fast forward to

 

0:22:55.799,0:23:02.880

Kentucky calling around here quite a bit

 

0:22:59.120,0:23:05.200

um I've only called one coyote up over

 

0:23:02.880,0:23:07.240

the last few weeks to a pray to stress

 

0:23:05.200,0:23:09.520

sound and that happened to be raccoon

 

0:23:07.240,0:23:11.600

distress young raccoon distress is what

 

0:23:09.520,0:23:13.279

it what I called it up on most

 

0:23:11.600,0:23:15.679

everything here has been coming to

 

0:23:13.279,0:23:18.240

vocals and I don't know what in the

 

0:23:15.679,0:23:19.760

world the deal that is and the reason I

 

0:23:18.240,0:23:21.640

called that one coyote up to Young

 

0:23:19.760,0:23:23.679

raccoon dist stress it was actually

 

0:23:21.640,0:23:25.840

middle of day this was like 11:00 in the

 

0:23:23.679,0:23:28.200

morning right going into lunchtime I'd

 

0:23:25.840,0:23:30.799

been calling k for coyotes and wanted to

 

0:23:28.200,0:23:32.520

make one more stand but didn't figure i'

 

0:23:30.799,0:23:34.000

I'd probably call a coyote up at that

 

0:23:32.520,0:23:36.039

time and it was actually concentrating

 

0:23:34.000,0:23:37.799

on a spot that's usually pretty well

 

0:23:36.039,0:23:39.559

known for for raccoons I was actually

 

0:23:37.799,0:23:41.919

trying to call in a raccoon so I started

 

0:23:39.559,0:23:43.640

off with young raccoon distress and

 

0:23:41.919,0:23:46.039

right before I changed to my next sound

 

0:23:43.640,0:23:48.120

I look up and I see something coming and

 

0:23:46.039,0:23:50.840

I think it's a I'm thinking it's a

 

0:23:48.120,0:23:52.600

raccoon he a big old fluffy coyot come

 

0:23:50.840,0:23:54.360

up here and I shot the thing at like 18

 

0:23:52.600,0:23:56.840

steps or something like that shotgun so

 

0:23:54.360,0:23:58.559

and it came to Young raccoon distress it

 

0:23:56.840,0:24:02.520

was kind of odd you ever call a coy up

 

0:23:58.559,0:24:04.440

to raccoon sounds yeah actually uh we

 

0:24:02.520,0:24:06.240

kind of talked about that a little bit

 

0:24:04.440,0:24:09.200

with some buddies last year I went down

 

0:24:06.240,0:24:11.760

and hunted with Rodney last year and um

 

0:24:09.200,0:24:13.200

we were laid into a stand switched to

 

0:24:11.760,0:24:15.919

Raccoon distress because we was on this

 

0:24:13.200,0:24:18.039

big creek bottom and look behind us man

 

0:24:15.919,0:24:20.880

and these two cops came from I'm talking

 

0:24:18.039,0:24:22.600

some distance and came all the way in

 

0:24:20.880,0:24:25.360

rod end up making an amazing shot on

 

0:24:22.600,0:24:26.840

them but came into raccoon distress and

 

0:24:25.360,0:24:28.520

that was that was actually the first

 

0:24:26.840,0:24:30.840

time I'd ever done it and since then

 

0:24:28.520,0:24:32.960

replicated it a couple times and yeah

 

0:24:30.840,0:24:36.480

don't ever rule that out cuz it works

 

0:24:32.960,0:24:38.960

yeah yeah it uh I raccoon stuff is

 

0:24:36.480,0:24:43.240

actually I I'll usually run that later

 

0:24:38.960,0:24:45.679

in the season I know uh coyot have heard

 

0:24:43.240,0:24:46.960

U you know tons of different sounds and

 

0:24:45.679,0:24:49.279

usually you don't have a lot of people

 

0:24:46.960,0:24:52.360

running the raccoon stuff and I've

 

0:24:49.279,0:24:54.440

caught in Bobcats and cats uh to Raccoon

 

0:24:52.360,0:24:56.279

stuff so definitely definitely keep that

 

0:24:54.440,0:25:00.120

in your back pocket cuz they will come

 

0:24:56.279,0:25:01.799

to the raccoon sounds that is for sure

 

0:25:00.120,0:25:05.640

yes

 

0:25:01.799,0:25:07.880

sir now like oh yeah I'm sorry go go

 

0:25:05.640,0:25:09.440

ahead I I was going to say the same

 

0:25:07.880,0:25:12.159

thing you were talking pray dist stress

 

0:25:09.440,0:25:15.120

though here as far as in Kentucky I

 

0:25:12.159,0:25:18.000

don't think uh I don't think I've called

 

0:25:15.120,0:25:20.000

a c this year to pray dist stress yeah

 

0:25:18.000,0:25:22.039

and I don't really know what the deal is

 

0:25:20.000,0:25:24.200

yet I've kind of I slacked back off of

 

0:25:22.039,0:25:26.520

it I B so you know if they're not coming

 

0:25:24.200,0:25:29.760

to it uh you

 

0:25:26.520,0:25:31.399

know I noticed that they were coming to

 

0:25:29.760,0:25:32.960

different sounds so I've kind of backed

 

0:25:31.399,0:25:35.320

off the pra distress this is the time of

 

0:25:32.960,0:25:37.760

year I really start mixing it in this is

 

0:25:35.320,0:25:40.559

the family bust up time period and it

 

0:25:37.760,0:25:43.360

seems like they are busting up a little

 

0:25:40.559,0:25:45.320

bit but but the family groups are still

 

0:25:43.360,0:25:47.120

tied into each other I've called in

 

0:25:45.320,0:25:50.000

multiple coyotes on several different

 

0:25:47.120,0:25:51.760

stands and I've had several groups of

 

0:25:50.000,0:25:53.440

coyotes how back where you can tell that

 

0:25:51.760,0:25:55.880

it's more than just a pair you know

 

0:25:53.440,0:25:58.679

it'll be three four cows so they're

 

0:25:55.880,0:26:00.480

still pretty pretty close knit right now

 

0:25:58.679,0:26:03.520

uh for some reason this is going you

 

0:26:00.480,0:26:06.799

know this is of course um going into the

 

0:26:03.520,0:26:08.440

second week of November I guess uh but

 

0:26:06.799,0:26:11.360

it's what's really been hot is the

 

0:26:08.440,0:26:15.159

vocals I've had I've called up coyotes

 

0:26:11.360,0:26:17.679

just strictly to house a coyote house to

 

0:26:15.159,0:26:19.799

the social sounds and and to the fights

 

0:26:17.679,0:26:22.000

um one particular stand that was kind of

 

0:26:19.799,0:26:24.000

a stand out was a midday stand I think

 

0:26:22.000,0:26:25.720

it was like 11:00 in the morning 11:30

 

0:26:24.000,0:26:27.320

another one of those deals where I'd

 

0:26:25.720,0:26:28.840

been calling that morning and called

 

0:26:27.320,0:26:31.840

some coyes and one of make one more

 

0:26:28.840,0:26:33.880

stand before lunch and um decided to

 

0:26:31.840,0:26:35.679

make a stand it's actually pretty wide

 

0:26:33.880,0:26:37.440

open usually that I would not make this

 

0:26:35.679,0:26:39.559

it was early early morning or late

 

0:26:37.440,0:26:41.880

evening or like a nighttime set because

 

0:26:39.559,0:26:43.520

it's a big hay field but got thickets on

 

0:26:41.880,0:26:45.360

two different sides kyes can actually

 

0:26:43.520,0:26:47.600

come from three different directions but

 

0:26:45.360,0:26:48.880

I set up on that and started off with a

 

0:26:47.600,0:26:50.480

little bit of prey distress actually

 

0:26:48.880,0:26:53.520

started off with nutty nut hatch played

 

0:26:50.480,0:26:55.919

it for about 3 minutes and um nothing

 

0:26:53.520,0:26:57.039

showed I said man I said probably ain't

 

0:26:55.919,0:26:58.880

going to come no way I'm just going to

 

0:26:57.039,0:27:01.880

go straight into my fights and I went

 

0:26:58.880,0:27:04.240

into U I can't remember which one it was

 

0:27:01.880,0:27:06.240

it was one of the mfk fights but sure

 

0:27:04.240,0:27:09.120

enough within two minutes of playing it

 

0:27:06.240,0:27:11.840

I catch some movement from my right and

 

0:27:09.120,0:27:13.600

I turn and I just see this streak this

 

0:27:11.840,0:27:16.440

black streak going through the field and

 

0:27:13.600,0:27:18.880

my first thought is that a dog and I

 

0:27:16.440,0:27:21.440

finally come to my senses it's a black

 

0:27:18.880,0:27:24.840

coyote had a black coyote come running

 

0:27:21.440,0:27:28.159

up there got it killed switched to

 

0:27:24.840,0:27:29.480

another I think I called it in on mfk y

 

0:27:28.159,0:27:31.039

Obama fight I think it's what it's

 

0:27:29.480,0:27:32.600

called that's a good one and then

 

0:27:31.039,0:27:34.880

switched right in the fight challenge

 

0:27:32.600,0:27:36.640

end up calling in a second coyote and

 

0:27:34.880,0:27:40.240

killed a double right there at like

 

0:27:36.640,0:27:43.640

11:15 11:30 in the morning I mean Sun up

 

0:27:40.240,0:27:45.519

high midday as it gets had a double L on

 

0:27:43.640,0:27:47.840

the ground that come that got them up on

 

0:27:45.519,0:27:49.480

their feet to come into like a 60 acre

 

0:27:47.840,0:27:51.440

Al Alpha field I mean it's a big old

 

0:27:49.480,0:27:53.720

field come right out into the middle of

 

0:27:51.440,0:27:55.519

the field and had a had a double on the

 

0:27:53.720,0:27:57.679

ground and one of them happened to be

 

0:27:55.519,0:28:00.080

the Boon and Crockett of coyotes a

 

0:27:57.679,0:28:02.080

daytime I'm black coow it's pretty

 

0:28:00.080,0:28:03.480

awesome about say I think you got more

 

0:28:02.080,0:28:05.240

Boon and Crockett coow than I've got

 

0:28:03.480,0:28:07.919

Boon and Crockett

 

0:28:05.240,0:28:09.720

deer you know I've kind of coined that

 

0:28:07.919,0:28:12.200

phrase on the black Coy especially for a

 

0:28:09.720,0:28:14.799

daytime one you know there's some areas

 

0:28:12.200,0:28:17.640

of the country that has more black coyes

 

0:28:14.799,0:28:20.480

and others and and they kind of can be

 

0:28:17.640,0:28:22.799

sort of common for them uh but but you

 

0:28:20.480,0:28:25.799

know I I get the opportunity like maybe

 

0:28:22.799,0:28:27.679

one a year or one every two years uh

 

0:28:25.799,0:28:30.000

they are out there in my area but not

 

0:28:27.679,0:28:32.720

everyday occurrence that's for sure and

 

0:28:30.000,0:28:34.360

to see them during the day it's it's

 

0:28:32.720,0:28:36.760

pretty rare really and you know there's

 

0:28:34.360,0:28:38.600

a big section of United States that

 

0:28:36.760,0:28:41.720

they'll never see a black out you know

 

0:28:38.600,0:28:44.559

you go west you go west of Mississippi

 

0:28:41.720,0:28:47.320

you'll I think I've heard of a h coming

 

0:28:44.559,0:28:50.360

out like Oklahoma I think but other than

 

0:28:47.320,0:28:51.679

that um know maybe Missouri but other

 

0:28:50.360,0:28:53.960

than that you don't really hear of a

 

0:28:51.679,0:28:56.120

black Co coming from anywhere else

 

0:28:53.960,0:28:58.559

besides East the Mississippi States like

 

0:28:56.120,0:29:00.760

Kentucky uh Tennessee down in the

 

0:28:58.559,0:29:03.519

Southeast like you Florida and Georgia

 

0:29:00.760,0:29:06.559

and the Carolina's uh Arkansas's got

 

0:29:03.519,0:29:09.080

some got some black coyes um

 

0:29:06.559,0:29:11.640

Pennsylvania Ohio but it's mostly an

 

0:29:09.080,0:29:13.480

Eastern thing and there's really not a

 

0:29:11.640,0:29:14.720

ton of them there's now every once a

 

0:29:13.480,0:29:16.240

while you'll see some with the big pile

 

0:29:14.720,0:29:18.279

of coyotes they might have one or two

 

0:29:16.240,0:29:19.919

black ones from these southeastern

 

0:29:18.279,0:29:21.679

states but it's still it's still a

 

0:29:19.919,0:29:23.440

rarity if you really think about it and

 

0:29:21.679,0:29:25.360

you know like I said that you Boon and

 

0:29:23.440,0:29:26.919

crocketts if you ask me is your black

 

0:29:25.360,0:29:28.799

Coy if there ever going to be a boon and

 

0:29:26.919,0:29:31.840

Crockett class for k it might as well be

 

0:29:28.799,0:29:34.120

a black one right oh yeah and like I

 

0:29:31.840,0:29:36.480

said you talk about Kentucky and

 

0:29:34.120,0:29:38.000

Tennessee I mean especially seem you

 

0:29:36.480,0:29:40.559

know your part of the state I mean I've

 

0:29:38.000,0:29:43.080

got one solid one and I've got a couple

 

0:29:40.559,0:29:46.080

brindle ones but like take guys like you

 

0:29:43.080,0:29:48.679

and Greg kind of in that central line

 

0:29:46.080,0:29:50.159

there I mean I'd say you be hard pressed

 

0:29:48.679,0:29:53.519

to find anybody that's got more than you

 

0:29:50.159,0:29:55.200

two guys and I mean like you say I we

 

0:29:53.519,0:29:58.440

might get a chance at one here at the

 

0:29:55.200,0:30:00.679

house maybe every once every five years

 

0:29:58.440,0:30:03.240

and me and you were only an hour apart

 

0:30:00.679,0:30:05.159

right yeah yeah hour and a half and

 

0:30:03.240,0:30:06.880

that's the thing even here in in the

 

0:30:05.159,0:30:08.840

county where I do most of my hunting you

 

0:30:06.880,0:30:10.960

won't find them all over the county it's

 

0:30:08.840,0:30:13.679

just like in in pockets and it seems

 

0:30:10.960,0:30:16.240

like if you ever kill a black coyot in a

 

0:30:13.679,0:30:17.399

certain area you know on down the road

 

0:30:16.240,0:30:19.000

years to come you're probably going to

 

0:30:17.399,0:30:22.679

kill more of them it seem like it's in

 

0:30:19.000,0:30:25.279

the in the Jean pool or something

 

0:30:22.679,0:30:27.720

yep I agree with that too both of mine

 

0:30:25.279,0:30:30.760

came off the same stand on the same farm

 

0:30:27.720,0:30:32.960

right right and and actually this you

 

0:30:30.760,0:30:34.600

know this uh black coyot out of this

 

0:30:32.960,0:30:37.720

double here that that's a particular

 

0:30:34.600,0:30:40.480

stand well it maybe not be the specific

 

0:30:37.720,0:30:42.559

stand but the stand from the same field

 

0:30:40.480,0:30:44.799

I've killed other black Coyotes out of

 

0:30:42.559,0:30:48.320

this field before uh previous year so

 

0:30:44.799,0:30:50.279

they're it's one of those Pockets but um

 

0:30:48.320,0:30:54.760

to go right along to to some more kyot

 

0:30:50.279,0:30:57.519

Callins I'd killed a um another double

 

0:30:54.760,0:30:58.760

uh just a few days after that and both

 

0:30:57.519,0:30:59.960

these guys is kind of another one of

 

0:30:58.760,0:31:01.320

those things that they're two-pointers

 

0:30:59.960,0:31:03.120

you know got the big white tip on her

 

0:31:01.320,0:31:04.679

tail and actually the first Cy come out

 

0:31:03.120,0:31:06.760

when I first seen it it's kind of

 

0:31:04.679,0:31:08.679

reddish colored and I that was one of

 

0:31:06.760,0:31:10.360

the first things I seen was that big

 

0:31:08.679,0:31:12.240

two-point white tip tail I actually

 

0:31:10.360,0:31:13.880

thought it was a fox at first like I'd

 

0:31:12.240,0:31:15.720

rustled a fox up out of the holler but

 

0:31:13.880,0:31:17.440

end up being co but that's the same

 

0:31:15.720,0:31:19.960

thing it was like a midm morning stand

 

0:31:17.440,0:31:21.679

gauge and I started off with some rabbit

 

0:31:19.960,0:31:23.960

I think I started off with Mrs MC Cotton

 

0:31:21.679,0:31:25.600

Tail and and got to within you know

 

0:31:23.960,0:31:28.120

played maybe two minutes of it I got to

 

0:31:25.600,0:31:30.080

think to myself you know I ain't called

 

0:31:28.120,0:31:32.559

Squad in on this prayest stress I might

 

0:31:30.080,0:31:34.399

as well go right in to my vocals so I

 

0:31:32.559,0:31:37.480

let out a couple house think I let out

 

0:31:34.399,0:31:40.159

mfk juice lonely house answered it back

 

0:31:37.480,0:31:43.000

with a female sorous from Fox Pro and

 

0:31:40.159,0:31:45.159

went right into pound town I think and

 

0:31:43.000,0:31:47.480

sure enough here come the Coyotes out

 

0:31:45.159,0:31:48.960

this is like 9:30 or 10:00 and end up

 

0:31:47.480,0:31:50.880

killing a double on that stand this

 

0:31:48.960,0:31:53.480

coyote I think came to pound town from

 

0:31:50.880,0:31:55.159

the right come out just circled out it

 

0:31:53.480,0:31:58.360

was just kind of coyot it was a a

 

0:31:55.159,0:31:59.600

yearling coyot you can tell like it was

 

0:31:58.360,0:32:01.240

it wasn't going to it wasn't hard

 

0:31:59.600,0:32:03.200

charging the call it just looped out in

 

0:32:01.240,0:32:05.679

the field out in front of me about 150

 

0:32:03.200,0:32:07.880

yards 175 yards it wanted to see what

 

0:32:05.679,0:32:09.880

all the Ruckus was he thought you know

 

0:32:07.880,0:32:12.039

he thought a couple of his sisters and

 

0:32:09.880,0:32:14.120

brothers were fighting or whatever got

 

0:32:12.039,0:32:16.960

that KY knocked down switched right into

 

0:32:14.120,0:32:18.960

another fight uh table scraps I think

 

0:32:16.960,0:32:20.799

and all a sudden here come another Coy

 

0:32:18.960,0:32:23.639

from the opposite holler I was hunting a

 

0:32:20.799,0:32:25.240

big long pasture field R first KY come

 

0:32:23.639,0:32:26.919

from the right then the second one come

 

0:32:25.240,0:32:30.799

from the left and that's like your

 

0:32:26.919,0:32:33.000

typical family bust up type stand so

 

0:32:30.799,0:32:35.200

what I'm getting at is these sounds that

 

0:32:33.000,0:32:36.840

these coyotes are coming to uh we

 

0:32:35.200,0:32:39.960

released a podcast just two or three

 

0:32:36.840,0:32:42.679

episodes ago with Tory cook of mfk and

 

0:32:39.960,0:32:44.600

it is titled family bust up you guys

 

0:32:42.679,0:32:46.240

need to go listen to that podcast and

 

0:32:44.600,0:32:49.519

what I've been calling coyotes in on

 

0:32:46.240,0:32:52.679

over the last few weeks is is that is

 

0:32:49.519,0:32:53.919

those sequences those sounds uh those

 

0:32:52.679,0:32:55.360

type of setups that we were talking

 

0:32:53.919,0:32:57.639

about that's what all these coyotes have

 

0:32:55.360,0:32:59.279

been coming to I mean and and when they

 

0:32:57.639,0:33:00.200

come to these coyote vocals they're

 

0:32:59.279,0:33:03.200

coming

 

0:33:00.200,0:33:05.120

great oh yeah that I mean that Coy like

 

0:33:03.200,0:33:07.639

I say I mean I wouldn't classify it as a

 

0:33:05.120,0:33:09.200

hard charger but it was you know kind of

 

0:33:07.639,0:33:11.279

one of those rolled into the more

 

0:33:09.200,0:33:13.360

aggressive stuff and it was instant you

 

0:33:11.279,0:33:15.480

know just Boom Out of the Woods come out

 

0:33:13.360,0:33:18.639

of the wood Edge about 20 yards and

 

0:33:15.480,0:33:21.200

checked up and I mean you know just was

 

0:33:18.639,0:33:23.240

on top of it was wanting that call and I

 

0:33:21.200,0:33:25.559

mean so some really good Callins out of

 

0:33:23.240,0:33:28.000

this and to kind of loop back to

 

0:33:25.559,0:33:30.080

something you said about you know you

 

0:33:28.000,0:33:32.200

seeing family groups together a little

 

0:33:30.080,0:33:34.120

bit later in the year this year you

 

0:33:32.200,0:33:36.279

could say the same for deer I couldn't

 

0:33:34.120,0:33:38.679

tell you how many Doe's that I had still

 

0:33:36.279,0:33:40.039

carrying yearlings I mean heck I've got

 

0:33:38.679,0:33:42.000

a couple right now that are still

 

0:33:40.039,0:33:44.159

packing yearlings I mean we're you know

 

0:33:42.000,0:33:46.919

looking what everybody's talking about

 

0:33:44.159,0:33:48.720

rut wise so I mean it's kind of seemed

 

0:33:46.919,0:33:50.639

like everything was just a little behind

 

0:33:48.720,0:33:52.399

this year right I agree with you same

 

0:33:50.639,0:33:55.000

thing here and seemed like bucks were

 

0:33:52.399,0:33:57.200

more buddy buddy with each other later

 

0:33:55.000,0:33:58.559

into the year as well so it must yeah

 

0:33:57.200,0:34:01.399

for sure

 

0:33:58.559,0:34:03.080

must be must be something to it for sure

 

0:34:01.399,0:34:04.559

um asides for those doubles right there

 

0:34:03.080,0:34:08.000

was talking about I've called in several

 

0:34:04.559,0:34:10.000

singles over last few weeks and one one

 

0:34:08.000,0:34:11.560

single stood out my mind I actually come

 

0:34:10.000,0:34:13.560

in to hunt this place I call it like

 

0:34:11.560,0:34:16.720

twice a year it's a pasture field that

 

0:34:13.560,0:34:18.800

drops off into a big hauler and and the

 

0:34:16.720,0:34:21.760

head of that holler is always good for

 

0:34:18.800,0:34:23.040

holding a group of Cs especially for

 

0:34:21.760,0:34:26.000

fall time I always try to call it

 

0:34:23.040,0:34:27.560

September October 1 of November and

 

0:34:26.000,0:34:29.079

driving in on the Farm Road kind of like

 

0:34:27.560,0:34:30.760

what you was talking about the road in

 

0:34:29.079,0:34:33.839

between those crop field this is just a

 

0:34:30.760,0:34:35.240

two trck Farm Road uh as I'm coming down

 

0:34:33.839,0:34:37.919

to it to park at the barn where I

 

0:34:35.240,0:34:39.599

usually do I see a flash of something

 

0:34:37.919,0:34:41.320

out there in the field stop pull up my

 

0:34:39.599,0:34:43.879

binoculars at sitting there on the

 

0:34:41.320,0:34:45.720

console i' bump a Coy out of the field

 

0:34:43.879,0:34:48.280

well the coyot was out in the pasture

 

0:34:45.720,0:34:49.679

field so I was like well I'll go ahead

 

0:34:48.280,0:34:51.200

and call it anyway because it's one of

 

0:34:49.679,0:34:53.800

those deals you mentioned the East Wind

 

0:34:51.200,0:34:56.679

earlier uh we don't have many East wins

 

0:34:53.800,0:34:58.440

here in in Kentucky and when we do have

 

0:34:56.679,0:34:59.960

the East wins this year we've had a

 

0:34:58.440,0:35:02.920

bunch of them seems like pretty good

 

0:34:59.960,0:35:04.880

stretch every day yeah I know it so I've

 

0:35:02.920,0:35:06.520

got like this one set of you know set of

 

0:35:04.880,0:35:08.160

stands I always call with these twins

 

0:35:06.520,0:35:10.320

and this is this happened to be one of

 

0:35:08.160,0:35:12.440

them uh went down our parked at the barn

 

0:35:10.320,0:35:14.920

and I actually waited about 15 minutes

 

0:35:12.440,0:35:16.359

or so uh just kind of said to myself

 

0:35:14.920,0:35:18.119

well I'll let that Coy go in there and

 

0:35:16.359,0:35:19.480

calm down uh you know it's got to be

 

0:35:18.119,0:35:21.000

used to Farmers coming in there and

 

0:35:19.480,0:35:23.200

everything else and I said then I I'll

 

0:35:21.000,0:35:26.320

slip in there and try you know and got

 

0:35:23.200,0:35:28.200

up there and got set up and I I started

 

0:35:26.320,0:35:32.920

off with uh

 

0:35:28.200,0:35:34.800

mfk uh bougie homesick house um nothing

 

0:35:32.920,0:35:36.520

answered I followed that up with one of

 

0:35:34.800,0:35:38.520

the pup house I can't remember which one

 

0:35:36.520,0:35:41.440

I used might have been C5 young Coy

 

0:35:38.520,0:35:43.880

house um but anyway nothing and then I

 

0:35:41.440,0:35:45.920

followed that ride up with the mfk

 

0:35:43.880,0:35:48.880

sister PA housee well right in the

 

0:35:45.920,0:35:50.720

middle of that sister parous there was a

 

0:35:48.880,0:35:52.599

family group of coyes lit up when I say

 

0:35:50.720,0:35:54.920

a family group it sound like four or

 

0:35:52.599,0:35:57.000

five of them all right they were in that

 

0:35:54.920,0:35:59.680

holler I mean they were burning the

 

0:35:57.000,0:36:01.680

woods down gauge well while they're

 

0:35:59.680,0:36:04.520

burning the woods down howling I hear

 

0:36:01.680,0:36:06.079

gravel popping so I look over my right

 

0:36:04.520,0:36:08.480

shoulder back up towards where I parked

 

0:36:06.079,0:36:10.560

the truck and sure enough here comes a

 

0:36:08.480,0:36:13.440

far here comes a farm

 

0:36:10.560,0:36:15.280

hand driving a pickup truck down through

 

0:36:13.440,0:36:16.640

there so I'm like good grief these

 

0:36:15.280,0:36:18.079

coyotes going to come out and we're

 

0:36:16.640,0:36:20.720

going to they're goingon to get bumped

 

0:36:18.079,0:36:22.280

for a second time right so I'm watching

 

0:36:20.720,0:36:24.560

watching it's like I'm in a different

 

0:36:22.280,0:36:26.160

truck I I bought a new newer truck here

 

0:36:24.560,0:36:27.720

at the beginning of the year so it's

 

0:36:26.160,0:36:29.240

probably the first time this truck has

 

0:36:27.720,0:36:30.359

been on this place I'm like man I'm

 

0:36:29.240,0:36:32.000

going to have to walk down and let them

 

0:36:30.359,0:36:34.160

know who's here they don't know whose

 

0:36:32.000,0:36:37.800

truck that is you know they pull down in

 

0:36:34.160,0:36:40.680

my truck turn around and then leave out

 

0:36:37.800,0:36:42.839

I'm like okay well we'll see we'll see

 

0:36:40.680,0:36:45.079

what happens so I decided I like well

 

0:36:42.839,0:36:46.720

we've had a lot of luck to uh to fight

 

0:36:45.079,0:36:48.480

so I'm just going to go ahead and go

 

0:36:46.720,0:36:49.760

right into the most aggressive stuff I

 

0:36:48.480,0:36:52.400

can get to so I just went ahead and

 

0:36:49.760,0:36:54.400

started playing mfk fight challenge

 

0:36:52.400,0:36:55.920

which is a super aggressive fight you

 

0:36:54.400,0:36:58.720

know I've done bumped a coyot out of the

 

0:36:55.920,0:37:00.599

field got these k to talking and then

 

0:36:58.720,0:37:03.960

here comes another vehicle down the down

 

0:37:00.599,0:37:07.000

the two track right well sure enough

 

0:37:03.960,0:37:09.440

here com a Coy out great big old I mean

 

0:37:07.000,0:37:10.800

great big old male KY I'm talking about

 

0:37:09.440,0:37:13.040

I didn't weigh him or nothing but he I'm

 

0:37:10.800,0:37:15.160

talking about like a mid-40s ky now I

 

0:37:13.040,0:37:16.560

didn't didn't give him a lot of time to

 

0:37:15.160,0:37:18.640

come out there and really work the call

 

0:37:16.560,0:37:21.599

and come in there real close I end up

 

0:37:18.640,0:37:26.079

shooting him about 160 170 yards which

 

0:37:21.599,0:37:28.520

is not a far shot but um the deal

 

0:37:26.079,0:37:30.240

is I bump bump the coy it's probably the

 

0:37:28.520,0:37:31.880

coy I bumped out of the field and then

 

0:37:30.240,0:37:33.960

another truck comes down in there and we

 

0:37:31.880,0:37:37.160

still called that Coy he they responded

 

0:37:33.960,0:37:39.079

so well uh to the fight stuff that's

 

0:37:37.160,0:37:41.920

just what has been hot this year so that

 

0:37:39.079,0:37:44.280

was another Coy to the fights right

 

0:37:41.920,0:37:45.800

there that and that's on an active

 

0:37:44.280,0:37:47.400

active Farm you know me driving down

 

0:37:45.800,0:37:48.960

through there and then then a workhand

 

0:37:47.400,0:37:50.880

driving down there as well of course

 

0:37:48.960,0:37:52.160

after I got the coyote killed I loaded

 

0:37:50.880,0:37:54.040

it up and went back over to the house

 

0:37:52.160,0:37:57.560

and showed them said hey it's me it's

 

0:37:54.040,0:37:58.839

John I'm in that black Ram truck

 

0:37:57.560,0:38:00.240

like well we was wondering who was down

 

0:37:58.839,0:38:01.800

there we didn't know whether to call a

 

0:38:00.240,0:38:03.880

law or what I said well I'm glad you

 

0:38:01.800,0:38:07.000

didn't call

 

0:38:03.880,0:38:09.240

them well like I say that's definitely

 

0:38:07.000,0:38:10.760

been my I haven't made many stands with

 

0:38:09.240,0:38:12.960

chasing this deer but the ones that I

 

0:38:10.760,0:38:14.880

have made any cow interactions that I've

 

0:38:12.960,0:38:16.760

had it has definitely been off the more

 

0:38:14.880,0:38:18.560

and more aggressive stuff you know than

 

0:38:16.760,0:38:20.720

just we're not even talking about you

 

0:38:18.560,0:38:22.760

know like a submissive sounds or

 

0:38:20.720,0:38:24.599

anything like that just I mean full out

 

0:38:22.760,0:38:27.640

fight sounds that's what they've been

 

0:38:24.599,0:38:29.520

keing up on so well I have called I have

 

0:38:27.640,0:38:31.920

called some coyotes in I like playing

 

0:38:29.520,0:38:36.319

submissive beggar and submissive Tapout

 

0:38:31.920,0:38:37.920

and from mfk and fox proos female coyot

 

0:38:36.319,0:38:40.680

missive we've talked about those sounds

 

0:38:37.920,0:38:45.000

a lot now I have called a few coyotes to

 

0:38:40.680,0:38:46.800

that um but it seems like the the most

 

0:38:45.000,0:38:48.920

the bulk of the coyes that I've killed

 

0:38:46.800,0:38:51.800

over this past month have either come

 

0:38:48.920,0:38:54.200

directly out to house or they've come to

 

0:38:51.800,0:38:56.800

a fight that's where the majority of the

 

0:38:54.200,0:39:00.920

the Callins have been and seem like the

 

0:38:56.800,0:39:02.800

cows have been super uh vocal this fall

 

0:39:00.920,0:39:04.440

for some reason there's a lot of stands

 

0:39:02.800,0:39:06.800

where I'm getting these coyos to answer

 

0:39:04.440,0:39:09.079

back and every single time I've had them

 

0:39:06.800,0:39:11.319

answered back over the past few weeks I

 

0:39:09.079,0:39:15.480

call those coyotes up or at least one of

 

0:39:11.319,0:39:17.640

them yeah now that uh I definitely agree

 

0:39:15.480,0:39:19.240

with that they have been very vocal cows

 

0:39:17.640,0:39:21.079

now I've had some that have kind of hung

 

0:39:19.240,0:39:23.960

up on me or that I've had to make moves

 

0:39:21.079,0:39:26.440

on things like that yep but um but

 

0:39:23.960,0:39:28.160

definitely seem a little bit more vocal

 

0:39:26.440,0:39:29.319

than they normally would might piggy

 

0:39:28.160,0:39:31.359

back to what we were talking about

 

0:39:29.319,0:39:32.720

before where just you know kind of

 

0:39:31.359,0:39:34.160

things are happening a little bit later

 

0:39:32.720,0:39:36.280

and you kind of getting those same

 

0:39:34.160,0:39:38.599

responses that you might in you know

 

0:39:36.280,0:39:40.920

September and August even maybe right

 

0:39:38.599,0:39:43.119

right and um there's one particular

 

0:39:40.920,0:39:44.880

stand that stands out my mind that we're

 

0:39:43.119,0:39:48.920

talking about coyotes actually coming to

 

0:39:44.880,0:39:51.400

house to the vocals um I had a a land

 

0:39:48.920,0:39:53.800

owner text me he's got a trail camera in

 

0:39:51.400,0:39:55.280

his driveway that he just you know case

 

0:39:53.800,0:39:57.560

somebody pulls up in there while they're

 

0:39:55.280,0:40:00.119

gone he knows who's been there well he

 

0:39:57.560,0:40:03.400

sends me a a trail camera picture of a

 

0:40:00.119,0:40:05.359

coyote in his driveway at like 6:30 in

 

0:40:03.400,0:40:06.440

the morning he's like man these coyotes

 

0:40:05.359,0:40:07.640

you got to be right out here in front of

 

0:40:06.440,0:40:10.680

the house somewhere and need come kill

 

0:40:07.640,0:40:13.400

him the funny thing was in that same

 

0:40:10.680,0:40:16.800

picture his daughter's cat is in the

 

0:40:13.400,0:40:19.079

driveway so that cat and that Coy are

 

0:40:16.800,0:40:22.079

like having to stare down now luckily

 

0:40:19.079,0:40:23.760

for uh his daughter the cat survived the

 

0:40:22.079,0:40:24.920

encounter but he was like can need get

 

0:40:23.760,0:40:26.520

out of here before this thing kills my

 

0:40:24.920,0:40:28.920

daughter's cat she's already worried to

 

0:40:26.520,0:40:30.640

death so I show up had good info from

 

0:40:28.920,0:40:32.800

the landowner I know where the coyot

 

0:40:30.640,0:40:34.920

should be and he told me that he had

 

0:40:32.800,0:40:37.760

heard a coyot howling from a particular

 

0:40:34.920,0:40:39.760

draw just like two nights before so I

 

0:40:37.760,0:40:41.880

key in on that draw I'm thinking that's

 

0:40:39.760,0:40:44.720

probably where this KY went to because

 

0:40:41.880,0:40:47.119

it's just like four or 500 yards away

 

0:40:44.720,0:40:49.480

from where this picture was taken well I

 

0:40:47.119,0:40:51.480

set up on that I think and I decided to

 

0:40:49.480,0:40:54.200

to do all vocals i w going to play no

 

0:40:51.480,0:40:58.000

pray to stress and I played three

 

0:40:54.200,0:41:00.800

straight mfk uh coyote house uh started

 

0:40:58.000,0:41:03.200

off with the bougie homesick house went

 

0:41:00.800,0:41:06.319

right into bhead Yodo how which is a

 

0:41:03.200,0:41:09.280

newer pup how and then went right into

 

0:41:06.319,0:41:12.240

uh um sister Parow just because I've had

 

0:41:09.280,0:41:13.720

so many Callins and so many coyes how

 

0:41:12.240,0:41:16.440

back over the last few weeks it's just

 

0:41:13.720,0:41:19.720

what I went with well I'm looking down

 

0:41:16.440,0:41:22.599

at my remote I'm I'm running a prototype

 

0:41:19.720,0:41:24.119

of this fox Pro X360 so I'm not real

 

0:41:22.599,0:41:25.680

used to the remote and all that stuff

 

0:41:24.119,0:41:27.680

yet so I'm scrolling through there try

 

0:41:25.680,0:41:31.000

to find my next sound I'm fixing go to

 

0:41:27.680,0:41:34.280

one of the submissive sounds find what I

 

0:41:31.000,0:41:36.000

want get it selected fix to unmute it

 

0:41:34.280,0:41:37.880

and I want to look up and just scan the

 

0:41:36.000,0:41:41.800

area well as soon as I look up I look

 

0:41:37.880,0:41:45.079

over at the X360 the cow standing like

 

0:41:41.800,0:41:47.640

10 steps past it like 10 12 steps just

 

0:41:45.079,0:41:49.880

standing there staring a hole through

 

0:41:47.640,0:41:51.920

that car as the sun's coming up so what

 

0:41:49.880,0:41:54.240

happened that c those C it did not

 

0:41:51.920,0:41:56.720

answer back just soon as I started

 

0:41:54.240,0:41:59.040

howling and and I played those three

 

0:41:56.720,0:42:01.079

sound f P just consecutively there was

 

0:41:59.040,0:42:03.480

like hardly no pause and if there was a

 

0:42:01.079,0:42:05.920

pause it was 10 seconds in between them

 

0:42:03.480,0:42:08.280

so all three of those house happened

 

0:42:05.920,0:42:10.960

fairly quick that Coy just got right up

 

0:42:08.280,0:42:12.440

on its feet come right into those house

 

0:42:10.960,0:42:16.000

whether to run those coyotes out of the

 

0:42:12.440,0:42:18.640

area fight whatever but anyway I just I

 

0:42:16.000,0:42:20.800

just kind of picked up my fat boy tripod

 

0:42:18.640,0:42:22.839

a little bit moved it over to the left

 

0:42:20.800,0:42:24.079

and shot that KY the way I'd set that up

 

0:42:22.839,0:42:25.640

actually had the wind blowing from left

 

0:42:24.079,0:42:27.440

to right so I was kind of set up to

 

0:42:25.640,0:42:29.839

shoot to the right for a Cy to come down

 

0:42:27.440,0:42:32.280

win that that Coy didn't do that they

 

0:42:29.839,0:42:34.040

just come straight to the call come

 

0:42:32.280,0:42:35.640

straight to those house right there was

 

0:42:34.040,0:42:37.119

another Coy down come straight to the

 

0:42:35.640,0:42:39.559

coyot

 

0:42:37.119,0:42:41.040

vocals yeah that that's another thing to

 

0:42:39.559,0:42:42.839

point out too that I didn't even think

 

0:42:41.040,0:42:46.480

about with that Coy that I actually

 

0:42:42.839,0:42:48.119

missed there last week um you know me I

 

0:42:46.480,0:42:49.880

we've talked about it in the past that I

 

0:42:48.119,0:42:51.760

like hunting either Crosswinds or I'm

 

0:42:49.880,0:42:54.520

even risky with some cutter winds here

 

0:42:51.760,0:42:56.400

and there I don't like a wind in my face

 

0:42:54.520,0:42:58.359

and I went in and hunted this stand with

 

0:42:56.400,0:43:00.359

a wind dead in my face blowing out in

 

0:42:58.359,0:43:02.920

the middle of a 100 Acre beanfield but I

 

0:43:00.359,0:43:04.839

was set up TI to the wood Edge and that

 

0:43:02.920,0:43:08.920

cow come out and did not think once

 

0:43:04.839,0:43:10.760

about win the that call yeah yeah yep it

 

0:43:08.920,0:43:12.359

they're it's a good time to be coyot

 

0:43:10.760,0:43:14.880

calling right now that's for sure which

 

0:43:12.359,0:43:16.920

of course we're now into our rifle deer

 

0:43:14.880,0:43:19.359

season here in Kentucky so ain't going

 

0:43:16.920,0:43:21.760

to be doing no calling here no time soon

 

0:43:19.359,0:43:24.160

but uh soon as it's out we'll be calling

 

0:43:21.760,0:43:26.760

here here at home again by that time our

 

0:43:24.160,0:43:28.680

Fox and Bobcat season will be in as well

 

0:43:26.760,0:43:30.200

and then I'll actually be going first

 

0:43:28.680,0:43:32.400

first of December be going out to

 

0:43:30.200,0:43:34.440

Missouri to hunt with Fox Pro Staff for

 

0:43:32.400,0:43:36.839

Cory gra and then probably go right out

 

0:43:34.440,0:43:39.680

to Kansas after that so we got a lot of

 

0:43:36.839,0:43:41.599

coyot calling plan for uh uh for the

 

0:43:39.680,0:43:43.520

upcoming few weeks but we'll be taking a

 

0:43:41.599,0:43:46.800

little bit of a break but you guys will

 

0:43:43.520,0:43:49.319

be hunting from this point on for the

 

0:43:46.800,0:43:50.880

next few weeks I think the KY vocals are

 

0:43:49.319,0:43:52.680

going to continue to be hot I'm sure

 

0:43:50.880,0:43:54.599

there's people that are calling coyes to

 

0:43:52.680,0:43:55.960

pray distress sounds if you are

 

0:43:54.599,0:43:58.240

definitely don't steer away from them

 

0:43:55.960,0:44:00.920

keep quit keep using what you've been

 

0:43:58.240,0:44:03.960

having luck with but I I strongly advise

 

0:44:00.920,0:44:07.000

you guys if you have not listened to the

 

0:44:03.960,0:44:08.720

family bust up Podcast with Tory cook go

 

0:44:07.000,0:44:11.640

back to listen listen to it because

 

0:44:08.720,0:44:13.079

that's still happening right now uh this

 

0:44:11.640,0:44:14.880

what we're we're right in the middle of

 

0:44:13.079,0:44:16.920

it there's still a lot of coachs that

 

0:44:14.880,0:44:20.000

are still grouped up and the stuff we

 

0:44:16.920,0:44:22.400

talk about on that family bus up episode

 

0:44:20.000,0:44:24.280

um it'll help you I mean that's what I'm

 

0:44:22.400,0:44:27.200

calling them in right to right now

 

0:44:24.280,0:44:29.880

probably 90% of my Callins across two

 

0:44:27.200,0:44:31.480

states have been to a house and fights

 

0:44:29.880,0:44:34.319

and then the rest of it's just do some

 

0:44:31.480,0:44:36.160

social sounds and only just a handful of

 

0:44:34.319,0:44:38.079

prey distress Callins like I said only

 

0:44:36.160,0:44:39.280

one prey distress call in here in

 

0:44:38.079,0:44:40.720

Kentucky and that was the raccoon

 

0:44:39.280,0:44:42.720

distress now I'm not saying I couldn't

 

0:44:40.720,0:44:45.400

go tomorrow morning and call them up on

 

0:44:42.720,0:44:49.079

rabbit or bird you know but the vocals

 

0:44:45.400,0:44:52.400

have been what's hot yeah for

 

0:44:49.079,0:44:55.440

sure Gage you got anything you'd like to

 

0:44:52.400,0:44:57.880

add before we jump off here we've talked

 

0:44:55.440,0:44:59.520

about Coy we've talked about bucks you

 

0:44:57.880,0:45:03.319

want to talk about anything

 

0:44:59.520,0:45:05.559

else I just I'm I think uh I think

 

0:45:03.319,0:45:07.359

circling back to Deer I believe the guys

 

0:45:05.559,0:45:10.520

that are ready for this upcoming rifle

 

0:45:07.359,0:45:12.599

season uh this opening weekend if things

 

0:45:10.520,0:45:14.200

keep doing what they're doing here and I

 

0:45:12.599,0:45:15.640

think next week kind of leading up to

 

0:45:14.200,0:45:18.200

that full moon towards the end of the

 

0:45:15.640,0:45:20.200

week after a little bit of a rain front

 

0:45:18.200,0:45:23.160

I look for a lot of big deer to fall too

 

0:45:20.200,0:45:25.160

as well so well I think it'll be good it

 

0:45:23.160,0:45:27.160

probably ain't going to be for me I had

 

0:45:25.160,0:45:28.880

a had a buck picked out to kind of had

 

0:45:27.160,0:45:30.000

my heart set on and he's vanished I

 

0:45:28.880,0:45:31.839

don't know if somebody else has killed

 

0:45:30.000,0:45:33.359

him or what but I passed up a ninepoint

 

0:45:31.839,0:45:35.800

to the day that I probably should have

 

0:45:33.359,0:45:39.319

shot and now he's vanish I actually

 

0:45:35.800,0:45:41.880

heard uh from a neighbor uh supposedly

 

0:45:39.319,0:45:44.000

they shot a ninepoint other day and

 

0:45:41.880,0:45:45.599

can't find so I'm sure it's a npoint I

 

0:45:44.000,0:45:48.280

passed up but you know what that's just

 

0:45:45.599,0:45:49.520

part of it that sure is I could have

 

0:45:48.280,0:45:51.319

killed him I could have killed him if I

 

0:45:49.520,0:45:53.520

wanted to and I decided not to so I'm

 

0:45:51.319,0:45:55.640

not like all that heart broke I was kind

 

0:45:53.520,0:45:57.400

of like man that sucker would have been

 

0:45:55.640,0:46:00.240

he would have been absolute he was a

 

0:45:57.400,0:46:02.040

pretty nice buck um most years I would

 

0:46:00.240,0:46:05.160

have been shooting that buck but you

 

0:46:02.040,0:46:06.760

know it just is what it is maybe yes sir

 

0:46:05.160,0:46:08.680

maybe I'll slip up and kill one I tell

 

0:46:06.760,0:46:10.319

you what my just really ain't seen

 

0:46:08.680,0:46:12.040

nothing else it's really blown my skirt

 

0:46:10.319,0:46:13.520

up far as the deer stuff for me I

 

0:46:12.040,0:46:16.359

definitely ain't got no mega moose out

 

0:46:13.520,0:46:18.880

there like you did but uh I don't know

 

0:46:16.359,0:46:21.920

I'll be probably taking my son out which

 

0:46:18.880,0:46:24.160

he'll he's 17 and he's definitely big

 

0:46:21.920,0:46:26.400

enough to be hunting on his own but I

 

0:46:24.160,0:46:28.960

might take the opportunity just to spend

 

0:46:26.400,0:46:31.400

another deer season hunting the same uh

 

0:46:28.960,0:46:33.040

same blind as my as my young and see if

 

0:46:31.400,0:46:34.400

I can't get another year in like that

 

0:46:33.040,0:46:36.599

there's only so many of those so I might

 

0:46:34.400,0:46:38.760

as well take advantage of it I guess

 

0:46:36.599,0:46:41.520

that's exactly right because because

 

0:46:38.760,0:46:44.160

he's uh he's like a lot of us were when

 

0:46:41.520,0:46:46.760

we're younger you got to pull him off

 

0:46:44.160,0:46:49.440

deer he everything that comes in looks

 

0:46:46.760,0:46:51.839

good to him he's ready to fill some

 

0:46:49.440,0:46:53.240

tags hey I remember those days and I

 

0:46:51.839,0:46:56.079

tell you what I think I had a lot more

 

0:46:53.240,0:46:58.280

fun hunting I tell hey I'm looking

 

0:46:56.079,0:47:01.800

forward to it like I said every deer

 

0:46:58.280,0:47:03.640

comes out he gets so excited and uh I'll

 

0:47:01.800,0:47:04.880

let him fill his buck tag on whatever he

 

0:47:03.640,0:47:06.720

wants and we're going to make sure he

 

0:47:04.880,0:47:08.000

feel several of these dough tags as well

 

0:47:06.720,0:47:09.800

so I'm looking forward to some deer

 

0:47:08.000,0:47:14.440

dragging here over the next few

 

0:47:09.800,0:47:16.200

days yeah I'm the same way I I went and

 

0:47:14.440,0:47:18.920

uh picked up another bow that I've had

 

0:47:16.200,0:47:21.200

for a few months that I I don't switch

 

0:47:18.920,0:47:22.520

bows midseason and now that got him

 

0:47:21.200,0:47:24.000

killed I'm looking forward to getting

 

0:47:22.520,0:47:26.359

back out there and shooting some do with

 

0:47:24.000,0:47:28.319

this new I got set up so yeah yeah get

 

0:47:26.359,0:47:31.359

you some least time in with that new bow

 

0:47:28.319,0:47:33.000

feel some do tags yeah that'd be uh

 

0:47:31.359,0:47:35.160

that's what I'm hoping for and then you

 

0:47:33.000,0:47:38.680

know just kind of looking forward to man

 

0:47:35.160,0:47:40.480

I'm even I've I've taken uh the last

 

0:47:38.680,0:47:42.079

couple gun Seasons a little bit

 

0:47:40.480,0:47:45.559

different you know Megan killed her

 

0:47:42.079,0:47:48.040

first Deer U last year or year before

 

0:47:45.559,0:47:50.319

and uh you know so I get more excited

 

0:47:48.040,0:47:51.960

about it now but what I always gun

 

0:47:50.319,0:47:53.680

season even when I didn't really care

 

0:47:51.960,0:47:55.520

about it it was still a big deal for me

 

0:47:53.680,0:47:57.160

because just having your buddies call

 

0:47:55.520,0:47:59.839

and getting to go see a bunch of deer

 

0:47:57.160,0:48:01.480

man that stuff pumps me up I love just

 

0:47:59.839,0:48:05.079

anybody killing big deer I want to go

 

0:48:01.480,0:48:07.000

see it you know so right yeah so there's

 

0:48:05.079,0:48:09.400

a lot of tradition with with rifle

 

0:48:07.000,0:48:11.240

season you know I haven't actually rifle

 

0:48:09.400,0:48:14.319

hunted in several years I've been lucky

 

0:48:11.240,0:48:16.160

enough to feel my buck tag with uh with

 

0:48:14.319,0:48:18.720

my B and have the opportunity to take my

 

0:48:16.160,0:48:20.200

kids out and stuff uh but you know I

 

0:48:18.720,0:48:22.160

might pick up a rifle a little bit this

 

0:48:20.200,0:48:24.440

season just take it out but definitely

 

0:48:22.160,0:48:26.559

main priority will be get my son Jonah

 

0:48:24.440,0:48:27.599

out see uh help him out a little bit I'm

 

0:48:26.559,0:48:29.240

sure

 

0:48:27.599,0:48:30.680

that's if he still wants me to tag along

 

0:48:29.240,0:48:33.359

with him which I think he

 

0:48:30.680,0:48:36.119

will we'll find out

 

0:48:33.359,0:48:40.319

anyway I'm sure he'll want in

 

0:48:36.119,0:48:43.480

there well Gage we appreciate you coming

 

0:48:40.319,0:48:45.680

on yes sir always a pleasure everybody

 

0:48:43.480,0:48:48.000

out there still deer hunting good luck

 

0:48:45.680,0:48:49.520

to you and of course I know everybody's

 

0:48:48.000,0:48:51.000

going to be out there calling coyotes

 

0:48:49.520,0:48:52.640

like I said hopefully this podcast

 

0:48:51.000,0:48:54.760

helped you out a little bit at least you

 

0:48:52.640,0:48:56.240

got to hear some hunting stories anyway

 

0:48:54.760,0:48:58.480

and here what we've been having luck

 

0:48:56.240,0:49:00.119

with the you know calling coyotes and

 

0:48:58.480,0:49:01.480

plus like I said it seems like we're

 

0:49:00.119,0:49:03.240

right in the middle of that family bust

 

0:49:01.480,0:49:05.640

up stuff so if you haven't listened to

 

0:49:03.240,0:49:08.760

the family bust up Podcast with myself

 

0:49:05.640,0:49:10.799

and Tory cook go check it out it's uh

 

0:49:08.760,0:49:12.280

it's spot on for what's going on right

 

0:49:10.799,0:49:14.960

now and I think will be happening over

 

0:49:12.280,0:49:16.799

the next few weeks but uh other than

 

0:49:14.960,0:49:18.359

that we hope you guys you know enjoyed

 

0:49:16.799,0:49:22.359

this episode we hope you join us again

 

0:49:18.359,0:49:22.359

right here on the fox Pro podcast