THF Official 2021 Coyote count.

1, Fannin county



500 yards, 7mm-08 A.I. 162 ELD-X

Wow dang nice shot sir

2, Bowie County. 166 yards trotting left to right, freehand. 5.56 from an AR with Pulsar XQLRF50 and SiCo Omega 300.

Got one yesterday in the panhandle
3

#4 this morning 1/2/2021. Collin County. 9mm thru-n-thru on the run.

Nice old school Marlin Camp Carbine...good job!

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Dang Bigpig. you did him a favor putting him out of his misery looks like. Lucky he didnt freeze the other night. Lol

Nasty thing

Young county. Now that seasons over it’s time to start calling

My first this year. Not sure if it is 5 or 6

Nice one sir

Hardeman Co, 2 pasture poodles.

#7

#8

#9 Houston County

A new personal best for my ranch hand and his pawnshop .270 Remington 770.
The previous owner probably sold it because he could not get it zeroed.
Shims made from a Keystone Light can elevated the front scope base enough to solve the problem.
402 yards per Mapulator from the hay barn in the background.

Coleman County. Make it 10.

Four for 2021...this is number one with the thermal. Definitely the bomb. https://youtu.be/4qt9mt5_PGY

Nice one

#15

Van Zandt Co. Hit him with an #8,000 pound Ram doing 55mph. He was prowling around in he road trying to sneak up on some baby goats, never saw the truck coming.

16 Fannin County

Front yard, 180 yards. 7mm-08 A.I. 162 ELD-X

That’s a great setup

17 Fannin County. Took my nephew calling Friday afternoon. Had 2 run in quick but he shot at one running and missed. Had another come in after they ran off from another direction. He sat down in the cedars and barked and growled at call and decoy seemed like five minutes but we couldnt see him Finally he eased out Now he is no longer with us after my 22-250 barked back

#18 Coleman County. My first coyote. Took my uncle out hog hunting - spotted some hogs on the cellular game cam - but they wandered off before he could get a shot. Waited in the blind for 10 minutes and saw a coyote limping through the pasture. Clearly had a broken leg. Popped it at about 250 yards away using thermal and 6.5 grendel.

Hate to admit my first coyote was handicapped, but at least I finally got one

#19 The lazy method of hunting! I've set out a bait pile of food scraps exactly 100 yards from a bathroom window. I've got a game camera and battery operated driveway alarm set up. When ever an animal comes by a song plays in the house.
Last night I thought I was out of luck as the first visitor to come by was a black bear at about 8:30 pm. I just knew that would be all for the night, but then the alarm went off at 2:30 AM.
My second black coyote and my 23 rd shot from my bathroom.

Bravo 18" Precision rifle with a PVS-14 and 3x magnifier. The forward grip has an IR laser and IR illuminator.

Is that a melanistic coyote do you reckon or a coydog hybrid?
Thank you for sharing.
https://atlantacoyoteproject.org/melanism-in-coyotes/

I would say "melanism." The powers-to-be claim the coyotes in NC are hybrids. Instead of just coming east, ours are supposed to have gone from the West to the North-East and then dropped down to the South-East. In the process, they crossed with the Red Wolf. But at the same time, there are a lot of people that believe the Red Wolf is from an earlier cross between the Gray Wolf and coyotes??????
The comical thing is the Feds have been trying to re-introduce the Red Wolf to NC. As soon as they stray the National Forest, Bubba has been popping them off and then bragging about the size of that "coyote" he shot last night.
The basic consensus was that NC told the Federal Wildlife that if you don't want them shot, come and get them!
The first "black" coyote I shot was about 1 1/2 years ago.

The one I got last night (male) was traveling with another coyote with a standard coloration.

Does trapping count?

Absolutely.

Very cool

+1 Grayson County = 20

I'll take the #21 and #22 spot. Shot in Bell County

1 Rains county. Not much, but felt like I needed to join in on the fun.

One is better than none.
Think of the fawns and game birds that you've
saved that this woods punk might have eaten
over time
Thanks for doing your part.

Cherokee County.

Maybe another melanistic coyote. It would be the second one on the 2021 count.
https://atlantacoyoteproject.org/melanism-in-coyotes/

Beautiful

Y'all got this count all screwed up, lol. I think previous total was 24?

if so add 4, NEW TOTAL 28

Got one last week, and 3 last night out in the cold. Wind chill 9 degrees up here in the panhandle.

Yessir

Killed one out driving yesterday.

New total 29.

Killed a second one in front of the house two weeks ago. It fell 12' from the last one. The pic would not load after five tries. 30

This one this morning on the way to town. 300 yards, never took a step.

31

Nice

#32, Bell Co. Female. My first head shot

33, North Texas

+1 Stonewall County #34

35, Anderson County

Nice

37, killed a couple with thermal last night out driving looking for pigs.

https://youtu.be/U9MUG0MHOz8

https://youtu.be/el7MfUEhQ1E

38, got one this past weekend but missed one also. Got a fox also.

https://youtu.be/ovlCqVgNnXo

39, Cherokee County. First kill with new thermal at 191 yards

40- Saw a double but just connected on this young female last night. The buzzards were already all over it at sunrise.

41, Smith County

Man y’all are putting some holes in em

42

In the rain, in my pajamas, dogs barking at daybreak, 200 yd running shot at a mangy young male.
Model 700 Classic in 17 Rem w/ 25 g V-max, 23.3 g IMR-4166, Norma brass, 7 1/2 primer @ 2.210".

And Bingo was his name.

Nasty thing

43, Cherokee County

45, Smith County double

42? Maybe more looking at her teats. 12g sterlings pallettoni buckshot around 2030 Tuesday evening

Ok maybe 46?

Good ones. Put a hurt on 'em.

47, Anderson County

+1 Cooke County = 48

Three from tonight. 51 - Parker County

I got 7 here in collin county this year

+1 (52) - Young County

70yds in the morning, trotting towards a cattle carcass. 300 weatherby mag, 165 gr Hornady Interlock. Bit much for a yote but was hunting stag.

👍👍

+1 (53) Young County

+6 = 59

Got this one last weekend in grayson county 1st blood on my grendel build
+1=60

Robertson county, couple of weeks ago. One of three shot that week. This one shot from the blind, the others from the tractor. Didn't get pictures of the others so we'll just count this one. .308 Remington 700, about 80 yards.

Scared the deer off from the feeder so it got the wrong end of my 300 weatherby.

October 6, Ginger's first coyote. She spotted it from the house as it was approaching a dead calf.
A hound of uncertain pedigree, she could be a Mountain Cur or Tennessee Treeing Brindle.
At any rate, she's a rescue. About a year ago, she rescued me.
320 yards per Mapulator App.



October 9, trotting between cows, 130 yards.



October 17, this young coyote was eviscerated by the
Winchester Model 70, 220 Swift Hornady Varmint Express 55 gr V-MAX
that was used for all these noble predators.
Which is why the photograph is of her head only. 260 yards.



Later the same day, momma coyote and a sibling came looking for her.
Momma dropped at 320 yards.



If I figured this right these four in Houston County would bring the count up to 68.

Just saw the thread

1 in Wise Co bringing us to 69

Frio County, 6.8 SPC Thermal @ 150 yards