So since I tagged out by the end of November, my season has been pretty quiet. Kyle got a doe on the last day of bow season, Dec 20, during the last few moments of last light. Since then we have been trying our hand at some predator control. Kyle has been out more then I have just for the simple fact of limited babysitters. Kyle has taken our daughter, Pheonix out for some coyotes and she fell in love with it, even though they didn't get anything. Ive had a couple days out for coyotes and a day for wolves but never see anything. Kyle has seen a few coyotes, found some wolves and managed to get a cougar. We don't hunt with dogs when it comes to predators, we do it all by calls and decoys. We have a wolf howler, a couple distress mouth calls and an electronic rabbit decoy that calls as well (in the picture). Unfortunately the weather hasn't been cooperating for good predator hunting. They seem to move more when its really cold and lately its been hovering around 0C. Sometimes a little bit colder but mostly warmer. It has been nice for shooting the rifles though! We painted our guns and have been shooting whenever we get the chance to.
When Kyle got his cougar he was actually out trying to get a coyote. He did have a cougar tag. We didn't have a sitter so just he went. He got all set up with the rabbit caller and he was only about 20 yards off the rabbit, this was only the second time we had used it. He sat for about 20 minutes and noticed something rustling in the tall grass just behind the decoy. He looked through his binos and seen the cougar getting ready to pounce on the rabbit. So he put the .243 up to his shoulder and the cat seen him move so it laid down lower in the grass trying to hide. It's a beautiful cat and we took the meat to the butcher and had some sausage made. Very good, better then pork any day :)
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