Bob and I started our week vacation on Saturday. We entered a coyote calling contest in Clay Center. Friday night was check in to get the rules and have dinner with some friends. Thank goodness our friends asked us to dinner before the check in. They told us last year they had Beaver Chili, yes you read right!! Bob and I decided to pass ( did not want an upset belly on Saturday). There were 20 teams of 2 and it was cold. They did not tell us that the meeting was held outside, thank goodness I carry a blanket for just kind of occasion. Saturday morning Bob was awake early and did not sleep well all night, he gets like that when he has something on his mind. We headed out the door around 6:20 and drove around waiting for the sun to rise. The first place we went to Bob shot a coyote just right in front of me (I did pee a little). I was to busy looking in my binoculars to even see the coyote right in front of me. The wind was really blowing. The second place we hit, yes we called in another coyote. We had a lag time for about 2 hours and yes Bob again shot another coyote. Then another at a different location. We saved our honey hole for the last place right before dark. We called for only about 5 min in an old rock query. I was scanning the rock ledge and i saw some thing that caught my eye, yes a coyote all to my self. Bob was in the bottom to my right and I knew this would make us or break us. I first must say that I'm not a very good shot. I get very excited and start to shake and well, i do miss alot. When I figured out it was a coyote I took in a big breath and pretended that the coyote was a water bottle (I can hit those). I did not have a good shot because of some trees. I made a kissing sound to get him to move and it worked!! I shot, and hit him and made him do donuts. I ran as fast as I could up the rocks to do him in. Well he ran and we never could find him. I was getting dark and we had to be back in Clay Center to check back in. To make a long story short, my husband is a awesome shot and for some reason that is a big turn on for me!!! We walked away with second place. We ended up with 4 coyotes one being only 11.2 lbs and won the contest for the smallest coyote. Once again we had a wonderful time together and we have all week to spend doing what we both love to do HUNT !!!!!!
