Well Saturday was the day of the Utah Trappers Association youth hunt. The first stand of the day we had a coyote behind us barking, figured it could see my bronco. We made several more stands with no results. After covering a lot of country I stopped to make a stand and the kids decided not to go out with me. About 5 minutes into the stand I saw movement and noticed a badger running towards me and my foxpro. I missed the first shot at 100 yds but the second one connected.
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We drove a couple miles down the road and stopped again. This time the badger was out at 200 yds and wouldnt come any closer. He wasnt safe at that range either. I got him also.
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Another 3-4 miles down the road I looked off to my left and saw a coyote standing about 250 yds out. By this time there was quite a wind blowing. I was able to take 6 shots at him. He never did actually run. He just kind of trotted away.
We continued on down the road another 4 miles or so. On this stand we had a kit fox. My wife didnt want to shoot so I took the 204 from her for it. I forgot it was sighted in for her and missed. It just stood there allowing a second shot. I hit it high in the back and put a bigger hole in it than I like. That hour to hour and a half was the entire excitement of the day. I wish I could have watched the kids get them instead.
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We headed to the check in at Nephi for the evening drawings. At the drawings, my youngest daughter won a Benelli Nova Youth 20 guage, my oldest daughter won an NEF 223 and her boyfriend won a Benelli 12 guage, I won an NEF pump 12 guage. We also won several real nice knives.
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This was one of those hunts that I will remember for a long time. I really enjoy getting out with my family to do these things.
We drove a couple miles down the road and stopped again. This time the badger was out at 200 yds and wouldnt come any closer. He wasnt safe at that range either. I got him also.
Another 3-4 miles down the road I looked off to my left and saw a coyote standing about 250 yds out. By this time there was quite a wind blowing. I was able to take 6 shots at him. He never did actually run. He just kind of trotted away.
We continued on down the road another 4 miles or so. On this stand we had a kit fox. My wife didnt want to shoot so I took the 204 from her for it. I forgot it was sighted in for her and missed. It just stood there allowing a second shot. I hit it high in the back and put a bigger hole in it than I like. That hour to hour and a half was the entire excitement of the day. I wish I could have watched the kids get them instead.
We headed to the check in at Nephi for the evening drawings. At the drawings, my youngest daughter won a Benelli Nova Youth 20 guage, my oldest daughter won an NEF 223 and her boyfriend won a Benelli 12 guage, I won an NEF pump 12 guage. We also won several real nice knives.
This was one of those hunts that I will remember for a long time. I really enjoy getting out with my family to do these things.
