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Got out Saturday night with my cuz-n-law looking for Wiley. We felt like we were almost surrounded at our first set up with three or four of them responding to our call. Only one dumb enough to show himself. LB still got it when their in his sights. Set up two more times at different locations, no response at either location. How ever at last set up after a few minutes of calling, I looked over to my right and saw a nice 10 point buck still in velvet and a spike grazing out into a large hay field on the other side of a pond about 150 yards away. Bigun ended up bedding down in the middle of the field while the spike kept grazing around. Watched them for probably a half hour. Think cuz-n-law got more excited about the buck than the yotes. Lol 😂. Tried taking a picture but never could get camera, scope and thermal on same page. He just laid there watching us as we cranked the side by side and drove away. Anyways another great night in the Neshoba County woods. Happy hunting.
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As we're driving towards the shed unbeknownst to me my buddy starts hearing something. Thought it was the truck squeaking but really didn't sound right to him so he throws it in park and shuts it off. That's when all hell breaks loose. There is a pack sounding off and their close. I throw my head out the window put my thermal up and see 2 yotes directly in front of us across the fence in the field. I tell my buddy to get his rifle while I keep an eye on them. As he's getting his gear out of the truck another one pops into my picture. So I've got three now but they trot out of sight behind the shed. He's got his rifle and tripod now and I tell him to head to the spot we normally set up. I jump out of the truck grab my AR put on my thermal on it rack a round and start running after him. When I get there he's about set up but hasn't got his thermal turned on yet, I swear I didn't know. LOL...... I throw up off hand and see the pack out in the field about 100 yards from us. I'm not sure how many there was but I have eight to ten in my scope. Looked like a bunch dogs do when they're playing. Truly with all the racket they were making, I'm not sure if they were playing or fighting. Anyways I open up on them rolling one over. The pack breaks into two groups, one heading away from us and the other running towards us on a 45* angle to our right. I fire twice at the one leading the pack going right. Second round rolls him. Now they've pretty much scattered out heading for the trees. I find another in my scope just before the tree line and managed to roll it before getting back up and getting to the wood line. My buddy gets his thermal on just in time to see some of them darting into the woods. He did finish off the second one I shot that was still struggling in the field. Men I never thought I would get to see a pack of yotes but I did tonight and it was awesome I'm here tell you. I do wish my buddy could have witnessed a little more of it but chit happens. We found blood at spot where I popped the first and we heard the thump and I saw the third one roll. Only one found was the second. Bout the biggest mature male we've taken. He was a heavy little SOB to, bout tired of him by the time we drug him to the disposal site. We're calling five for the night with proof of only one and a heck of a story. Happy hunting.
