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National Coyote Calling Championship Winners

Les Johnson takes 1st Place at the National Coyote Calling Championship

Les Johnson, wearer of King’s Shadow Camo and the host of the Predator Quest TV show, recently won the National Coyote Calling Championship held in Rawlins, Wyoming. Les and his partner, Robin Blake, connected on twenty coyotes during the two-day hunt to claim the 1st Place title. This marks the fifth time that Les has taken home the title of 1st Place Champion.

Thirty-nine teams competed in this year’s tournament with award money being paid to the top ten teams. Norm Heater, the organizer of the National Championship, has been successfully running the tournament for seventeen years and has known Les since 1991. “Les knows coyote hunting. He thinks like a coyote. That, and his persistence make him a good caller,” says Heater.

Two-man teams call coyotes during daylight hours in an attempt to bag more coyotes than the other teams. The teams are ranked by the number of coyotes brought in during the two-day period. Ties are broken based on check-in times. Brothers Guy and Jess Argyle took second place with seventeen coyotes. Money generated from the contest go to provide two college scholarships.

Congratulations Les!

18 comments December 5th, 2006

New State Record Whitetail Buck from Maryland

Hunters unofficially harvested 17,231 deer during the opening weekend of the firearms season in Maryland. However, one buck from 2006 will become the new state record non-typical whitetail deer. Hunter Bill Crutchfield, Jr. of Charles County watched the buck for approximately two hours mid-day Monday before finding an opportunity to take the massive deer with a single shotgun round.

After wildlife officials examined the buck on Tuesday, the DNR staff confirmed that the buck has 26 scoreable points (13 per side) and a preliminary antler score of 268 5/8 inches. The buck still needs to wait the mandatory 60 day drying period before it can be officially scored by Boone & Crockett. However, Crutchfield’s trophy buck should coast in as the new state record as the preliminary score is 40 inches more than the previous record from Maryland.

Awesome buck!

17 comments December 5th, 2006