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JK Knives

JK Knives

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This morning at 2:30 when I was taking Maggie out, I was being watched. The yard lights only cover about half of the back yard, and right where the light coverage ended I could see three pairs of eyes reflecting the light. Figured it was just racoons, so I turned on my flashlight, and it was coyotes. Time to start taking my Airweight .38 with me!
 
yotes will come after a small dog ... no problem.
They watch and learn your habits... and will act on what they learn.
Just like their cousins the full sized wolf ... man has pushed them around for so long , they have lost their
fear of us and now watch us and learn what they can do.
May be time to show them what you have learned ...
 
Favorite 'yote medicine is my AR15 :) 55gr ballistic tips. It is not hunting, just eradication.

After seeing a newbie calf dragging its intestines with a 'yote tugging away, my ethical senses cooled.

Bill
 
I live in town, so need to be "unobtrusive." I used to carry my 3" S&W 629 untill I got the Airweight.
 
HI John -

There is a large pack of coyote's in the field behind my house. They start yipping and yapping at dusk - it is kinda cool.

I have used my Thor 10m candlepower spotlight to light em' up a couple of times - it is cool to see all the beady-little eyes out there.

BTW - I built my AR-15 with these fellows in mind.

best regards -

mqqn
 
JK Knives said:
How about a double edged scandi ground throwing knife that could be lashed to a pole to make a spear? That might be fun!
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I was looking at some threads on another forum of spears made by a few different people and was thinking I might give it a go. Cold Steel made something called the Warhead a few years back that was basically what you described, a double-edged, spear point blade that had holes in the handle to lash to a pole. I would think the temper would be a little different for a spear than a knife, softer would be better.
 
Hmmmm, I understand the "in town" restriction... I have used bows to hunt inside city limits(though I hear many states are now restricting them- minimum 100 yards from a dwelling). A trade knife for a .22 cal Beeman would be good but many cities classify air rifles as "firearms".

While I admire predators, I grew up around farms and have little tolerance for having my animals preyed upon.

Do be careful of your pet and small children in the neighborhood. 'Yotes tend to get rabies as well.

I like spears as well but for me they are more of a thrusting tool than a throwing tool. I hate the feeling of throwing my weapon away.

Bill
 
Or a JK Spear point and you haft that to your own piece of wood (mop handle etc). ?
Just thinking out loud.

best regards -

mqqn
 
mqqn said:
Or a JK Spear point and you haft that to your own piece of wood (mop handle etc). ?
Just thinking out loud.

best regards -

mqqn
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I`m liking the idea. Leave it in an "as heat treated" finish, except for the edges (like your DBH), and no handles or sheath to keep cost down.
 
lmalterna said:
Hmmmm, I understand the "in town" restriction... I have used bows to hunt inside city limits(though I hear many states are now restricting them- minimum 100 yards from a dwelling). A trade knife for a .22 cal Beeman would be good but many cities classify air rifles as "firearms".

While I admire predators, I grew up around farms and have little tolerance for having my animals preyed upon.

Do be careful of your pet and small children in the neighborhood. 'Yotes tend to get rabies as well.

I like spears as well but for me they are more of a thrusting tool than a throwing tool. I hate the feeling of throwing my weapon away.

Bill
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I`m not looking to hunt them in town, but if one came for my dog, then I would not hesitate to shoot it. My neighbors are all gun people, and I went to school with about 30% of the local police.
 
I killed 8 last year and thought they had learned their lesson, but about 3 weeks ago something snatched 4 of my chickens and I'm pretty sure it was some yotes. the corn is down now so it's open season again :)

definitely watch your dog for sure, in my brothers neighborhood they are so fearless they ate a womans cat right in front of her and a small dog with the owner screaming and yelling about 10 foot away
 
John,
Understood, just watch yourself. I tend to have an on/off switch for animals. Example- Copperheads on the trail are admired, in the flower bed are dissected :) Animals do not understand this but it helps me sleep nights. 'Yotes earned a hard place for me.

Bill
 
lmalterna said:
John,
'Yotes earned a hard place for me.

Bill
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Me too. When I got divorced 26 years ago, my ex and my daughter (who was 2) moved to her families farm on the outskirts of town. My ex`s dad had a "watch dog" near his shop on a chain. Coyotes got to it, and killed it. My daughter was heartbroken.
 
Here is a spear that Teddy made, above the two hawks! That would work for you very nicely I think! It's got a real good spear point and a good long handle! Make sure it is good and sharp, anything it touches, it is going to cut! And you never want to throw your weapon away! You use it to hurt your opponent badly enough that he doesn't want to come back to do you more harm, kill it or stave it off! You could do a lot of damage with this baby here!

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I would be watching myself, and my animals very closely but, I would be watching the yotes or for the yotes a lot closer! Just be real careful there John! You might want to call your local animal control too! Good luck whatever you decide!

ft
 
I find the spear-point to be an intriguing idea. I would prefer to see it in a configuration that would allow it to be used as a fixed blade also; a JK version of a CS Bushman. I would never want to try to fend off three coyotes with any spear but would rather have a spear than nothing.
 
I like the spear point idea -- something like your giant bushcraft/Kephart with a short swedge would be great, so when it's not on the haft it could be used as a knife and not be classed as a double edge/dagger.

song dogs are a problem where I am, too -- neighbor rents out his pasture to a cattle rancher and the other night when he went to check on them 5 yotes boiled up out of a draw right by the pond where the cattle go to drink.
he's picking up some live traps (so his own dogs aren't injured during the learning phase) and a distress call for some late night hunting. (yes, that's legal here)
 
keep the pistol in your pocket, but hit them with something they will remember.... slingshot with steel shot... high power air rifle. Make them remember it and they will think twice. Scaring the S**T out of them works too. Just keep the pistol in your pocket all the while.
 
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