Johnsonburg, Pa.:  Paul dropped the tailgate on his truck and I jokingly said, “You went to Canada and shot a wolf.”  Paul laughed and said, “I just came from Mosquito Creek and I had to take a lie detector test; first time ever.”

Paul Costanzo brought in a large male coyote he harvested out of the Little Mill Creek drainage in Elk County.  Paul was hunting Friday evening with a .243 rifle and a thermal scope when the brute stepped out into the field.  It only took one shot from the .243 to harvest the coyote.  The male coyote weighed 48.6# at the Rolfe Weigh Station. 

Paul was hunting Dill Hill in Elk County the next evening when he harvested another coyote near midnight, a female that weighed in at 36.4#.  Congratulations, Paul!

Heath Goodyear came to Rolfe’s Weigh Station with a female coyote that weighed in at 30.6#.  Heath was hunting private lands in Elk County on Saturday near 8:30 p.m. when this female stepped out into the field in response to Heath’s Fox Pro Call.  Heath shoots a .223 rifle with a thermal scope. 

Heath sends a special thanks to all the landowners that allow him to hunt their properties.

Steve Krug brought the last fox to Rolfe’s Weigh Station, a 10.8# male red fox.  Steve hunts red lights with a .22-.250 rifle.  He harvested the fox near 8:00 p.m. on Saturday while hunting public lands in Elk County.

Hunters are reminded that Rolfe’s next predator hunt for coyotes and crows will be ten days bracketing the Labor Day Weekend in September of 2026.

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Note to reporters:  Photo 1 – Paul Costanzo with 48.6# coyote.  Photo 2 – Heath Goodyear with female coyote.  Photo 3 – Steve Krug with red fox.