2nd, maybe 3rd coyote of the season down

fratri

fratri

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I had a couple of free hours this morning before family obligations kicked in so I thought I go out and do a quick coyote hunt. I got set up at first light… I waited for things to settle down and for it to lighten up more. It was a very overcast morning with just a slight wind coming from my right to left. I placed my ecaller about 40 yds in front of me and to the right. I started off with some hand calling….The dying rabbit sound travelled quite a bit through the morning still air. I called for about a minute and went silent…. I alternated between my hand calls and ecaller, calling off and on for about 10 minutes before I see something really light coloured coming up the edge of the corn/bean field from the bush. I reposition my shooting sticks, lose sight of him for a minute and then he pops up about 75 yds away. He is facing the direction of the caller giving me a good body shot. I go squeeze the trigger….nothing safety on, dam it…this caused me to panic a bit, pop off the safety coyote starts coming toward me I wolf him to stop, he keeps coming I wolf him again he stops facing me and I put the cross hairs on him and fire… I see him spinning in the scope… I notice another coyote running away across the corn field, I stand up and yell out wolf, wolf, he doesn’t stop. I say to myself, bullet goes where crosshairs are….so I try the best I can and put them on the coyote and pull the trigger, I notice the coyote flinches and looks hit. I aim again and bang, he makes it to the bush….My heart is racing like crazy…my first double I called in this season…wow…. After a couple minutes I walk over to the first coyote (60 yds away) I can’t find him… See some hair, little blood but can’t find him……Thinking back, I may have rushed the shot……I do the grid search for 30 mins, it begins raining, freezing rain kind of thing and decide to go over to the second coyote I shot at… Not hoping for much as it was a good 125 yds off hand shot at a running coyote… I was hoping but thinking not likely. With no snow I could not find the impact area so I started a grid search and by the time I reached the bush, there he was just a few yards in….I plan if the weather lets up to go back and look for the other guy as he may be down in the field too….Enjoy the pics….
Edit...It was a 43lb male...

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awesome! The fewer of those jerks out there, the better for all of us!

weird that you didn't find much of a trail on the second, how much looking did you do? I've never shot at an animal, so I'm asking genuine questions in preparation for hunting this year :)
 
Great story, thanks for sharing. I love the pictures too!

That looks like a pretty good size dog!
 
Good stuff! I wish there were more fields/farmcountry around here. I have to hunt them in the woods, logging roads and there aren't many around.


AllsLondon- Sometimes critters dont leave much of a trail, depends on the shot. I made a less than ideal shot on an 11 point this fall and I only found a little clump of hair, no blood nothing else.

Followed the footprints in the leaves for 300 yds and there he was.
 
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