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well i want to share with the fellow yote hunters for some constructive criticism.

so tuesday afternoon on my way to work i got permission for a local farm after seeing 3 yotes in his field. i tried a late morning set earlier this week with nothing coming around. so last night i got home from work earlier then normal so i figured id set an alarm and see how i was feeling at 645.

i went out set up on the back side of the property field runs from con to con. i was in place 10 min after shooting light. setup facing west and using my primos raspy coaxer i called for about a min. 15 min in i did another 30 secs. 2 or 3 min later i had a loan yote come in to the south south east (wind is blowing from the west north west) i was worried of being winded so i took an unstable 2 shots and missed. paced out after the yote was gone he was 120 paces away.

1 i know i need a bigger bipod or shooting sticks mine is to short.
2 i forgot to look but i believe my zoom was set way to hi

this is from the road allowance at the corner of his property. i was sitting at the fourth tree in from the left on the fence line.



this is where i expected to have something come from west south west.



this is where the yote came from

this is where the wind was blowing too. you can use the farm in the back ground as reference to how close he was from winding me.



and yes those are rabbit and yote tracks all around where i was sitting
 
Not sure what "constructive criticism" can be made. You set up; you called; you got one to come to 120 yards. Seems like a reasonable outcome. To have one come in from the "wrong" direction is hardly unexpected or subject to criticism. Stuff happens all the time with coyotes. Did you follow his tracks back to see where he actually came from? Sometimes that can be instructive.

What more can you do except not miss? The shooting part of coyote hunting is a critical part of success, and I have no way of knowing what advice to give. I use shooting sticks ALL the time, although my most common partner uses a bipod. Many times it is essential to be quick as well as accurate, and practice getting on target quickly and shooting with good trigger control and speed at the same time is useful. As my grandfather once said to me after I told him a sad tale of a miss, "If you ain't never missed, you ain't done much shooting."
 
i didnt fallow the tracks very far. finding target i managed to pivot and locate him in my scope but bipod is to short so i was free handed shooting at him.
 
Free hand shots are always tough.... Try a set of shooting sticks, cheap and I find them very versatile...
Hey congrats on the success after all you did call one in, missing is part of the game..
 
Perhaps you should work on position shooting rather than relying on a bi-pod or sticks. A sitting position with both arms supported on your raised legs is a very stable shooting platform, which allows rapid target acquisition, and provides a bit more traversing than does shooting from an artificial rest. This not only makes acquiring a target that appears in an unexpected place easier, but makes leading a moving target much easier as well. I bet you already know the answer to too much magnification dialed in on your scope. Make a habit of keeping the power ring at a low power setting, that way you never have to check. There's always time to increase magnification for a long shot, but seldom enough time to drop it back down for a close one. When you need to make a long shot with high magnification, habitually dial the scope back down once the deed is done.
 
More practice getting into stable positions with and without a proper bipod for your shooting area.

Get into the habit of resetting your scope to a lower power setting after using it.

Check your zero if your unsure.

It's easy to get excited and shoot sooner then your ready to take the shot.
 
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