stalked by coyotes?

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I was heading in to my stand in the dark this morning when I spotted 2 coyotes circling me at about 20 yds (strong flashlight), they were about 90 degrees apart, one to my right and one behind me. I yelled and opened my jacket to look big and they retreated about 20 yds and then returned after a minute or two. I decided to call it a morning and slowly headed back keeping an eye on them.

Anyone ever experience anything similar? I would have thought they were just curious but their return after being scared off concerns me.
 
I don't think it's really that strange. I've been followed through a corn field on two separate occasions myself. Although it was by single dogs both times, like you said they are curious animals. I assume they just didn't feel threatened by you until you scared them off. I'd be more inclined to shoot them on the spot, coyotes don't make good deer bait. LoL

Edit: were you wearing an attractant for deer?
 
dave37 said:
I wasn't wearing any attractant, and didn't shoot them as it was dark and I didn't have a safe backstop, there were houses and a road with range.
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In that case I'd say bring a bigger than average knife if you're that concerned that they'll be a problem. It is very unlikely that they'll make a run at ya though but were I in your position I'd have my bolo knife just in case.
 
A couple of years back, 2011, had coyotes coming in while dressing a deer out right around dusk. We called the farmer who let out his dogs... Bow hunting I'm good for one shot
 
Just this week in rife season here in southwestern Ontario, I shot at a coyote about 5 minutes, before legal light was over. He was way out, I seen a coyote running off, assumed I missed, but I headed into the field to check anyways. When I was halfway across the field, another coyote walked into the field about 150 yards away. I reloaded the rifle (still had a minute or two of legal light), and quickly fired on at him too. Didn't see him drop, or run off, but as I lower the rifle, another one tore past me from behind less than 50 yards away, he stopped out in front of me as well, I didn't shoot at him, as it was getting quite dark. I watched him trot off into the bush. I then headed over to where I had shot at the 2 other coyotes, now dark enough that I turned on a flashlight to see if either of the coyotes were laying there. After a minute or two of looking, I looked up and seen something dark moving about 50 yards away, I turned the light to see a coyote and I watched as he circled right around me, then trotted off across the field.
Strangest behaviour I've seen from coyotes. Usually very skittish, and would never walk into a field that I was in, especially walking wearing blaze orange.

For those who are wondering, no I didn't find either of the two I shot at. I missed, it happens.
 
And this is why side arms should be allowed for hunting 8)

Would you feel safer with your favorite handgun on your hip? I would!
 
Fundy1 said:
In that case I'd say bring a bigger than average knife if you're that concerned that they'll be a problem. It is very unlikely that they'll make a run at ya though but were I in your position I'd have my bolo knife just in case.
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I get laughed at by my hunting buddies as I a keep a very large SOG knife handy when in the woods. They aren't laughing anymore :)
 
Never had a coyote follow me, but last year my hunting partner spooked a coyote and it was running on top of some bales right for me as I was at the other end of the bales hidden. I was thinking if he kept on running at me that I was going to grab him and stab him as I always have a knife with me all the time. Anyways the coyote jumped off at like the fourth last bale and ran out in front of me 10yds where I dropped him.
 
I live on a farm just on the outskirts of a subdivision, and this sort of behaviour is seen about once a year.
3 years ago we had a large male who would hunt with two smaller coyotes. At about 8am one morning my wife was taking our house dogs out to pee, and one was snatched right off the leash by the alpha coyote. He didn't care that my wife whacked him with a stick while shrieking. It was our slightly bigger (20lb?) house dog who jumped in to attack the coyote, causing him to drop our little dog. By that time I was on the patio with my 10/22 (bylaws state only rimfire is allowed) and when he saw me he bolted to the forest. I took a shot, but missed as he ran into the safety of the bush. He was shot by my neighbor a couple days later, and was weighed at over 50 lbs. That's a big coyote. Btw, I shot the smallest of the group a week later, and she weighed 35lbs. She is small compared to most of the coyotes we have around here.

A few months back I woke up to a coyote howling in my back yard around 11:30 pm. We have farm cats that keep the mice and rats in check, and I had lost a couple of them already so the calling was a bad sign. I went out on the balcony with a really bright HID flashlight, and started to yell in an attempt to scare the coyote. Something that usually works, right? Well, instead of running away the coyote reared back and started growling and barking at me!

"Fxxk that" is what I said as I grabbed the Cooey bolt action and headed outside. I have small kids and this coyote is far too bold to live near us. I stepped outside with my light and the rifle, and expected the coyote to run like the others. Instead he lunged at me. With my heart racing, I took a single shot and hit center of mass, but he didn't drop. He did however take off into the forest. From dark shadows of the woods, he spent the next 15 minutes growling and barking at me. Then all went silent, and I haven't seen that particular dog since.

I used to respect them, but Coyotes are nasty creatures. Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile.
 
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