The Stars aligned Thursday (grab some popcorn, it's long)

Thanks to all for your kind words and taking time to watch and read. I just landed at the right place at the right time.
coyotekilla83 said:
Heck of a tale... my personal best so far is 4 called, 4 died, I did call a pack of 6 once, but the 17 hornet only let 1 stay. What were you shooting btw?
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My night gun is a Ruger precision in 6mm creedmoor. My kid handloads 87 gr Vmax for it. I tried 58's, 75's, and 103ELD-X but 87 is by far the best in mine.
Don_P said:
That is nothing short of incredible. Congratulations! Are they normally that stupid that they'll watch their buddy get shot off a hay bale and stand there?
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The second coyote was 20 or so yards further back on a different bale. It's nearly impossible to predict how they will react to a shot. Keep in mind we are in the heart of coyote rut and normal goes out the door, if there is a normal for coyotes. The one thing that I try to do now, if a pair responds, is shoot the smaller of the 2, if I can do so without compromising the shot. Assuming the smaller is the female. It seems a s though a male will hang around if you shoot his mate more often than a female will. Of course this is all speculation if you don't kill them both.
hm1996 said:
Having hunted very little at night, and that with lights, not night vision or thermal, I've never had the opportunity to observe coyote interaction live, so to speak. Having said that, I wonder if the two coyotes on top of the bales were a male and female. Based on the fact that the bales were a ways apart, can't help but wonder if the coyote on the right was a female and was trying to avoid contact with the male and the third coyote in the picture was another (more acceptable?) male. Any thoughts on that?
Have watched a lot of does avoiding buck(s) over the years and they use whatever means available to keep unwanted suitors at bay. One good example:
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I didn't check the sexes as we were retrieving them Clarence. Wish I would have. I was scanning 360 degrees and didn't see these coyotes enter the hay meadow. I don't know if they all came in together and the coyotes on the bales were hanging back while the other checked it out or if they came in apart from each other and the 3rd one found them. Some of the video I edited shows the one on the ground in the Northwest corner 150 yards away from the ones on the bales. It also shows it walking a direct path back to them which makes me believe it already new where they were. Again, all speculation. One thing for sure, as jmeddy said, I sure got a kick out of watching them interact. It actually went on for more than 10 minutes.

Thanks again to all.
 
flintrock said:
I didn't check the sexes as we were retrieving them
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I can sure understand that, Dennis; you had a nights work staring you in the face at that point in time. :ROFLMAO:
Glad you got into the mother load of coyotes, though. That was some spectacular action and shooting; thanks for sharing!
 
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