Coyote Ambush

DoubleUp

DoubleUp

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I had a text from a friend telling me that he had a trail cam picture of a coyote in the field behind my home. I wasn't intending to go hunting last night but decided I would run the call from my office window and see if anything responded. I played a lone howl and followed it up with a serenade. This coyote came charging out of the woods challenging and mad as he could be. So, I have to get the rifle out of the safe, turn on the scope, put on the bipod and oops, I forgot to chamber a round. I put on a fight sound and here he comes and gets to about 165 yds. I finally manage to settle down enough to get him in the crosshairs and the dreaded "click".

So now I have to chamber a round and coyotes always seem to love that sound. Of course, he decides to leave the party, but stops once more for another look. This shot is 218 yds. and I hit him too far back, but I can tell the wound is fatal. He barely makes it out of the field and is losing steam fast. He does manage to make it into the woods. I found him this morning just inside the woods line. It was a big male. Reminds me of something I've said a hundred times I guess, and that is don't turn the call on until you're absolutely ready to shoot.

 
Yea, the old do as I say not as I do thing šŸ˜Š. Sounds like a mild 'calamity' Owen, I wish the Mrs. videoed it so we all could see. But as Clarence said, nice recovery and thanks for the post-things have been 'light' on here recently. I haven't been out in over a week cause I've been hangin off the side of trees waitin on a deer I might want to shoot. Every night I come home Suz says "you get one"? I tell her what I saw and she says, "I don't think you want to shoot anything, you just want to be out there". She knows me all too well.
 
jmeddy said:
"I don't think you want to shoot anything, you just want to be out there".
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Is this written in the hunterā€™s wife handbook or something? I know I hear it every season. Was just talking to a buddy of mine on the topic and he hears it every season.

Congratulations Double Up on another one. A little different kind of hunt. Some might say cheating? But you did make things a bit more challenging on yourself, so you have that as a counterpoint! Lolā€¦ Good going.
 
Thanks guys, and Week the diner is always open, but I think this one was a new kid on the block. He didn't quite stay around long enough to find out where everything is located. I was totally unprepared for what happened, but I knew better since I've had the same thing happen more times than one.
 
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