Here's the story,
Opening morning of deer season, I was setting against a large tree. Behind me i could hear a deer running, turned out to be a doe, but what I couldn't believe was that following her was the biggest coyote I've seen. I had the gun up trying to get on the doe, when I heard the second one coming I just knew it would be a buck, when it turned out to be a coyote, it shocked me, long enough for him to get away. He was runnin that doe, not hard, but stayin with her, he was probally 30 yards behind her. Well I set there for an hour tryin to figure out what he thought he was doing, I knew he couldn't catch a healthy doe. Then it hit me, so i went and checked, yep she had been shot.
I've heard that grizzlies have learned to zero in on gun shots, so they can get an easy meal, is that what this coyote has learned ? All he had to do was stay with her till she bedded up, and got weak, then it was easy pickins. If someone came along to trail her up then he would just slip away. Made me wonder how often this happens ?
Opening morning of deer season, I was setting against a large tree. Behind me i could hear a deer running, turned out to be a doe, but what I couldn't believe was that following her was the biggest coyote I've seen. I had the gun up trying to get on the doe, when I heard the second one coming I just knew it would be a buck, when it turned out to be a coyote, it shocked me, long enough for him to get away. He was runnin that doe, not hard, but stayin with her, he was probally 30 yards behind her. Well I set there for an hour tryin to figure out what he thought he was doing, I knew he couldn't catch a healthy doe. Then it hit me, so i went and checked, yep she had been shot.
I've heard that grizzlies have learned to zero in on gun shots, so they can get an easy meal, is that what this coyote has learned ? All he had to do was stay with her till she bedded up, and got weak, then it was easy pickins. If someone came along to trail her up then he would just slip away. Made me wonder how often this happens ?