Yesterday I decided to try and call in a yote or two so I gathered up all my stuff and headed out.Well I got to where I was gonna call and decided to sit up on a hill and try my luck there.As I topped the hill I saw 3 coyotes on another hill 300 yards from where I was.Well 2 of the coyotes saw me I guess because they went over the hill and I never saw them again.I was standing up and everything and the third yote never saw me.I didnt know if I should start calling or what so I just layed down and waited to see what would happen.I waited and to my suprise the remaining yote was walking straight towards me.I got my binoculars out and started looking around and I saw what the coyote was after.A big jackrabbit was lying about 100 yards back towards me.The coyote walked within 20 yards of the jackrabbit and just stood there lookin at it.By this time the coyote was 200 yards from me and I figured it was'nt going to get any closer so I decided to drop it of course.I only had 3 shells with me because we havent got around to loading anymore of them up.I kind of figured I would drop it on the first if not the second shot.I was wrong,I shot and saw dust fly off of his shoulder and automatically heard the yote yelping so I cycled the bolt and got a fresh round ready to go.By this time the yote was quartering away from me.He got about 50 yards before I squeezed the trigger again....THUMP.That one was right behind his front left shoulder but it didnt drop.The yote started spinning around trying to bite his shoulder.I cycled the bolt again and again I put another round downrange to try and put the yote down.This shot was bad and hit it in the front right leg.I was down to 0 bullets and only had my .22 pistol left with 6 bullets in it.So I started walking down to the spinning coyote.When it saw me walking towards it the darn thing started running like it didnt have a hole in it.It ran right up over the hill where its buddys had been just minutes before.I cant for the life of me figure out how a critter can take 3 bullets,2 of which are solid hits and still run off.Am I a bad shot,was it a tough coyote,or do I need to switch bullets,or whats the deal?I was shooting a Howa .204 using 45gr. softpoint bullets.Im pretty sure I made solid hits on that yote.What do ya'll use in your .204's?I want to drop em' dead in their tracks but I dont wanna blow them to peices either.That is the second time I seen one get away after taking a hit with those 45gr SP's so Im thinkin I need to hit the next one with something different. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif