backwoodsboy223
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got to go hunting this past sunday. i woke up at 2:00 am and looked at the moon and it was bright, so my hunting buddy DI_Dan and i got a move on and headed out to the ranch we wanted to hunt. we can't hunt with a light here in new mexico, so we had to rely on the light of the moon. we arrived at the first stand right about 3:30 am. we set up against a trench that a backhoe had dug out facing a fringe of cedars split in half by a sandy draw. about 10 minutes into calling we saw the outline of a coyote moving towards us from the east. i had a 12 gauge 870 loaded with 3 inch magnum #4 buck, so i waited for the shot. at about 75 yards he disappeared and we never saw him again. as we were driving to the next stand we saw a whole bunch of jackrabbits in a flat, so we stopped the truck and got out and started calling. it wasn't 2 minutes that a coyote came on fast but wouldn't come into shotgun range. coyotes 2, me 0. we called a couple more stands early, and then spent the whole rest of the day calling but never got any takers. i don't think that i will ever forget the adrenaline rush trying to shoot a coyote that is hunting you in the dark. that is a feeling that will always stay with me.
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