Dog instead of Yote after the shot

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Mike6arc

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Anybody shot a dog thinking it was a yote at night? they started a night season here recently and never remember seeing a thread, I could see it happening around here as folks are bad about not keeping them up, there are 2 big white Pyrenees running the neighborhood, 1 of them ran a yote out of the woods when I was deer hunting a few years ago, missed the dang yote, deflected off a limb. Shotgun only so will probably use some type of red light for spotting.
 
Well, you're from TN, so......

I doubt anyone is going to admit to that here, though I'm certain it's happened. A quality thermal or nv scope combined with a little time behind it and one shouldn't have any trouble telling them apart. They don't look, behave, or travel the same.
 
I have heard of it happening during the day, so no reason to believe it can't happen at night. However I do believe I can tell by the behavior/movement whether it's a dog or coyote. I can say I have not had a dog show up at night calling or baiting, and I have shot hundreds of coyote.
 
Watchin posted vids on here and the computer (NOT THE SHORT ONES THAT JUST SHOW KILL SHOTS BUT THE ONES THAT SHOW THE CRITTERS FOR A WHILE) can tach you a lot about identifying what you are looking at, even at a distance. Those of us who don't see dozens/hundreds of coyotes a year can benefit greatly by doing this. It would be awfully hard to mistake a GP for a coyote! BUT even people have been mistakenly hot for coyotes, turkeys, and most big game. NO EXCUSE FOR IT!!!!!!
 
Like has been mentioned, it’s not hard to tell the difference when you’re observing the entire scenario presented in front of you. Shape, size, movement, how the tail is held etc. All the clues are there. If you don’t have a good enough look at the big picture, there’s just never any justification for pulling the trigger. Period!
 
jmeddy said:
Watchin posted vids on here and the computer (NOT THE SHORT ONES THAT JUST SHOW KILL SHOTS BUT THE ONES THAT SHOW THE CRITTERS FOR A WHILE) can tach you a lot about identifying what you are looking at, even at a distance. Those of us who don't see dozens/hundreds of coyotes a year can benefit greatly by doing this. It would be awfully hard to mistake a GP for a coyote! BUT even people have been mistakenly hot for coyotes, turkeys, and most big game. NO EXCUSE FOR IT!!!!!!
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Been hunting daytime coyotes a couple of decades and have to agree w/Mike. I have picked up a few things I had missed over the years watching some of these videos. You don't usually get to watch them approach very long in the brush country I hunt.) The nighttime videos also make excellent dry fire practice targets, too. ;)
 
A buddy and I had two big dogs come running in to the call one night. It was obvious they weren’t coyotes. It was private property miles from the nearest house. Stray dogs are a problem since people dump them. They chase deer and other wildlife so I was tempted, but NO we didn’t shoot them.
 
There was this two or so years ago:(

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What an idiot, and it was broad daylight. No excuses🤬
 
I've shot lots of coyote and plenty of dogs. Don't think I'd ever called in a dog whether it was day or night. Like mentioned before, I think it'd be pretty easy to tell a dog and 'yote apart if a person pays attention before pulling the trigger. Mannerisms, body language, etc. are noticeably different. I know a person oughtta know what their shooting at but admittedly, I did chuckle at the sight of the "wolf pup" above. Before y'all go to bashing me on shooting dogs, know that I did not mistake them for coyotes or "wolf pups", they were all strays, drop-offs or town dogs that wandered too far from town and got to chasing cattle and/or horses. Every one I ever shot was not the first time I'd seen them either. I give them all a chance of staying gone after running them off but if they become repeat offenders, they are dealt with. I don't care to shoot a dog and would rather make friends with it and give it away but cattle and horses is what pays bills and feeds the family so no, I won't give them a third chance.
 
crapshoot said:
Had a friend dump a dog once years ago. Still give him crap about it.
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I would too! lol. Never understood why folks dump them. We actually ended up keeping a couple that were dumped and personable enough to come up to us. Most of the dang things were so scared out of their wits about seeing you they'd run off or stay shy of you. Had a couple that would stick around and not bother anything but steal dog food which was fine but the one's that got to chasing had to go.
 
only dog i was ever concerned about running into. this was on the one farm i hunt. the neighbor guy never knew where it was half the time and i was known to be aggressive. the local dog warden told me if i see it, shoot it, its the only defense i would have against it

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Samsquanch said:
I would too! lol. Never understood why folks dump them. We actually ended up keeping a couple that were dumped and personable enough to come up to us. Most of the dang things were so scared out of their wits about seeing you they'd run off or stay shy of you. Had a couple that would stick around and not bother anything but steal dog food which was fine but the one's that got to chasing had to go.
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Dump as in shoot.
 
spotstalkshoot said:
I have heard of it happening during the day, so no reason to believe it can't happen at night. However I do believe I can tell by the behavior/movement whether it's a dog or coyote. I can say I have not had a dog show up at night calling or baiting, and I have shot hundreds of coyote.
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Exactly, coyotes behave differently than dogs. This is really evident when they are coming in on a potential prey call.
 
If you can't tell a domestic dog from a coyote you have no business in the woods with a gun... thermal or not... domestic dogs are NOTHING like a coyote. Nothing anyone can say will change my mind as coyotes have a distinct mannerism about them.
 
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