Hecouldgoalltheway
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First set was from Friday night. Called in 4, but only got one. My partner was struggling, and somehow took a shot at the coyote I had just dropped, and he missed. 
. There was only a 30' wide path directly in front of us, otherwise everything was 6' tall..
This field has held a few black coyotes in the past, and I'm really after one with good fur for a full mount, but he wasn't the one. I really hate to call in 4 and let 3 leave, but that is what happened..
I shot at two more earlier in the evening, chip shots, both standing broadside inside 100y. I got back to the truck and watched the video and realized that i had bumped my turret and changed zeroing profiles like a dummy. They were both dead in the scope, but missed them by 3'. I fixed that so it couldn't happen again. I also slapped one that was running by in the middle of a large field and wouldn't stop no matter what noises I made. It's clear that I hit him in the video, but he ran a long ways and seemed to still be running fine the last time I saw him. Did not recover.
Next stand was last night. I walked deep into a pine plantation, and it was really bright, almost daylight bright out there, but I pulled out my scanner before I unloaded my gear and there was a critter casually strolling up the road towards me. I thought it was a coyote until it came over the last hill and I noticed how cautious it was. It turned out to be the biggest and prettiest southern cat I've ever seen. I haven't weighed him, but I'd say he's pushing 30lbs.
Next stand was a mangy heathen. I was calling an open field and I heard him walking through the leaves to my immediate left, probably 150y and closing. I spun 90° and hit him hard. He was nasty. He's laying where he fell as I write this. He was on the other side of a relatively large creek, and he seems to have come in to a raccoon fight, but I can't imagine he intended to swim the creek to get to a coon, but maybe.
. There was only a 30' wide path directly in front of us, otherwise everything was 6' tall..This field has held a few black coyotes in the past, and I'm really after one with good fur for a full mount, but he wasn't the one. I really hate to call in 4 and let 3 leave, but that is what happened..
I shot at two more earlier in the evening, chip shots, both standing broadside inside 100y. I got back to the truck and watched the video and realized that i had bumped my turret and changed zeroing profiles like a dummy. They were both dead in the scope, but missed them by 3'. I fixed that so it couldn't happen again. I also slapped one that was running by in the middle of a large field and wouldn't stop no matter what noises I made. It's clear that I hit him in the video, but he ran a long ways and seemed to still be running fine the last time I saw him. Did not recover.
Next stand was last night. I walked deep into a pine plantation, and it was really bright, almost daylight bright out there, but I pulled out my scanner before I unloaded my gear and there was a critter casually strolling up the road towards me. I thought it was a coyote until it came over the last hill and I noticed how cautious it was. It turned out to be the biggest and prettiest southern cat I've ever seen. I haven't weighed him, but I'd say he's pushing 30lbs.
Next stand was a mangy heathen. I was calling an open field and I heard him walking through the leaves to my immediate left, probably 150y and closing. I spun 90° and hit him hard. He was nasty. He's laying where he fell as I write this. He was on the other side of a relatively large creek, and he seems to have come in to a raccoon fight, but I can't imagine he intended to swim the creek to get to a coon, but maybe.
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