Not a lot of sleep last night. First alarm at 7:30 (still awake) was a coyote just after dark – one quick visit and gone. Fell asleep at 9 on the couch, woke half an hour later for the bobcat’s first appearance of the night. He stayed for half an hour, ate up most of my scraps, GRRRR, then took off. Next was the coyote’s 2nd turn around 10 – another hit and run… Bobcat showed again just before midnight, not much food so was out of there in a few minutes. More coyote visits at 1:30, 2:15, 3, and 4:30. Each time, was gone within a minute or two with no chance to set up for a good shot. One time, was surprised to see the coyote out about 10 yards from the house, sniffing my old track! At this point, I decided to just stay up and scan for eyes instead of waiting for an alarm. Finally, at 5am this one hung around just a minute too long and I dropped him in his tracks. Beautiful fur on this male, not huge - guessing 30 lbs, but might have to send it out to be tanned.
Here’s a clip of the shot, with just about a second or two left on the camera. Never moved a muscle….
