The infamous dreaded “Click of the safety”

SixsixtyMags said:
My buddy learned about the safety click while archery hunting, he had two coyotes come out in front of him @ about 15 yds, safety off "CLICK" and you would have thought an M- 80 went off, they were in high gear instantly!
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His archery gear has a safety? Lol…

I think at 15 yards a coyote hears you blink! I know the safety click can and will scare them off. That’s why I just try to do it quietly.
 
I dont think coyotes hear as well when they are running. If they stop and triangulate their ears, they hear very good. I fire a shot and then cycle my bolt as fast as i can without any concern of its noise, and still get many of the runners to stop for a shot. I also have them running in and almost have to shout at the top of my lungs to get some to stop.

I often wonder how the coyote perceive the world verse humans. their hearing and sight is different than ours, and we often assign or assume they are perceiving the situation just as we are.
 
Infidel 762 said:
I dont think coyotes hear as well when they are running. If they stop and triangulate their ears, they hear very good. I fire a shot and then cycle my bolt as fast as i can without any concern of its noise, and still get many of the runners to stop for a shot. I also have them running in and almost have to shout at the top of my lungs to get some to stop.

I often wonder how the coyote perceive the world verse humans. their hearing and sight is different than ours, and we often assign or assume they are perceiving the situation just as we are.
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Maybe they think it's thunder?

Animals are like us too. They get used to things. I can be shooting my rifle in my yard and have my "yard deer" 100 yards across the field eating like nothing is going on.

As you said, curiosity kills a lot of coyotes when they stop and look back. Same with deer. A lot of times they will wind you, but still stick around trying to find out what you are for a minute or so.

The only animal that I've personally hunted that does not show any sign of "hey what is that" when they wind you or you spook them is a hog. They flat out haul ass.
 
SixsixtyMags said:
Yes, crossbow!
I would think that all modern crossbows have a safety, his is a Center Point, and my Excalibur Matrix 380 also has a safety.
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Gotcha! When I think archery I don’t think crossbow. But I understand. I have a Wicked ridge crossbow so I could hunt after a shoulder surgery. Now that is a safety that is tough to make quiet. Thanks for clarifying that bmakes sense now.
 
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