Got the to the farm at first light. Walked over to my setup location taking the wind into consideration. I went out and placed my decoy/caller about 30 yds out in front of me and went back to the tree-line and settled in. I gave a couple of screams out with my hand caller and waited. I look over my left should and a coyote is cutting across the far field behind me. I know it's only a matter of time before it winds me so I rotate and crank up my scope. I yell out a loud WOLF sound and he stops. I take careful aim and at the 220 yd shot he begins to run. My initial reaction was I missed because he started running straight away (usually a hit makes them spin once or twice) but this female just started running right away.
She went about 75 yds and stopped.... She turned and just looked in my direction. I thought about shooting again but 300yds facing me is beyond my capabilities. I watched her for a few minutes then she decided to lay down. Now my mind is thinking, maybe I did hit her, so I sat and watched her for about 10 minutes before I see her head drop.
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At this point she is hunkering down from the wind or she is dying, either way I figure I better start calling again to see if I can pull one out of the actual bush I planned on hunting.
So I kept an eye on her as I started calling again... After about 6-7 minutes I notice movement, its a coyote and it's slowly making his way toward me. He took his time but after a couple of minutes makes his way into the field I was in. He started coming to the decoy and stopped about 100 yds out which gave me a quartering to shot. At the shot he spun once or twice and made his way to expire at the bush-line.
Both coyotes weren't in good shape. One had the beginning of a rat's tail (never good) and the other had mites. :(
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The pose
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