Late afternoon coyote down
The plan this afternoon was to do 2 sets at 2 different farms... Got to the first farm around 3:45, did a 25 minute set with no luck. Made my way to another farm, setup with only 25 minutes of legal light left.... did 2 rookie mistakes today....
This coyote comes out after about 5 minutes, I stop him with a loud "wolf" sound at 80 yds or so..... I take the shot and he drops....... I switch from dying rabbit to coyote pup distress and this coyote decides to get up and start running away, I follow him through the scope pull the trigger and hear click.....Rookie mistake #1, I didn't eject my first round and chamber another..... By the time I eject the round and chamber the new one in, he is over the rise.....
I sit there playing the coyote pup distress for a few more minutes before I decide to see if I can recover the coyote (how far did he go, is he dead?).... Rookie mistake #2 coming up..... Instead of me slowly getting up and looking around, I get up without thinking and there is another coyote in the field looking at me, he makes a quick turn and back into the bush he goes.....
My coyote had a strong will to live, even though he had a frontal chest shot that exited his far shoulder, he still made it 75 yds....
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