Coyote takes a dirt nap

[JD Guy]

Got up yesterday morning and was getting dressed when out of the back patio door I saw a coyote running across the yard with a big hen in its mouth. Ran and grabbed shotgun and when I looked again the darned critter had left the hen by the fence and was trotting back for another.

Eased the door open and he took off lickety split. Took 3 rounds of 1/4 oz #6 that slowed him down but still climbed wire farm fence, back through back pasture and climbed a second one!

Shots turned out fatal though, he was laying stone dead about 10 yards on the other side. Have reloaded with 00 Buck but will need to be really careful about what's behind what I'm shooting at so as not to tear up anything unintended.

Will try to add picture if I can figure it out


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[Don P]

That was not his first good meal.

[barbender]

No it wasn't, that's a nice looking 'yote. 

[Magicman]

That is my most favorite kind of Coyote. 

[Southside]

Those dogs are tough.  Had one a few years back doing something similar and I grabbed a 5.56, laid down prone and he was about 250 yards away by then on a trot, aim, hold, squeeze and he flips right into the air so I stood up.  He hits the ground and takes off running on three legs to the west while my FIL is roasting me for missing, so I take an off hand shot and he spins in place and then heads east like a carnival game. Now he is pushing 300 yards, running, and off hand with a 5.56 that's a hail Mary even for me, but I let another fly as he vanishes into the woods.  FIL won't stop with the roasting, but we found that dog dead about 150 yards to the east after he came out of the woods and tried to cross another field.  It was a week or so later so I didn't bother to count the holes in the hide to respond to the FIL, but for sure one found it's mark.  

[JD Guy]

We've had coyotes around for quite a while, but then a few years with no sightings and no problems. Guess they're back! Hardly ever see rabbits anymore and there's very good habitat for them. There's only one redeeming factor that a coyote has and that's that they will eat skunks 

[beenthere]

I get rabbits, skunks, and coyotes on my trail cameras. Guess that indicates there is a balance ?? Many, many deer and turkeys.  An occasional bobcat.

[Peter Drouin]

Have a man in town who has down 24 so far. From the first of January. Shooting over a gut pile.